Where to get more information:
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Main Sun Java web site: http://www.javasoft.com/
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Ottawa Java Users Group: http://ottawa.jug.org/
Next meeting June 5th at 7:30
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JavaWorld, the on-line Java Magazine: http://www.javaworld.com/
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A Complete list to over 100 Java books: http://lightyear.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~srp/java/javabooks.html
My recommendations:
For the beginner: Hooked On Java. Arthur van Hoff, Sami Shaio, Orca Starbuck. Addison-Wesley.
For the keen programmer:
Java Sourcebook. Ed Anuff. Wiley. http://www.wiley.com/Compbooks/javasrbk/javahome.html
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A few simple shareware applets: http://www.conveyor.com/conveyor-java.html