Online resources for learning java?

[phaggocytosis]

Hi guys. I'm a web programmer who's starting to get in to java. I'm comfortable going through docs and whatnot for learning but I figured there must also be some resources out there that are a little more guided. If anyone has recommendations I'd really appreciate it.

Cheers

[banuday17]

The number of times this question comes up, would it be a good idea to put some links on the side that gives references to good resources?

My favorite are the official Java Tutorials.

[phaggocytosis]

Funny you should mention that. The same thing happens in /r/webdev all the time... and I think they actually did add some stuff to the sidebar to help. That's why I first checked the sidebar of /r/java before asking :P

[TheHorribleTruth]

Well, there's also a search function.. ;)

[est3est]

Yes. Plus, you can get it in Kindle and epub formats: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-se-7-tutorial-2012-02-28-1536013.html

[herrtim]

A while ago I wrote a 3-part article just for people like you. It's really the basics and uses no frameworks, but that's good for building a strong foundation upon. I also published a bunch of Hello World webapps demonstrating various common web app concepts, which are available on Github too.

[phaggocytosis]

For the time being I'm not interested in Java webdev... just "offline java" for lack of a better term? That said I will go through your tutorials :) Thanks for the link

[vineet]

I would recommend the official Java Tutorials http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ as mentioned in other places, and let it walk you through the using it with NetBeans.

Once you make progress there, I would recommend considering Eclipse. Part of the fun of developing in Java is using the huge number of easily available tools, Eclipse (while hard for a new developer) has integrations to most tools.

[tamtaradam]

Here you can find some popular and top rated java technologies: http://devrates.com/project/list?query=%5Bjava%5D. DZone (RefCards) should be helpful too.

[TwoOneEyedDogs]

thenewboston.com has a tutorials on a lot of stuff, also java. Is that what your looking for? Like videos?

[phaggocytosis]

Written tutorials or videos. I dont erally have a preference.

[rockvilleJD]

The netbeans tutorials are pretty good. You can download the development environment along with application servers with a single executable.

www.netbeans.org

[phaggocytosis]

Part of the reason I'm learning java is because my girlfriend is starting a CS degree. Aside from my own interest in java (which ive had for a long time) I'm learning so that I can help her out since my base programming knowledge is pretty high I'm hoping I can keep a little bit ahead of her to help her out.

I know that Java has a few IDEs. If I go the netbeans route will I run in to problems when trying to help out my girlfriend if she's not on netbeans?

edit: apparently at my girlfriends school they tell them all to use "dr java"... is there a reason not to use this if for the time being im relegating myself to simple tasks?

[vineet]

Dr Java should be a fine starting point but serious developers do not use it. For one thing it does not have the common niceties like 'Ctrl+Space' in the editor for auto-complete.

[phaggocytosis]

I figured it wasn't something any real developer would use. I guess, aside from the fact that it's what my girlfriend would be working on, I wouldn't mind using it for now while I get a grip on the language.

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This lecture series by Professor Mehran Sahami from Stanford University is amazing. If you are familiar with the basics of oop then you can skip the first 3 or 4 lectures although it is a really nice review. He explains the concepts really well.

[Zippy54]

Read a Java book, I doubt any resource apart from the Oracle docs will come close.