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[InfiniteSpawn]

i was just wondering what the difference was between them. I see a lot of books that say Java and Java2, but I don't know which one to buy.

Is it that Java is an older language and Java2 is the books I should get? Or should I get the older Java books first.

[Turk4n]

InfiniteSpawn said:

i was just wondering what the difference was between them. I see a lot of books that say Java and Java2, but I don't know which one to buy.

Is it that Java is an older language and Java2 is the books I should get? Or should I get the older Java books first.

Did you mean Java2 as in J2EE or?

[InfiniteSpawn]

um... not sure. The book I'm looking into buying is on ebay. It says Java2. Here's a picture of what it looks like. (Click to enlarge picture)

[Turk4n]

InfiniteSpawn said:

um... not sure. The book I'm looking into buying is on ebay. It says Java2. Here's a picture of what it looks like. (Click to enlarge picture)

Well that book is really old can I say, 1.3SDK is pretty old...
If I recall the newest is 1.6 SDK. And Java 2 seems to be the enterprise version of suns java.(Correct me if am wrong :P)

[Deathcry]

you don't want that book at all. to old. if you want to look into a good book i am currently reading Head First Java.

Sam's Java 2 in 21 days is a good series just the ones above 1.5.

[G_Morgan]

Java 2 means the second edition of Java in theory. In practice Java also refers to Java 2.

[Liars_paradox]

G_Morgan said:

Java 2 means the second edition of Java in theory. In practice Java also refers to Java 2.

If that's the case, then why is there a version 1.4.2 of Java 2 and a version 7 for Java? It really looks like they're different platforms with two different version series.

[G_Morgan]

That is because the Java 2 term has simply become confusing. Java version 7 is effectively Java 2 version 1.7 (try taking the Java 7 link and replace the 7 in the url with 1.7.0). The Java 2 part was dropped for version 6 precisely to avoid the confusion that this thread highlights. The fact is the original Java 1 is entirely irrelevant. There is only one Java line and that is Java 2 which is now known simply as Java. The latest version of this is Java 6 and Java 7 is the new release that might come out eventually.

[Liars_paradox]

G_Morgan said:

That is because the Java 2 term has simply become confusing. Java version 7 is effectively Java 2 version 1.7 (try taking the Java 7 link and replace the 7 in the url with 1.7.0). The Java 2 part was dropped for version 6 precisely to avoid the confusion that this thread highlights. The fact is the original Java 1 is entirely irrelevant. There is only one Java line and that is Java 2 which is now known simply as Java. The latest version of this is Java 6 and Java 7 is the new release that might come out eventually.

Thanks for clearing that up for me! I was asked if I had experience with Java 2 at a job interview, even though I already told them that I had experience with Java, by a non-programmer who apparently knew nothing about Java. I can't say that it helped when I was like, "Uhh... Wha- What's Java 2? I don't know the difference!" Next time, I can just answer yes or something like that since they'd probably get annoyed if I explained it to them in as much detail that you did for me, since non-programmers don't normally care about Java at all. But, I don't have a problem with your explanation and appreciate what you did for me.

[mr mike]

Dont buy the book, go to a library and get a card. Then access the ebooks the library offers online for java or just checkout a book.