Re: Java Programming for Windows

From: Roger (roger_at_senanque.co.nz)
Date: 12/24/03

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    The only answer you are likely to get from this group is that Java is
    the best language ever :)

    Java runs on Windows and does perfectly good graphics. I'm not into
    graphics programming myself but there are plenty of good Java programs
    around that demonstrate graphics running on windows. They also run on
    other platforms, so if youchange your mind about windows you don't
    have to rewrite all your code.

    Java is easier than C++ (quite a lot easier, actually). These days I
    only use C++ if I am doing very low level stuff, or integrating Java
    with something else.

    Applets are always Java, by definition, although you can do similar
    things in ActiveX and .NET (ie write code that is downloaded to the
    browser).

    Java tools are often free (download the JDK from Sun and the Eclipse
    IDE and you have an excellent development system).

    Books: I learned on "Java 2 and Javascript for C and C++ programmers",
    Daconta et al, Wiley, but you don't have a C++ background so (while I
    recommend that) it may not suit you. Do go for a how-to book rather
    than the type that just provide APIs on paper. You get the APIs from
    the web. There are tutorials on Sun's site (http://java.sun.com) which
    help a lot too. Note that you are probably interested in J2SE rather
    than the other flavours.

    One of the nice things about Java is that it is very easy to generate
    documentation from code so any libraries are usually distributed with
    web pages. Most of the syntax is fairly simple, you learn it quickly,
    but the libraries are huge and ever expanding so the on-line docs are
    important.

    Hope that helps.

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