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GambitDeclined | Hi All, I want to learn Java (I programmed in BASIC about 35 years ago, no kidding), and all the books I have picked up are SUN (Oracle?) Java -- in the interest of learning, should I start off with the sun java SDK suggested in these books or... well, what do you think? | 23:48 |
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GambitDeclined | I primarily use Debian and Ubuntu at home. | 23:48 |
GambitDeclined | Assuming anyone is awake. :-) | 23:49 |
persia | This channel tends to be more about how Java is packaged in Ubuntu. | 23:49 |
persia | For questions about Java itself, ##java is preferred. | 23:50 |
persia | This channel tends to be more about how Java is packaged in Ubuntu. | 23:50 |
persia | For questions about Java itself, ##java is preferred. | 23:50 |
GambitDeclined | Yeah, I know, but it was a general preference I was looking for among fellow linux users. | 23:51 |
persia | I understand, but I'm not convinced that the folk here are prepared to answer your questions. | 23:51 |
GambitDeclined | persia, I didn't really think of it as a coding question, but if you think I'll have more luck there I'll see what they have to tell me. | 23:51 |
GambitDeclined | persia, Thanks. | 23:52 |
persia | I will say that I've spent time developing Java in a windows environment that was tested in a linux environment and deployed to an OS/400 environment: the key bit is really making sure you have the library support you need. | 23:52 |
persia | Everything else is syntax, for which ##java is a wonderful resource. | 23:52 |
persia | If you're just learning, I'll suggest playing robocode for a while. handy way to sharpen your skills, and fun | 23:53 |
persia | 1.6.2 is in the repos. | 23:54 |
GambitDeclined | persia, Okay, I'll poke my head in there and see what they think about using openjava with books oriented to sunjava. Assuming that I'm even using the right terms. | 23:54 |
GambitDeclined | persia, I'll take a look at robocode as well. | 23:54 |
persia | They can probably advise better. Last information I have from Sun is ~22 months old, and it was that internally Sun was only working on OpenJDK for the future, but there's been lots of changes since then (e.g. ORACLE) | 23:55 |
GambitDeclined | Yeah, Oracle seems to be eating all the old standby's up. | 23:55 |
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