Thanks a lot John, this helps.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, John Gaughan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2/21/2010 3:06 PM, jimdougherty wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a long time C programmer looking to learn Java and I am looking for > recommendations. I have joined a few Java newsgroups but they all seem > pretty weak with lots of spam. > > > > I agree. I do Java at my day job, and when I try to reach out to the > professional community, I find spam and newbie groups. If you already > know C/C++ and are trying to learn Java, good Java that teaches the > advanced stuff, I don't know of many resources to help you on the internet. > > > > Anyway, can anyone here recommend: > > > > - a good java newsgroup. > > > > Sorry. > > > > - a good book as a starting point to learn Java. > > > > Nothing that promises to learn it in X number of hours/days. > > > > - any good Java web sites. > > > > Sun/Oracle's site has some decent tutorials on the basics. You already > know the syntax coming from C (hopefully C++) so it's mainly a matter of > grasping how compiling and classloading works compared to C/C++. Once > you have that, you need to learn the JFC, Java Foundation Classes, or > the Java version of the C Standard Library / C++ Standard Template Library. > > > > - any worthwhile online Java tutorials > > > > Not many out there other than Sun's (now Oracle's) site. If you need > help with a 3rd party library, some of them have good sites -- e.g. > JasperReports has a really good site with forums, a wiki, and tons of info. > > > > I am guessing that there are people here that also know the Java world > well and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. > > > > I do both Java and C++ (no straight C although I do know it) well beyond > the basics of "hello world." At work i develop Java software that > integrates with banks, payment systems, inventory management, blah blah > blah... use tons of custom and OSS libraries and frameworks every day. > At home, I tinker around in a few personal C++ projects using Qt when I > have time. Lately I've been playing with power tools doing home > remodeling, but still try to think about design patterns while I'm using > saws and drills and stuff :-) > > I'm more of a lurker on this list than anything lately, but if you have > Java questions, go ahead and send them to me off the list (they're OT > here). I'll answer if I can -- time is a precious commodity so I promise > nothing, but will do what I can. > > -- > John Gaughan > http://www.johngaughan.net/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[email protected]>.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
