How would some multimedia tutorials on WAS administration, ans WSAD
development help you out? Did I mention they were free?

Check these out. And tell your friends!

http://www.technicalfacilitation.com/examscam/tf/get.php?link=web

For learning Servlet and JSP development, the best, absolute best book
to get his Head First Servlet and JSP. If you watch my tutorials, doing
the samples in this book using WSAD / IRAD will be easy.

Head First Servlet and JSP:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2F...

You might also want Head First Java and Head First EJB. They really are
great books.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2F...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2F...

-Cameron McKenzie

Free Java Certification Mock Exams: www.scja.com
Free WebSphere Tutorials: www.pulpjava.com
WebSphere Certification Resources: www.examscam.com

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Best tool ? Ask 10 people and get 11 different answers ! :-)

My answer would be Eclipse.

Best resource ? Depends a bit on your current programming
experience with Java and other languages !

Tell us that and we may come up with some book
recommendations.

Arne

The command line. Seriously.

IDEs, especially early on, mask some important understandings and will
slow you down with bells and whistles.

The answer depends almost entirely on your programming background. Is
Java your first programming language? If not, which language(s) have
you used and which tool(s) did you use to write them.

The answer to this one depends on the answer to your first question
and also on how you like to study. For example, I have always depended
on a paper text book beside me to read while I worked on the computer.
I have, fairly recently, added a second monitor and I'm now accustomed
to having an on-line tutorial on the second monitor as a substitute
for a printed version. Other people find attending classes is the
"best" way to learn.

Hi Cribbs,

I am bashing through the "Agile Java" book, using the Netbeans 5.5 IDE.
I am a long-time Python
hacker (C, C++ too), and I must say the combination of AJ and Netbeans
impresses me.

You might need references like the "Java Developer's Almanac" or "Java
in a Nutshell" to back up "Agile Java".  However, the "cntl-space" help
in Netbeans is so extensive, with the IDE assistance  to "cover" a lot
of the syntax gotchas -- it all helps you learn faster and learn
better, IMHO.

It was pretty easy, too, to get a recent Glassfish (Sun JEE 5
application server) build to talk to Netbeans, and to deploy Web apps
such as the IBatis "JPetStore".

All in all, you can't go wrong.  I have a subscription to and tinkered
a fair amount with Eclipse (MyEclipseIDE.com), but Netbeans doesn't get
in the way as much with "too many" layers of panels, modes and menus.

I hope this helps.
----mark

"java is the New Cobol ;)" -- hoping Python & Jython get fully
supported in Netbeans :) !

FWIW the Zeus for Windows IDE has support for Java:

  http://www.zeusedit.com/features.html
  Note: Zeus is shareware (45 day trial).

It has features like class browsing, syntax highlighting,
smart indent, code folding, project/workspace management,
integrated version control etc etc.

You can also integrate the Java SDK help files directly
into the editor, which provides context sensitive access
the SDK information.

 http://www.zeusedit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows