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Java Resources
Introduction
This page hosts a short selection of resources for the Java courses taught by the Computer Science Department at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The definitive source of Java information is Sun Microsystems' The Java Home Page however most of the information you need is below and available locally (except where noted).
Teaching
- Sun's Java Tutorial
- JDK Documentation (API version 1.4.2).
- JDK Documentation (API version 1.5.0).
- Home page for BlueJ - the interactive Java environment.
- David Barnes' Java Stylistic Conventions
- David Barnes' Glossary of Java and Related Terms
- Doug Lea's extensive "Coding standards" document (external)
- Local documentation for javacc, a Java compiler-compiler.
Installing and using Java and the JDK
- Get a copy of the JDK with documentation for your own PC
- Java for Linux (fast local mirror)
- Java for Linux (external)
Others
- Local Java for Linux mirror (UKC)
- Gamelan: the Java Directory (external)
- Dick Baldwin's Java Tutorials (external)
- JavaWorld Magazine (external)
- The Java Programmers FAQ (external)
- Roedy Green's Java Glossary (external)
- A complete Makefile setup for Java
- Online Java books:
- Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java (external)