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ashishnehete
ashishnehete Original post #1
Jul 23, 2007 at 4:04 PM
i have decided to learn Java my self from books
which is the java software i can do the work as i am totaly new to this JAVA thing
Garbage
Garbage #2
Jul 23, 2007 at 5:34 PM
Very first thing u need is JDK i.e. Java Development Kit. I think latest version is 1.6. U can get it from HERE

Second thing u need is any good IDE. Look for Netbeans or JCreater.
S
sakumar79 #3
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:50 PM
If you are looking at learning the programming by yourself, you should seriously consider starting with a barebones IDE like blueJ instead of a full-fledged IDE like Netbeans... With Netbeans, many code snippets are automatically added to help you code faster, but such facility will not be available with blueJ. This way, you will be doing a lot more coding by yourself and thereby learning better...

Get some good tutorials from sun java site, they are handy.

Arun
Garbage
Garbage #4
Jul 23, 2007 at 9:59 PM
yeh... Netbeans is a very advanced IDE. Even if u want to compile a stand alone JAVA file, u have to make a project first. :(

So, as Arun said, try for blueJ. But my vote goes for JCreater.
Pathik
Pathik #5
Jul 23, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Even i ll be starting JAVA this week..
Go for JDK 6u2 + BlueJ or Netbeans..
As for the tutorial this is the best..
*java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorialNB/download/tutorial.zip