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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:Don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Erlang...

    That's what I'm learning

  2. Re:I beg to disagree by CountBrass · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree with you. He'll also get comments like mine (I've been developing Java apps since it first released in 1472) begging him to run as fast as he can and pick something else (C if he wants to be a real programmer, Ruby on Rails if he wants to be happy).

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