Dear friends,
I am a student willing to learn Java. I have some basic knowledge from C language and very interested in learing this beautiful language. The problem is I dont know where to start from.
Is there any book you would suggest?
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Any website with tutorials..?
Thank you in advance
Deitel's "How To Program" helped me a lot. "Big Java" didn't.
I learned from the 6th Edition. Looks like you can get the 5th Edition for less than 10 bucks, used.
http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-4482098-2716036?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=java+how+to+program
I am still learning though...
[url=http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ ]Sun's basic Java tutorial[/url]
[url=http://java.sun.com/learning/new2java/index.html ]Sun's New To Java Center[/url]. Includes an overview of what Java is, instructions for setting up Java, an intro to programming (that includes links to the above tutorial or to parts of it), quizzes, a list of resources, and info on certification and courses.
[url=http://javaalmanac.com ]http://javaalmanac.com [/url]. A couple dozen code examples that supplement [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201752808?v=glance ]The Java Developers Almanac[/url].
[url=http://www.jguru.com ]jGuru[/url]. A general Java resource site. Includes FAQs, forums, courses, more.
[url=http://www.javaranch.com ]JavaRanch[/url]. To quote the tagline on their homepage: "a friendly place for Java greenhorns." FAQs, forums (moderated, I believe), sample code, all kinds of goodies for newbies. From what I've heard, they live up to the "friendly" claim.
Bruce Eckel's [url=http://mindview.net/Books/DownloadSites ]Thinking in Java[/url] (Available online.)
Joshua Bloch's [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/Author=Bloch,%20Josh ]Effective Java[/url]
Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra's [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596004656?v=glance ]Head First Java[/url].
James Gosling's [url=http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0321349806 ]The Java Programming Language[/url]. Gosling is
the creator of Java. It doesn't get much more authoritative than this.
I also am learning Java (coming from Foxpro and C# languages) and cannot find a satisfactory tutorial as of yet. Oh yes, there are plenty on the Sun site - but I find that they are not very thorough. I feel they are scratching the surface, at the most.
I am looking at CD-based training from Sun.com and AppDev.com. AppDev only offer J2SE whereas Sun's training appears more thorough (j2EE).
Good luck,
Bob
