Re: Best Java Guides for a Newby?

  • From: System Administrator <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:33:43 +0200

Hi,

Nutshell books tend to be a bit …arm …brief on a lot of things if you are very 
new to programming. Not a clue if the same goes for java in a nutshell though
On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:29 PM, qubit wrote:

> I would recommend if you have a subscription to bookshare.org, that you 
> download a copy of "Java in a Nutshell".  It is a nice summary of features 
> with some examples.  I was going to read "Thinking in Java, 4th edition", 
> which I forked $25 for online, but got a package that I cann't display on my 
> system.  I have been unable to read more than the preface, and most the time, 
> the html just freezes things.  So I'm pitching it.  A shame as it sounds like 
> a useful guide to using java the way it is meant to be used.
>  
> Online there are also common tasks implemented in java, which you can find in 
> http://commons.apache.org/
> Good luck and happy hacking.
> --le
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Florian Beijers
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 6:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Best Java Guides for a Newby?
> 
> Hello Brandon,
> 
> Do you have any form of IM or perhaps skype? I would like to help you but 
> it's easier for me to recommend something if i know a bit more about your 
> background. 
> 
> Florian
> On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Brandon Keith (Biggs) wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> I'm new to programming, (I have just made it past "Hello World") and am 
>> looking for some guides.
>> I would like to learn Java, but I'm not quite sure where to start. I 
>> downloaded the 500 or so documents from the "Java Documentation" at:
>> http://www.nonvisualdevelopment.org/node/20
>> as well as reading all the tutorials on Eclipse and Java.
>> I've installed the SDK 1.6 and Eclipse, is there anything else I need? I see 
>> there are Jaws scripts for Eclipse, where do I insert those?
>> I arrowed through the 500 documents dealing with Java and found:
>> Java Tutorial 3rd Edition, a short course on the basics
>> but I see it was written in 2001 and only deals with Java 1.3 and Windows 
>> 2000 and before. Is this something I should read? What      books best 
>> describe the language in an exciting and useful format? I'm wanting to 
>> eventually program for Android, but I think that is stepping a little ahead 
>> of myself.
>> Where do I start?
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>  
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