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nondisclosure007@gmail.com - 24 Feb 2006 05:18 GMT

Hello.

I'm looking for some guidance here. I currently use Visual Studio 2005
and program in Visual Basic.

What I'm looking to learn is the Java language. Specifically,
programming for J2EE and jsp implimentations.

What books does everyone reccomend?
What IDE is best?
Can I use VS 2005 to program J2EE and jsp pages?

The cheaper any of these are, the better.

I know I'm asking for opinions. But that's what I need to start my
research.

Thank you in advance
-Michael

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Pradyut - 24 Feb 2006 06:23 GMT

> Hello.
>
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> What IDE is best?
> Can I use VS 2005 to program J2EE and jsp pages?

IDE will be Netbeans available at netbeans.org
There are plenty of java books available on the p2p network
Torrent, Limewire etc.

> The cheaper any of these are, the better.
>
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> Thank you in advance
> -Michael

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raavi - 24 Feb 2006 10:29 GMT

Hi
Eclipse IDE seems to be good.you will get more provisions there .

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Michael Redlich - 24 Feb 2006 10:50 GMT

> What books does everyone reccomend?
> What IDE is best?
> Can I use VS 2005 to program J2EE and jsp pages?

Hi Michael:

If you are serious about J2EE development, I would stay away from
Microsoft. I lost track with Microsoft's supposed support for Java
especially in the .NET framework.

Some recommended application servers are:

* JBoss (open-source)
* GlassFish (relatively new Sun open-source project)
* BEA WebLogic
* IBM WebSphere

Other recommended IDEs to complement Eclipse and NetBeans are:

* Borland JBuilder
* IntelliJ Idea
* Sun Studio Creator (which Sun just made available for free)

Hope this helps...

Sincerely,

Mike.

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ACGNJ Java Users Group
http://www.javasig.org/

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Bjorn Abelli - 30 Mar 2006 11:47 GMT

<nondisclosure007@gmail.com> wrote...

> What I'm looking to learn is the Java language. Specifically,
> programming for J2EE and jsp implimentations.
>
> What books does everyone reccomend?
> What IDE is best?

If you have no knowledge of Java before, I'd suggest you wait with J2EE and
JSP until you've gotten into the Java language before anything else. Even if
you're fully proficient in VB, Java needs another mindset. Roedy has some
good advice on his page to learn Java:

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html

> Can I use VS 2005 to program J2EE and jsp pages?

VS2005 doesn't have that kind of support for Java.

It has support for J#, which is another language, with Java-like syntax.
There are some possibilities to switch between Java and J# with MS-tools,
but then you're restricted to the version corresponding to J2SE
1.1.something...

There has been a lot of changes since (some even to the language in 1.5),
and there's no support for J2EE or JSP at all in VS2005...

// Bjorn A

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