Slightly OT: Any Java equiv. to php.net's user contrib manual?

[twoeyes]

Hi all.

I'm trying to hack something up in Java, and I'm having a hard time. It's not really the language or syntax that bugs me. Rather, it tracking down the methods and classes that do what I want AND figuring out how to use them that's really slowing me down.

I guess I've grown too used to the excellent code snippets that users are able to contribute to the online documents over at php.net (for PHP, of course). It's hard to quantify how useful it is to have a single source for this type of information. It just works better!

Does anyone know of an equivalent for Java? Forums like this are great, but it's rather frustrating and often circuitous to search a half dozen forums to find a good sample for some functionality.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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[Blaxo]

The Java class library documentation (located at

http://java.sun.com/docs)

would be a good starting point! Also, you can find a great diversity of Java tutorials on the internet by just searching.

regards,
Blaxo

 

[twoeyes]

Thanks. Yeah, the tutorials and docs at Sun's site are good. But it's really the user comments that I'm missing. Little things like pointers to similar functins, notes about speed, or common mistakes with methods, or incompatibilities with various engine versions only show up in user comments like those at php.net - often these short notes are every bit as valuable as the documentation itself.

Like you say, there are a lot of online tutorials which are great, but it's just not the same. Here's a good example for php's microtime function:

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.microtime.php

- you'll see several little notes for things like how to convert the time format, do benchmarking, and notes on incompatibilities on WinXX.

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[sedj]

To be fair, there is not much that the Sun Java site does not cover - but it takes a while to get used to it ...

The tutorials are full of examples - and if it doesn't match your exact requirements, then that should be no problem - learning the ins and outs of a language is the point is it not !

After a couple of years with Java, you learn your way around the API's ...

Are you a programmer or a "stealer" of code ?! [No offence intended]

 

[twoeyes]

That's true, the Java site is quite good, and a little bit of time will probably do wonders. Don't get me wrong, I can get by with what's out there. It's really not that the Java docs are bad, it's just that the php.net user contributed manual is _really_ useful.

No, I certainly don't consider myself to be a professional programmer! I get ideas for little projects from time to time, this time, the right tool for the job is Java.

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