Advice needed for a newbie - Java

Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> You should download "Thinking in Java"
>
> - It is an award winning book
>
> - The next-to-last version is free
>
> - It is developed almost as OSS. When you read it there are links in
> every topic or paragraphs, and you may click and send feedback to the
> author. In a very real sense, that book and its companion, "Thinking
> in C++", are written by the distributed intelligence.

That's a bit of a controversial recommendation. It's a good book, but its way
of "Thinking in Java" is a bit eccentric.

--
Lew

Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> You should download "Thinking in Java"
>
> - It is an award winning book
>
> - The next-to-last version is free
>
> - It is developed almost as OSS. When you read it there are links in
> every topic or paragraphs, and you may click and send feedback to the
> author. In a very real sense, that book and its companion, "Thinking
> in C++", are written by the distributed intelligence.

That's a bit of a controversial recommendation. It's a good book, but its way
of "Thinking in Java" is a bit eccentric.

--
Lew

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:06 -0500, Atreju
<someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>But back to the topic of Java - I need a recommendation on how to
>start small and learn more as I go along.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:06 -0500, Atreju
<someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>But back to the topic of Java - I need a recommendation on how to
>start small and learn more as I go along.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:06 -0500, Atreju
<someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>1. I want the actual design of forms, controls, etc. to be one of the
>priorities... in terms of time setting things up and ease of
>manipulation.

I think Netbeans is ahead on this at the current time, but I have not
used these new features. I am repeating second hand information.

Since you can try all nearly all the IDES free at least for a trial,
try speed dating. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ide.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:06 -0500, Atreju
<someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>1. I want the actual design of forms, controls, etc. to be one of the
>priorities... in terms of time setting things up and ease of
>manipulation.

I think Netbeans is ahead on this at the current time, but I have not
used these new features. I am repeating second hand information.

Since you can try all nearly all the IDES free at least for a trial,
try speed dating. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ide.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com