Having trouble starting with Java

[Open sourced nick]

Hello, I have some background in programming, I use to program in
pascal and I started learning Ruby a few months back so I know the
principals of OOP, the problem is that I can't find a good guide to
Java that I can follow and use with NetBeans, and another thing, say I
want to do something specific like import an .MDB file, or grabbing
information from my website (specific information I wrote such is line
3 to 6) (just some examples), how do I find out how to do those
things?

 

[Mark Space]

Hello, I have some background in programming, I use to program in
pascal and I started learning Ruby a few months back so I know the
principals of OOP, the problem is that I can't find a good guide to
Java that I can follow and use with NetBeans, and another thing, say I

You can get started with NetBeans from the tutorials on their website,
the Java tutorials on Sun's site, and also I like the Javapassion.com
website, which has a full organized course on learning Java and also
uses NetBeans.

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/java-se.html

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/

want to do something specific like import an .MDB file, or grabbing
information from my website (specific information I wrote such is line
3 to 6) (just some examples), how do I find out how to do those
things?

We'll, you gotta learn the basics first. Pay attention to the sockets
section of the tutorial, and databases go along with the appropriate
parts of Java (usually abbreviated jdbc).

The most popular form of import for databases is to export to csv
(comma-separated-values) then import. Java works with MySQL, Postgre
(sp?), Oracle, etc. So take your pick....

 

[Roedy Green]

Hello, I have some background in programming, I use to program in
pascal and I started learning Ruby a few months back so I know the
principals of OOP, the problem is that I can't find a good guide to
Java that I can follow and use with NetBeans, and another thing, say I
want to do something specific like import an .MDB file, or grabbing
information from my website (specific information I wrote such is line
3 to 6) (just some examples), how do I find out how to do those
things?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html