Getting Started In Java..

You can get tons of info&tutorials from Sun's Java site. You dont need to buy a txtbook.

"Head First Java"
One of the best computer book's I've ever read.

Welcome to the world of Java.

For full blown tutorials, check out the tutorials on Sun Microsystem's site.

For books, Java for dummies, Complete Desk Reference got me along way, plus it should be available at your local Barn's and Noble.

Java 1.6 is the latest version of Java.

I would warn you not to give up too easily. When I first started programming with java, I was confused and overwhelmed. It took me two years to become proficient enough to consider myself a newbie. Another six months and I became profficient enough to start 2D graphics. After that, things started to go incredibly fast. I knew the basics of java2D and java programming and I could be creative and design what I wanted. I started with a 2D particle simulator that just bounced balls off of walls and into each other. After that came a pongish game. Another three months and one would find me here at my desk coding my basic Collision detection system for a space shooter that I am designing with C# and XNA.
The morale of the story is that all things take time, I couldn't code shit for almost three years, and still suck at it. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you good luck.

Lots of friendly people and advice here javagaming.org.

Thanks for that, If anybody else has advice or links please share..


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And don't neglect to check out Eclipse.org. The Eclipse IDE is the
the best thing since sliced bread.

Yeah! Eclipse and JBuilder, which is built on Eclipse, is truly great! I just wished there was such a good IDE for C++ aswell.

Awsome, I have downloaded eclipse for php.. Its my favorite IDE for now..

Anymore help is greatly appreciated..

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Original post by DanielH Yeah! Eclipse and JBuilder, which is built on Eclipse, is truly great! I just wished there was such a good IDE for C++ aswell.

Um... and, of course, Eclipse itself has C++ tools that can be installed and which work very well, also. That still doesn't get you near Visual Studio, but its very usable.

Eclipse, though, definitely sets the bar for Java IDEs.

I agree the fact thats its free makes it even better... Always looking for more sources..

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Eclipse definately is one hell of a Java IDE.

One set of tutorials i loved to use beside my book(s) and which i would recommend greatly is: Chortle java tutorial.

The only con I have against this tutorial is that it focuses on Java 1.5 instead of 1.6.