From: Tom Willis Date: 2005-03-29T12:00:21+09:00 Subject: Re: Java for Rubyists I second Eckel I fell the original posters pain. My work world is filled with long forgotten .net apps and J2ee apps that I have to patch at a moments notice. Having scripting languages has helped me nonetheless with the exploration of ideas in a timely manner, working out algorithms and protocols etc... On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:20:21 +0900, Albert Chou wrote: > I'm not anything like a Java expert, but I do refer to Bruce Eckel's > _Thinking in Java_ most of the time when I need to look up a language > feature (as opposed to just understanding some API via its Javadoc). > It's freely downloadable via his Web site(s); I always remember > http://BruceEckel.com/ most easily. > > Al > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miles Keaton [mailto:mileskeaton@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 6:09 PM > To: ruby-talk ML; shalev@simplyphysics.com > Subject: Re: Java for Rubyists > > > I have been forced by the powers-that-be to learn Java. > > Is there some book out there somewhere that will teach Java without > > making me go mad from comparing it to Ruby? > > Shalev - > > I recently bought a "Head First" book on Design Patterns. The "Head > First" series is SO good - SUCH a great way to learn something, > especially when you've already got a resentful attitude, and you're > going to need some help making it fun. > > Try to go down to a bookstore to see this book in person: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava2/ > ... or at very least download the two sample chapters in PDF, there. > > I can highly recommend it, and if you look over at Amazon, you'll see > that almost everyone else does, too. > > -- Thomas G. Willis http://paperbackmusic.net