Actually, I think that'd be precisely the wrong place to start. The tutorials there are presented on specific technologies, but are not put into any overall context and there is nothing to tie the tutorials together or show when and where they're supposed to be used. I know this because I am in the same position as Pete, have been looking for a similar "Guide to the Java Ecosystem" and found Sun's Java tutorials to be utterly lacking in that respect. Sun's site is great for learning how to implement the specific technologies, but not on why you'd want to implement those technologies, IMO. YMMV.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/2 Björn Gustafsson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bg-ale@bjorng.net">bg-ale@bjorng.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
This is a good starting point:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/</a><br>
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Pete Hardie <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> I'm trying to get back into the Java world, and since it's been a<br>
> decade since I last looked at it, I'm at a loss as to where to<br>
> start. I'm pretty sure that I've retained enough about Java the<br>
> language to be ok, but the whole Java ecosystem has<br>
> grown around the language, and I don't know where to start.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know of some good roadmaps and overviews of the various<br>
> Java things so that I can decide what I need to learn first?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Pete Hardie<br>
> --------<br>
> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
<br>
--<br>
Björn Gustafsson<br>
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