Java is a relatively easy language to learn, and since you already have some experience with it, see if the Oracle tutorials[1] can help. Java 8 introduces a fe

Java is a relatively easy language to learn, and since you already have some experience with it, see if the Oracle tutorials[1] can help. Java 8 introduces a few features that make life easy, so you don't want to miss out on them. Once you are kind of confident with the syntax, an excellent way to exercise your skills is to write small programs that mimic Unix utilities, like cp, ls, mv etc. All the best :) [1]: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/