On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:09 PM, James Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> That time has finally come for me that all good perl hackers dread -- being > forced to code in Java. Most Java tutorials, websites, and books seem to > target novice programmers. Anyone know of a condensed, quick reference or > site for Java for those with plenty of OO coding experience in perl ? > I've found a few that make a glancing blow, but nothing yet that really > hits > the nail on the head. > > TIA, > > Jim > > > PS Thanks to Rob Levy for his timely note on Clojure recently. Just the > ticket to add some interest to what otherwise shapes up as a rather > stifling > prospect. > > Nobody has recommended this yet and IMO it's a *direct hit* for what you're looking for. _Effective Java_ by Josh Bloch is a positively earth shattering book. With the shelves and shelves of utter crap that litter the Java section of the book store, this is one book that I have yet to hear a single negative comment about. It's targeted at people who already know what an object is, and who don't need to be told how to type HelloWorld.java into an editor and run it through the compiler. Good luck! -Chris (Coming back to Perl after years in the Java world) -- Christopher Patti - Geek At Large | GTalk: [email protected] | AIM: chrisfeohpatti "Technology challenges art, art inspires technology." - John Lasseter, Pixar _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
