Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn JAVA

6 points·wpmoradi··10 comments

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,

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After 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-... 2: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/p...

Thanks! I am currently taking a course on edX and these resources are super helpful!

I 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by Herbert Schildt – as the name suggests, it covers most of the topics relevant to Java developers, including some outdated ones.

Head First Java by Kathy Sierra is also a decent introduction to the language, though much more limited and outdated.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.

Introduction to Java Programming: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/java/J1a_Intro...

There are more materials.

nice thank you!

I second this. It's good for beginner who wants to understand the concept.

I'm reading 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.

Thanks! this looks great!

If you tell me why you would like to learn Java, then I could help you find the appropriate resources.

Hi, I am trying to learn Java to build an application. Thanks for your help.

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