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  • Bob Smith
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    Getting off the blocks

    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.
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    • Ryan Stewart
      #2
      Re: Getting off the blocks

      "Bob Smith" <bob@example.co m> wrote in message
      news:1p59oewha2 7ak.dlg@example .com...[color=blue]
      > 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.
      >[/color]
      Google.
      java.sun.com

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


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        • Bob Smith
          #3
          Re: Getting off the blocks

          On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:00:54 -0600, Ryan Stewart wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > "Bob Smith" <bob@example.co m> wrote in message
          > news:1p59oewha2 7ak.dlg@example .com...[color=green]
          >> 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.
          >>[/color]
          > Google.
          > java.sun.com
          >
          > comp.lang.java is deprecated. Use c.l.j.help.[/color]

          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?

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            • Ryan Stewart
              #4
              Re: Getting off the blocks

              "Bob Smith" <bob@example.co m> wrote in message
              news:2v470apmiu 5u.dlg@example. com...[color=blue]
              > 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?[/color]

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


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                • Bob Smith
                  #5
                  Re: Getting off the blocks

                  On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:27:47 -0600, Ryan Stewart wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > "Bob Smith" <bob@example.co m> wrote in message
                  > news:2v470apmiu 5u.dlg@example. com...[color=green]
                  >> 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?[/color]
                  >
                  > Try "java tutorial". That'll take you to
                  > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
                  > which is a good starting point.[/color]

                  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?

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                    • Ryan Stewart
                      #6
                      Re: Getting off the blocks

                      "Bob Smith" <bob@example.co m> wrote in message
                      news:108wgm7req jf9$.dlg@exampl e.com...[color=blue]
                      > 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.[/color]
                      I'd assume you're talking about J2EE.
                      [color=blue]
                      > And is it portable between IIS and Apache?[/color]
                      It's theoretically portable across any container which supports it.
                      [color=blue]
                      >And would typically one
                      > use JDBC for SQL Server and MySQL?[/color]
                      One might. Or one might use a persistence framework that handles all of the JDBC
                      on its own.
                      [color=blue]
                      > Also which IDE is similar to VStudio for web applications?[/color]
                      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.


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