Java Documentation

Question

Hi guys,

I have a school project which has to be coded in java and I'm having a little trouble getting started, mainly finding good documentation for this language.

Is there anything for java like what http://www.php.net is for php?

Answer 1

http://java.sun.com/javase/index.jsp

Answer 2

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/

Answer 3

There are APIs and tutorials available from Sun.

Answer 4

There's the standard library API at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ (for Java 1.6)

Answer 5

http://www.jdocs.com/ has API info and documentation for lots of common java libraries in addition to the java platform.

Answer 6

Java Tutorials/trails should get you started, if you have some basic experience programming.

Answer 7

Another Javadoc site is DocWeb.

Answer 8

Hello,

have a look at the book "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel. The third edition is free (link)...

Answer 9

The Java language specification is a fairly dry, but useful resource.

Answer 10

Java How to Program, 6/e

its a good reference for beginners.