AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  New to Java          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.java.developer View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Chris Guest Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:23 pm    Post subject: New to Java Hi, I was wondering what a beginner needed to start programming in Java such as what software, what books you recommend, etc. Thanks! Back to top Dino Buljubasic Guest Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: New to Java Hi Chris, I am Java beginer, too. I would recomend you Java Core 2 Volume I Fundamentals. Regarding software you need: J2SE v.1.4.2_06 SDK and J2SE 1.4.2 Documentation both available here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html or the newest version of J2SE 5.0 JDK and J2SE 5.0 Documentation both available here http://java.sun.com/s2se/1.5.0/download.jsp The book I recommended you uses J2SE 5.0 JDK but you can easily go around with J2SE v.1.4.2 as well. That is what you need to be able to run java applications on your machine and use documentation for references. Other software you need and I would recommend is a text editor, the best one in my opinion is EditPlus. Just google EditPlus and you will be able to download it for free. It is an excelent, fast and very versatile editor. I would highly recommend it ! However, EditPlus is a text editor. It does not have code completition feature which can be useful to beginers since it display for example all methods available for a class. For that you need a Java IDE. I personally use NetBeans (also google and downlaod free version). JCreator is good too but if you want code completion, yo have to buy it. Hope this helps Dino On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:23:23 -0500, "Chris" <someone (AT) somewhere (DOT) something> wrote: Quote: Hi, I was wondering what a beginner needed to start programming in Java such as what software, what books you recommend, etc. Thanks! Back to top Anzime Guest Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:38 pm    Post subject: Re: New to Java Dino Buljubasic wrote: Quote: Hi Chris, I am Java beginer, too. I would recomend you Java Core 2 Volume I Fundamentals. Regarding software you need: J2SE v.1.4.2_06 SDK and J2SE 1.4.2 Documentation both available here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html or the newest version of J2SE 5.0 JDK and J2SE 5.0 Documentation both available here http://java.sun.com/s2se/1.5.0/download.jsp The book I recommended you uses J2SE 5.0 JDK but you can easily go around with J2SE v.1.4.2 as well. That is what you need to be able to run java applications on your machine and use documentation for references. Other software you need and I would recommend is a text editor, the best one in my opinion is EditPlus. Just google EditPlus and you will be able to download it for free. It is an excelent, fast and very versatile editor. I would highly recommend it ! However, EditPlus is a text editor. It does not have code completition feature which can be useful to beginers since it display for example all methods available for a class. For that you need a Java IDE. I personally use NetBeans (also google and downlaod free version). JCreator is good too but if you want code completion, yo have to buy it. Hope this helps Dino On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:23:23 -0500, "Chris" [email]someone (AT) somewhere (DOT) some[/email]thing> wrote: Hi, I was wondering what a beginner needed to start programming in Java such as what software, what books you recommend, etc. Thanks! Other editors: Eclipse, Emacs, vi, BlueJ, Textpad, UltraEdit -- Regards, Anzime Back to top Trapper Guest Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:11 am    Post subject: Re: New to Java Chris wrote: Quote: Hi, I was wondering what a beginner needed to start programming in Java such as what software, what books you recommend, etc. Take a look at the following also http://java.sun.com/learning/new2java/index.html Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> comp.lang.java.developer All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Java Newsgroups----------------Java DiscussionsWeb-based java games comp.lang.java 3D Graphics API's for Java Java: Support and criticism Java System Announcements comp.lang.java.api JavaBeans Java and CORBA Java and Databases comp.lang.java.developer Java GUI Toolkits Java Help comp.lang.java.javascript JVM, native methods and hardware comp.lang.java.misc Java Language Programming Security and Java comp.lang.java.setup Java Software Tools comp.lang.java.tech ibm.software.java.linux  Non-English Java Newsgroups----------------Java Language (German)Language Java (Français)Java (Italian)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.