Re: learning java

A good Java book is Java: How to Program, 3rd ed, by Deitel and Deitel. 

HOWEVER -- and I repeat -- HOWEVER, unless you have a good understanding of 
basic programming concepts, you will most likely be lost before long. Java is 
not a language you want to teach yourself. If you already know C++ or 
something similar, you'll have a great head start. Otherwise, you need a 
teacher to help you through the morass of control structures, methods, 
arrays, etc. And that is before you really get into the real OOP aspects of 
the language. 

I'd suggest looking into a course at a local university to get started. And 
if you can't find a good teacher, you can always settle for an engineer ;-). 
I say that because the man teaching the Java class I'm currently taking is an 
engineer with no teaching skills, but that makes me work harder to understand 
the concepts. But that's beside the point.

Michael
~~~Lost in the ozone~~~

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