Getting off the blocks

[Bob Smith]

Hi, I'm a systems analyst with a history of development in C++, VB6 and C#
and an now working on Java projects. Ive never written a line of Java in
the past and need to familiarise myself with the language.

Sooo, can anyone answer the typical dumbass questions:

1) Decent free IDE - windows based
2) Good language reference
3) Anything else you can think of.

TIA.

[Ryan Stewart]

"Bob Smith" <bo*@example.com> wrote in message
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Hi, I'm a systems analyst with a history of development in C++, VB6 and C#
and an now working on Java projects. Ive never written a line of Java in
the past and need to familiarise myself with the language.

Sooo, can anyone answer the typical dumbass questions:

1) Decent free IDE - windows based
2) Good language reference
3) Anything else you can think of.

Google.
java.sun.com

comp.lang.java is deprecated. Use c.l.j.help.

[Bob Smith]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:00:54 -0600, Ryan Stewart wrote:

"Bob Smith" <bo*@example.com> wrote in message
news:1p***************@example.com...

Hi, I'm a systems analyst with a history of development in C++, VB6 and C#
and an now working on Java projects. Ive never written a line of Java in
the past and need to familiarise myself with the language.

Sooo, can anyone answer the typical dumbass questions:

1) Decent free IDE - windows based
2) Good language reference
3) Anything else you can think of.

Google.
java.sun.com

comp.lang.java is deprecated. Use c.l.j.help.

I did, but there's so many stupid acronyms that I gave up.

Is learning Java like learning the alphabet> J2EE, J2SE, JDOC, NICK, COCK<
PUSSY, LARGE ASS, BIG TITS...

Honestly, where does one start?

[Ryan Stewart]

"Bob Smith" <bo*@example.com> wrote in message
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I did, but there's so many stupid acronyms that I gave up.

Is learning Java like learning the alphabet> J2EE, J2SE, JDOC, NICK, COCK<
PUSSY, LARGE ASS, BIG TITS...

Honestly, where does one start?

Try "java tutorial". That'll take you to
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
which is a good starting point.

[Bob Smith]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:27:47 -0600, Ryan Stewart wrote:

"Bob Smith" <bo*@example.com> wrote in message
news:2v**************@example.com...

I did, but there's so many stupid acronyms that I gave up.

Is learning Java like learning the alphabet> J2EE, J2SE, JDOC, NICK, COCK<
PUSSY, LARGE ASS, BIG TITS...

Honestly, where does one start?

Try "java tutorial". That'll take you to
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
which is a good starting point.

Thanks. One more point Ive worked with C# and ASP.NET a fair amount, don't
know if you know the paradigm, but if you do, what's the equivalent in
Java. And is it portable between IIS and Apache? And would typically one
use JDBC for SQL Server and MySQL?

Also which IDE is similar to VStudio for web applications?

[Ryan Stewart]

"Bob Smith" <bo*@example.com> wrote in message
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Thanks. One more point Ive worked with C# and ASP.NET a fair amount, don't
know if you know the paradigm, but if you do, what's the equivalent in
Java. I'd assume you're talking about J2EE.
And is it portable between IIS and Apache? It's theoretically portable across any container which supports it.
And would typically one
use JDBC for SQL Server and MySQL? One might. Or one might use a persistence framework that handles all of the JDBC
on its own.
Also which IDE is similar to VStudio for web applications?

You'd just have to try them out. Free ones that pop to mind:
NetBeans
Eclipse
Gel
jEdit

Nonfree:
IntelliJ Idea
JDeveloper
JBuilder

You sound like you've got quite a steep learning curve ahead of you. If you're
looking to start developing webapps, start by learning about servlets and JSPs.
Many people suggest BlueJ as a good beginning Java IDE.