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Ask HN: Learning Java in 2010
Almost a month ago I read one "Ask HN" story, and debate, about Learning C++ in 2010 (<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1119992>).
I was wondering the same about Java: It seems that the language and the ecosystem are taking off again and I am increasingly interested in Java projects (from Cassandra to Lucene and some other stuff from the Apache Incubator).
What should I read? How should I "practice" to avoid all the bad Java docs and programmers out there?
- tjr 17y agoIf you're new to Java, I would suggest going through The Java Programming Language and Effective Java. The former hasn't been updated very recently, but should still be a good introduction. The latter was updated two years ago, and offers great advice on Java style.