Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#1

Post by andymoe » Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 6:50 PM UTC

Any recommendations on books or resources to get up to speed with Java quickly. I'm a pretty experienced programmer looking to port some iOS applications to Android and get to know Java so I know when to dip into the Java platform from Clojure.

Also, where can the java community be found online? Thanks in advance.

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#2

Post by mindcrime » Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 7:01 PM UTC

Any recommendations on books or resources to get up to speed with Java quickly

My knowledge of Java books is probably pretty out of date, but I got some mileage out of the Deitel & Deitel book Java: How To Program.

Also, where can the java community be found online?

http://www.jroller.com

http://www.theserverside.com

http://saloon.javaranch.com

all come to mind...

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#3

Post by andymoe » Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 7:03 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #2

Any recommendations on books or resources to get up to speed with Java quickly My knowledge of Java books is probably pretty out of date, but I got some mileage out of the Deitel & Deitel book Java: How To Program . Also, where can the java community be found online? http://www.jroller.com http://www.theserverside.com http://saloon.javaranch.com all come to mind...

Great - thanks so much!

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#4

Post by akat » Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 8:30 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #2

Any recommendations on books or resources to get up to speed with Java quickly My knowledge of Java books is probably pretty out of date, but I got some mileage out of the Deitel & Deitel book Java: How To Program . Also, where can the java community be found online? http://www.jroller.com http://www.theserverside.com http://saloon.javaranch.com all come to mind...

Reg. community, the list cannot be complete without the SO tag - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#5

Post by andymoe » Mon, Jul 11, 2011, 8:47 PM UTC

akat wrote: post #4

mindcrime wrote: post #2

Any recommendations on books or resources to get up to speed with Java quickly My knowledge of Java books is probably pretty out of date, but I got some mileage out of the Deitel & Deitel book Java: How To Program . Also, where can the java community be found online? http://www.jroller.com http://www.theserverside.com http://saloon.javaranch.com all come to mind...

Reg. community, the list cannot be complete without the SO tag - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java

Cool. What about java related IRC channels?

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#6

Post by jdhok » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 9:59 AM UTC

The official Java tutorial is also worth taking a look at. It's free, updated and more concise compared to most books.

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#7

Post by mindcrime » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 6:00 PM UTC

andymoe wrote: post #5

akat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reg. community, the list cannot be complete without the SO tag - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java

Cool. What about java related IRC channels?

On Freenode:

##java

#spring

#eclipse

#jboss

#hibernate

#lucene

are ones I sometimes lurk in, that are fairly active. The Triangle (NC) Java User's Group also have a channel, but it's not terribly active most of the time.

#trijug (again, on Freenode)

Also, if you're not already in #startups, it's a channel full of HN users... might be of interest to ya.

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#8

Post by andymoe » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 8:19 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #7

andymoe wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool. What about java related IRC channels?

On Freenode: ##java #spring #eclipse #jboss #hibernate #lucene are ones I sometimes lurk in, that are fairly active. The Triangle (NC) Java User's Group also have a channel, but it's not terribly active most of the time. #trijug (again, on Freenode) Also, if you're not already in #startups, it's a channel full of HN users... might be of interest to ya.

Sweet! Thanks for the great list.

Re: Ask HN: I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to learn Java.

#9

Post by diolpah » Wed, Jul 13, 2011, 3:29 AM UTC

andymoe wrote: post #5

akat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reg. community, the list cannot be complete without the SO tag - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java

Cool. What about java related IRC channels?

I would like to put in a plug for EFNet #java - idle there long enough and you may learn some things.

Disclaimer: I am an op there.