I've written a little about virtual worlds in some of my previous blogs, and this morning I'm excited to announce I'll be working more with the developer community in Second Life for Sun.
This article explains what Java objects are and how they interact with each other. You will get familiar with some basic programming terminology as well. This article is aimed at anyone interested in Java programming who is between the ages of 10-100, and has no programming experience.
This article describes the tools you can use to learn Java programming. You decide which tool to start with based on what you currently know.
Now Facebook users have a page to lead them to content that can help
them learn Java programming. Log in to your Facebook account and Become a Fan of the Get Started with Java Programming page.
Get information on the latest technologies, views on technical sessions and Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) talks, and special interviews with attendees and evangelists.
Read why BLOB streaming may be relevant to your project, and how you can get started streaming BLOBs.
I've published the latest blogs from the MySQL Conference on http://blogs.sun.com/mysqlconf/.
The MySQL Conference in Santa Clara, CA starts this week, and I am looking forward to the sessions.
Please join us in Sun's Developer Playground in on Thursday, February 14 at 10am PST to meet the writers of java.sun.com. SMI Press is offering attendees one of three new SMI Press books for free!
The New to Java Programming Center has recently been redesigned to accommodate more articles and tutorials, community information, and has been organized so the information you need is easy to find.
Read about and sign up for these new certification courses.
Join Dana Nourie December 18th, Tues 9 AM PST and 7 PM PST, in
Second Life at
the
Sun Microsystems Developer Playground to discover how easy it is to learn the Java platform
through web programming.
Missed the Java Fundamentals chat? Read our discussion here, where we talk about NetBeans, how beginners can learn the Java platform, how scripting languages fit in, and what resources are available.
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