Want to learn Java

[Pwhheee]

Hi everyone, i am looking to learn Java from start. I have absolutly no earlier experiences with programming languages.

So im asking here to get some guidence.

[WingedPanther]

Look up "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel. He has a free book available online.

[G_Morgan]

A couple of tips:
1. Learn to do things via the CLI. It will teach you how Java fits together in practice. Things like how packages are laid out and how the classpath works are important and can be glossed over by an IDE. This is fine except an IDE will not be able to handle non-trivial projects without some fiddling and that fiddling requires an understanding. To do this you will need to add the JDK's bin directory to your systems path variable. Installation Notes. That link shows you how to set up the path variable.

2. Download the API documentation. This package contains documentation for all the classes within the JDK including all the GUI (via Swing), file handling and network classes. This is an extremely useful resource for finding out how a particular class works or even just for browsing through. In fact Suns documentation is second to none. They have a whole host of tutorials.

[eva6206213]

I also want to learn JAVA, anyone can teach me ?
i will to pay the high money!

[WingedPanther]

If you are willing to pay, I would recommend taking classes from someone locally. That way you can check out their credentials more easily. Feel free to ask questions here, though.

[keller]

You can always do the Sun Java tutorial. It covers all of the bases.