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Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn JAVA
Hi guys, I am already pretty familiar with Python, but would liek to learn Java - do you guys have any great resources you want to recommend?
Thanks in advance,
- HiroshiSan 8y agoI'm reading Think Java: http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-java/ http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-java/ so far so good, I like it for it's size. I wanted an introductory text that wasn't 1000 pages.
- wpmoradi 8y agoThanks! this looks great!
- brezenix 8y agoIntroduction to Java Programming: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/java/J1a_Introduction.html http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/java/J1a_Intro... There are more materials.
- mpetkevicius 8y agoI personally quite liked Java: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt – as the name suggests, it covers most of the topics relevant to Java developers, including some outdated ones. Head First Java by Kathy Sierra is also a decent introduction to the language, though much more limited and outdated. Oracle also has on-line Java tutorial which I regularly visit during development. However the content is more scattered than in a book.
- jryan49 8y agoAfter you get some Java under your belt try Effective Java and Java Concurrency in Practice. Also I read the Javadocs for all the built in libraries like java.util [1] and the Javadocs for the stream api [2]. After that I read the language spec, and the memory model spec. 1: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/package-summary.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/package-... 2: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/package-summary.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/p...
- wpmoradi 8y agoThanks! I am currently taking a course on edX and these resources are super helpful!
- charmides 8y agoIf you tell me why you would like to learn Java, then I could help you find the appropriate resources.
- wpmoradi 8y agoHi, I am trying to learn Java to build an application. Thanks for your help.