Java has always been easy to learn since they have always given both the compiler and a set of tutorials away. Not to mention that the API documentation is also publicly (and freely) available. The tutorials (called the "trails") are available at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ I have never found a book that does any better, and many are substantially worse.
Keep in mind that "Java" is... huge. Beyond the language itself there are truly a massive number of libraries, APIs, specifications, and "editions" (and implementations of same) that are available and which some people will assume you know. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Michael Drabick <m.drab...@hdhcci.com>wrote: > I am looking for the quickest way to get up to speed on these two > programing languages, as I have become one of the victims of this troubled > economy. > I have been to a few Job fairs and every one wants Java and C++/C# > programmers with clearances. It seems the government is the only one with > money to spend and they want their projects done in those languages. I > learned Fortran & Basic decades ago so this shouldn't be that difficult. > Any advise would be appreciated. > > Mike > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
