Bryan Fendley's Java Site

Welcome to my public site for java info.  I use this site to help anybody who is in the process of learning about java programming.  The site is a compilation of information and answers to common questions that my students ask or that I anticipate they will ask.

Tools, tools, and more tools......

• Net beans is my favorite! not recommended for your first time out.
• Welcome to NetBeans
• Net beans blue J edition is a good stepping stone into the full net beans IDE.  You may want to learn it first before moving to Net Beans.
• edu NetBeans IDE 5.0 BlueJ Edition
• Greenfoot is fun and easy to use and will help you learn about objects: definitely worth your time.  Could make an interesting senior project. Oh yeah, did I mention its all about game programming!
• Greenfoot Programmers' Manual
• Greenfoot - Download

Tips for learning to program

• The Java™ Tutorials
• Language basics

Programming cook book

• Hello World! for Microsoft Windows (The Java™ Tutorials Getting Started The Hello World! Application)
• Hello world in netbeans
• netbeans buttons

Java vs .Net

• If you like visual studio check out Net Beans, but learn to program in java first!

Java API Documentation

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html

Command Line

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs211/2005sp/Sections/S1/commandln.htm#finding

Moving Around at the Command line

http://csjava.occ.cccd.edu/~gilberts/jdkinstall/DOS.html

DataBase Connections

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/derby-demo.html