[bcab] Re: Learning java

Hello Mike

I am using regularly Java with Eclipse. I have used many resources over the
time but the one I have started with and find myself coming back to for
reference is Sun's own tutorial 'The Java big index' which in my opinion
does a great job of explaining most features of the language - it is fully
accessible.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reallybigindex.html

Regards
Isaac




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Of Michael Whapples
Sent: 28 January 2008 12:21
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Learning java

Thank you for those suggestions. I had come across/knew some of them
before but there is some new stuff. I knew of Jamal from the work he has
done on edsharp for supporting LaTeX, but didn't know how much other
stuff there might be. Also I knew of eclipse as that is the main one
used by the company and so I had tested if it was accessible with my
screen readers.

Got to check out what is at the ones new to me.

From
Michael Whapples
On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 09:02 +0000, Medway, Phil - Corporate Core - ICT
Services wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I am not a Java programmer but I have listed below, a few resource sites
which you may wish to investigate.  Some of these are specifically for blind
programmers while others are sites where you can download ides etc.
> 
> Jamal Mazroui is a brilliant blind programmer with a propensity for
creating his own tools for programming which he shares with other blind
programmers.
> Jamal's Java resources Address http://www.empowermentzone.com/#technology
> 
> If you are to go by the Microsoft route for your programming tools, the
following page may be of some use.  The VS2005 express modules are rendered
mostly accessible by the Jaws scripts which also follow.
> VS2005 express images download page:
> http://www.microsoft.com/express/2005/download/offline.aspx
> Jaws scripts for VS2005/2008:
> http://www.empowermentzone.com/msenv2005.exe
> 
> The Eclipse ide is an extensive platform for development using a number of
languages but is written in mostly accessible Java and seems to be geared
predominantly for that language.
> Eclipse ide:
> www.eclipse.org/
> 
> An American blind gentleman whose name is Inthane Elf, has a site where he
places all of the resources he can muster which relate to blind programming
needs.
> grab bag resources site:
> http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com/
> 
> There is a mailing list and a resources site for blind programmers at the
following address:
> http://www.blindprogramming.com/
> 
> I hope that some of this is of use.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phil Medway
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> Sent: 27 January 2008 22:59
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Learning java
> 
> 
> Hello,
> Before I start the question, sorry if such questions have been asked
> before, and if they have and suitable answers are in the archives then I
> will be happy to look there if you give me a clue as to approximate
> dates/subjects so I don't have to search the whole archive.
> 
> Basically I am going to be learning java for my work and by the end
> should be taking the SCJP exam. What I want to know is if there are
> suitable learning materials available which are accessible. The company
> I think normally recommends the "head first" books, and then there will
> also be the preparation for the SCJP exam itself. I ask if anyone knows
> of accessible versions as the book the company had for the oracle stuff
> I was learning was in PDF and had security settings which prevented
> access by screen readers, and we are still having trouble contacting the
> right person at the publishers.
> 
> Also if anyone has any tips for me in starting to learn java these would
> be welcome (I will be mainly using Linux, but may use windows should it
> be necessary).
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Michael Whapples
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