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Java, Where To Start?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the that's-pure-concentrated-evil-coming-out-the-back-of-you dept.

I'm a web developer who has design and programming experience. So, VB, ASP, PHP, Coldfusion, Perl, even C and C++ I have in my belt. I also use Dreamweaver and/or do a lot of my HTML/XHTML/JavaScript coding by hand. So, the DOM, DHTML, etc, all good to me and even OOP thinking and design I have when I code. And I even have MySQL and other databases, again, not an issue here. So, my weak point is — Java — I see so many jobs out there with J2EE, Hibernate, Eclipse, Netbeans. Beside the obvious, which is to learn Java the core language, I don't know where else to go from there. There is so much! What should I read? in what order? What software do I require? UML? Swing? I mean, what is the curriculum required for someone to say they are a solid Java developer? Even assuming I have to go through Java itself, what are the good books out there?

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  1. Re:In the same boat... by Foofoobar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Duh. But he may want to know what tools to use. Eclipse is a great tool for Java development. He may want to use a different tool but Eclipse is one that alot of Java developers use.

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  2. Re:Don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did you just call Java fast and clean?

    Really?

  3. Re:Groovy by CountBrass · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Groovy is just a second-rate Ruby and Grails is poor Rails clone. Ruby's aim is to make programmers happy: Groovy's appears to be to make programmers happy but with just a smidgen of ground glass added to the diet.

    If you must run in a JVM then use JRuby (a Java implementation of Ruby).

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