Re: new to Java - best resource?

Beth In Alaska wrote:
I'm a procedural programmer (vb mostly) and I've gotten a fabulous opportunity to score a donated copy of BEA Weblogic Platform for my organziation (small non-profit). I've got a great o'reilly safari subscription and the java code is making sense (I'm starting with Heads Up Java, which is fun and entertaining) and I love the oo concept. What I am confused about is the many types of programs that can be created : whats a servlet do as opposed to an EJB. I understand JSP pages, thank goodness, and what a jar is. But there lots of words being thrown around that I am unsure i understand - is there a beginners java glossary anywhere?

Thanks in advance,

Beth In Alaska



You can try Sun's "The Really Big Index".
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reallybigindex.html

The "Java Language Specification, Third Edition" for reference.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/j3TOC.html

"JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Overview for reference.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs//guide/

JDK 5.0 Documentation for reference.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs

"Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 API Specification" for reference.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/

And along with all of that "The Java Developers Almanac 1.4" for examples outside the tutorials.
http://javaalmanac.com

Thanks in Advance...
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