TO ALL JAVA PROGRAMMERS, MY

[AccessNovice]

TO ALL JAVA PROGRAMMERS,

MY NAME IS MIKE AND HERE IS MY SITUATION. I AM CURRENTLY USING VISUAL BASIC 6 ON THE FRONT END WITH MSDE ON BACK(MSDE IS A MINI SQL SERVER FOUND IN ACCESS2000 PROJECT-IRRELEVANT HERE FOR I NEED YOUR GUIDANCE ON FRONT END). MY COMPANY WOULD LIKE IN A COUPLE MONTHS AN INTERNET FRONT END AND WHATEVER ON BACKEND. ALTHOUGH VISUAL INTERDEV IS MICROSOFT, USES VB SCRIPT,...I WOULD VERY MUCH WANT TO HAVE JAVA. THIS COULD BE MY GATEWAY INTO BEING A JAVA PROGRAMMER ON MY OWN TIME I WILL BE CERTIFIED WITH SUN CORPERATION'S PROGRAMMER CERTIFICATION IN THE LANGUAGE OF JAVA. I AM ALSO LEARNING ABOUT JSP AND JDBC.

WHEN THE TIME COMES, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME IDEAS ON MIGRATING VISUAL BASIC 6(10 FORMS, 6 CONNECTION STRINGS, FEW MODULES) AND THE REPORTING TOOL VSVIEW 7(IT HAS SOME VBSCRIPT CODE, FORMAT IS LIKE ACCESS REPORTS...10 REPORTS) INTO A JAVA FRONT END. HOW HARD IS IT TO MIGRATE VISUAL BASIC INTO JAVA? WHAT WOULD BE SERIOUS ISSUES? IS USING DCOM A FACTOR? WOULD JSP AND JDBC BE THE ONLY IMPORTANT SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES? IS THEIR A MERCHANT SELLING A SOFTWARE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE CONVERSION?

ALSO, CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A BOOKLIST(MANY GOOD AUTHORS OUT THERE, ALSO MANY NOT SO) FOR ME TO SELF STUDY JAVA SERVER PAGES AND JDBC--I FEEL THE STEP BY STEP BOOKS ARE GREAT--ACTIVE READING IS MY PREFERENCE. ALSO, SHOULD I USE/LEARN 1ST VISUAL J++, OR IS THEIR A BETTER JAVA PLATFORM. ALTHOUGH I AM NOT AN EINSTEIN, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY GUIDANCE IN HELPING THIS YOUNG PROGRAMMER THROUGH WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AS A SIMPLE TRANSITION. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW OF OTHER GOOD JAVA SITES FOR FORUMS, LEARNING, ETC. TO ALL JAVA PROGRAMMERS IN HERE, PLEASE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER DROPPING ANY IDEAS. I AM VERY VERY THANKFUL TO THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OFFERING THIS SOON TO BE JAVA PROGRAMMER A KIND HAND.

Mike

 

[jfrost10]

Dood, CAPS GET REALLY ANNOYING FAST!
;P
If you have everything done in VB, prepare to re-write everything in Java. The syntax is different, the way it deals with things graphically is different, the way it interfaces with databases is differnt...I would almost think that doing a Microsoft based Web application would be better for you. Trying to redo everything in Java would mean quite a bit of work. You'd basically be re-inventing a wheel created in VB already.

If you're deadset on doing it, I'd advise that you (if you don't have it already) get a VERY clear set of UML diagrams to create the app from. The syntax might be different, but classes/methods/attributes can be considered universal.

Good luck with the coffee grinds


Jack