Java Links
Tutorials suitable for beginners
(Including a few explanations of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP):
- The very first thing you will want to do is to learn how to
download the Java tools you will need to learn Java. The primary
tool is the Java Development Kit (usually called "JDK" with a version
number like "JDK1.4", but sometimes confusingly called names like
"J2SE 1.4"). Just downloading and getting toolkit to work itself
can be a challenge if you've never done this sort of thing before.
Accordingly, SUN (the makers of Java) has written a "how to" manual
for beginners. We recommend reading SUN's
"New to Java" section first, especially Steps 1, 2 and 3.
- See our entry
level Java tutorial using applets, complete with instructions on
downloading Java.
We have an entire website for
high school computer science teachers .
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A gentle introduction to OOP using a "literary" analogy.
This tutorial is written for novices.
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A tutorial on OOP on a site maintained by Extropia.
The site contains free tutorials on a bunch of other topics (including
Java, Perl, HTML etc).
- SUN of course has a lot of material on Java, starting with
their main
tutorial.
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Ben Golding in the UK has an excellent and entertaining
Java tutorial
for beginners.
- A short,
one-page mini-tutorial on Java
at Stanford University.
- Java Boutique
(a site with many Java-related links) has a
beginner's tutorial on Java that is applet-focused.
- If you don't mind popup ads,
About.com has a short
tutorial on Java syntax. About.com also has tutorials on a wide
variety of Java-related topics.
See also their
tutorial for
beginners.
- Elliotte Harold (an author of many Java books) has
an extensive
tutorial in Java.
- A somewhat fast-paced
tutorial by David Reilly.
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Dick Baldwin's tutorial with lots of examples.
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ProgrammingTutorials.com has a list of links to tutorials on Java.
Intermediate and advanced-level tutorials:
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