The Java Tutorials are great for people new to the Java Platform: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17409_01/javase/tutorial/index.html http://download.oracle

The Java Tutorials are great for people new to the Java Platform: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17409_01/javase/tutorial/index.html http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17409_01/javase/tutorial... Of course, the focus is the Java language... but there are lots of practical examples.