New to Java, looking for direction

There are plenty of books out there, but for the basis I'd recommend using a text editor and command-line compilation to know what's going on "behind the scenes"

Cheers,
Dian

Dian, I am looking for suggestions for a Java book that is not going to go through the basics of OOP and such, I know that there are plenty out there. I would appreciate any recommendations of books that would fit my level of knowledge.

Java for Students is pretty good, and doesn't spend more than one chapter reinventing the OOP wheel.

Beyond that, pick a project and figure out the Java equivalents of the C calls you'd use.

Online tutorial

Cheers,
Dian

As far as a good IDE for Java, I just started using XCode (for Macs). So far, I really like it.

LJ

LJ Wilson

My personal saying - Just remember, it can always get worse, and usually will.

I'd second Dian's recommendation of using a text editor and compiling on the command line. IDE's make it too easy.

Bruce Eckel's "Thinking In Java" is a good book, I had to take a java course for a prerequisite to grad school, and that seemed the best of the books they had us buy. Since you're familiar with C# you shouldn't find it too difficult.

You might like to learn a bit about different build tools for java too, I found that at least as interesting as the language itself.

Have Fun,

Alex

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