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Kim
Citizen
Username: Kungfuchick
Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 2:07 pm: | 
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I used to program in Java several years ago, and I'm about to start using it again. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a Java book that will get me up to speed on what's changed? Last Java I used was 1.2 |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14209
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 3:23 pm: |
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http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/1455213&from=rss |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 3:50 pm: |
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anyone out ther using Ruby or Smalltalk? Thoughts? |
LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 266
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 5:29 pm: |
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Is Smalltalk stillbeing used ? I have vague recollections of it last being used commercially at least 10 years ago
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2315
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 8:31 am: |
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I think the two biggest changes that you are going to encounter are Jboss J2EE beans, with Container Managed Persistence and Jakarta Struts along with the libraries involved. I don’t really think there is one book that can teach those to you. Is there a particular project that you’re working on that could point you in the direction of what you need? |
Kim
Citizen
Username: Kungfuchick
Post Number: 10
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 4:50 pm: |
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Thank you for your suggestions. I agree with Brett that one book is unlikely to give me all that I'm looking for, so I guess a better question is what are the new (and not-so-new) things that I should be looking at? If I get a list I can probably find a bunch of information about them on the web, and then buy books to give me a better understanding. I'm looking more at server side at this point rather than gui development, so I'm going to hold off on struts for now (though I'll probably need it in the future). |
LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 267
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 6:13 pm: |
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What environment are you going to program in ? If commercial, server side, you'll need to learn the ins-and-outs of an app server, e.g. WebLogic, Websphere. If web only, then jSP (plus a database) |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2325
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 8:21 am: |
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If you’re sticking to the server side of things I would say that you need to get familiar with Java Beans (J2EE) and the XML files involved. If you’ve ever programmed using RMI (i.e. Worked with Skeletons and Stubs), or designed using three tiered architecture you should be able to pick it up pretty quick. I tend to stick with “The Complete Reference” series from Osborne. I like the way the books are laid out and usually find all the information I need (Along with web searches) |
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