From: Jason Grosland <jcg3@cs.duke.edu>
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  Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:49:59 -0500

Re: Java help?

On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, StephenByrd wrote:

> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/

I doubt if you want to start with the language spec...

My most important reference is the API-- unfortunately, the cs dept took
down the 1.1 api, but the 1.2 version should be just as good (it just has
a lot more stuff like javax.*).

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~ola/courses/cps108/doc/jdk1.2b2/api/frame.html

You can also see a lot of example code at 
	/afs/acpub.duke.edu/project/cps/pkgs/jdk-1.1.5/demo

I'd recommend just looking around in the api for stuff that looks
familiar.  In java.util you'll find a lot of the stuff you're used to--
vectors, hashtables, etc.  You should also look around java.lang-- all the
core functionality is here like java.lang.String.

The point of the first assignment is to help you start looking around in
some of these resources and figure out how to learn about java.  Since
there were no java books that were required for the course, you have to be
more aggressive about how you find information.

Good luck,
...jason

	     - By all means, think outside of the box.    -
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