[H-GEN] Java training courses

[David Wood]

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On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 03:33:08PM +1000, Byron Ellacott wrote:
> I'm about to start some Java middleware development work, and would like
> to be brought up to speed on Java and Swing.  Can anyone recommend
> training courses and/or books to this effect?  Brisbane, Sydney or
> Melbourne are all fine.

The O'Reilly Swing book is superior.  For Java itself, I think it is 
good to take a short(ish) class to get rolling if you are coming from
anything other than Smalltalk or C++.  DSTC has some good ones by 
reputation, as does QUT.

There are a million Java books out there and they all suck.  Except 
maybe ORA's Java in a Nutshell (2nd ed.), which is aging a little 
bit but will get you started.

Once you are into the language, http://www.javaworld.com/ is a decent
technical magazine.  Mostly you'll use the javadoc for the APIs you 
are using.

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Regards,
Dave
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