Old topic, I know but I am cleaning out my folders. Basic and Fortran are very different animals from object oriented languages. Books on design patterns in those languages will really get you to understand why o-o is useful. C++ FAQ is a greatly educative and easier to read book. C# is pretty once you know C++.
----- Original Message ---- From: Allen Firstenberg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 18, 2009 3:18:06 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Java & C++ - Quickest way to learn Java has always been easy to learn since they have always given both the compiler and a set of tutorials away. Not to mention that the API documentation is also publicly (and freely) available. The tutorials (called the "trails") are available at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ I have never found a book that does any better, and many are substantially worse. Keep in mind that "Java" is... huge. Beyond the language itself there are truly a massive number of libraries, APIs, specifications, and "editions" (and implementations of same) that are available and which some people will assume you know. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Michael Drabick <[email protected]>wrote: > I am looking for the quickest way to get up to speed on these two > programing languages, as I have become one of the victims of this troubled > economy. > I have been to a few Job fairs and every one wants Java and C++/C# > programmers with clearances. It seems the government is the only one with > money to spend and they want their projects done in those languages. I > learned Fortran & Basic decades ago so this shouldn't be that difficult. > Any advise would be appreciated. > > Mike > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
