Read This First

Question posted by: JosAH (Moderator) on August 15th, 2008 08:33 AM

Greetings,

It is strongly advised to download the first two links to your computer. The first
link downloads Sun's Java Tutorial which is an almost mandatory read if you
want to get started properly. Having the tutorial available locally can be
a convenience even if you're offline.

The second link contains the API documentation of all the publicly available
classes that come with the Java distribution. Without it you can't properly
develop any software at all; software development isn't a guessing game.

The next links give you the details of several aspects of the Java language and
its implementation. One day you'll need them. They're here for your convenience.

Before you want to ask a question in this forum check out the abundance of
available documentation first. Oh, and while we're very willing to help you when
you're stuck, we don't do your homework for you. If you ask any such question
we'll refer you to this document.

Important external links

• Download Sun's Java tutorial
• Download the Java SE 6 API documentation
• Download the Java Language Specification
• Download the Java Virtual Machine Specification
• What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic
• What you always wanted to know about the classpath
• Sun's Java coding conventions
• Roedy Green's Java Glossary
• Download Sun's JavaMail API

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