Hi,

I too had to learn java so I picked up the book

"Java how to program 6/e" from Deitel"
isbn 0-13-148398-6


It is totally awesome. It's a college book (live code learning so if you do the examples you will learn how to program in Java...

The book is for a rank beginner and will take you very far..

You will need the following free Software

IDE - Eclipse 3.10 in beta know (it uses the java se 5.0 SDK)
Database - mySQL
ORM - Hibernate Object / Relation mapping (Java/SQL Database mapping

and other stuff that you will be exposed to as part of the book /course


There is a lot to learn but the book really helps start you



jp




>Hello UT,
>
>I know this message board is mainly on Microsoft technologies but some of you might have
>experience with JAVA...
>
>I have to get into Java for a project but I have no clue where to start.
>
>Can you suggest me good articles/sites/whatever on this to get a solid introduction to JAVA and related technologies (WebSphere, etc...)?
>
>Thanks in advance,
> Alex