Oracle JDeveloper recently got an award from Javaworld readers as the best Java IDE (not exactly sure of the actual name of the award, and I might have the name of the mag wrong). It's written in Java and can be downloaded from otn.oracle.com for free for personal use (like learning Java).
If this URL doesn't work then you can just go to otn.oracle.com, there is a link on the front page. http://www.oracle.com/start/jdevelopereap/intro.html?src=855007&Act=51 Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So, in trolling the various sources of job listings, it looks to me > > like one of the hottest skills in demand is Java development. I was > > wondering if anyone can recommend GOOD sources of information about > > learning Java. Free ones (like web sites) are preferable, but not > > necessarily required. :) > > Java is hot. If you know some other programming languages, the Ken > Arnold book "The Java Programming Language" cuts straight to the > chase. If you are not already programming, see out Deitel and Deitel. > Leaning language syntax and how to work the tool set is not a bad > climb. What's nasty is that the Java world is spinning out new class > libraries at a dizzying pace. > > Don't bother with Swing - there are too few places using it. Much to > everybody's suprise Java's been a big hit on the server side. It > works well for programming in the large and has done well at > encapsulating and rejuvenating CORBA services. > > Other places to look: > www.ibm.com/java - lots of good stuff > jakarta.apache.org - especially Tomcat > sun.java.com - already mentioned earlier > foundries.sourceforge.net/java - focal point for Java projects on sf > ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/budd/oopintro/3rdEdition/info.html > - point mozilla at this and it will render as a page > Tim's book is good for getting a grip on OO > http://hillside.net/patterns/DPBook/DPBook.html - if you know > a little OO already and want to strap on the jet pack > > You can get eval copies of most of the tools - JBuilder, Forte, Eclipse, > etc. If you're emacs savvy you should dig up JDEE and all the junk > that runs with it (like speedbar!). > > > I also wonder if someone can explain to me how one becomes an > > experienced programmer when employers all want someone who has 7+ > > years of experience... <sigh> > > This would have been a better question to ask in 1999 when folks > barely qualified to bag groceries were writing e-commerce solutions at > little companies with insanely sexy names and even sexier furniture. > > As far as I've been able to tell the only real way in is to become a > contributor. There are 4715 projects coded in Java under developement > at sf.net. All of the top 200 of these fall in the 1000 most active > projects. Find something that you know something about and dig in. > > The other way in is to try to land admin jobs at startups and cross > over ;-). > > Then there's that hacker attitude - "there's gotta be something in > here that at least a little bit broken..." > > Oh, yeah the other hot ones are Linux and XML. > > ccb > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
