Re: Books on Java Objects and Primitives

2011-05-24 Thread WoodHacker
I think I understand what you're looking for. I have the same concern. There very best Java book I have found is "The Java Developer's Almanac" by Patrick Chan. Volume 2 covers Swing and Volume 1 covers everything else. No nonsense, just answers with great examples. Bill On May 23, 12:16 pm

Re: Books on Java Objects and Primitives

2011-05-23 Thread Armando Blancas
Maybe something like this: Java for Programmers [Paperback] Paul J. Deitel (Author), Harvey M. Deitel (Author) You can start with the basics of the language and then move on to using the libraries as needed. The docs api (linked above) is a great reference but not a place for learning how to use t

Re: Books on Java Objects and Primitives

2011-05-23 Thread octopusgrabbus
This was very helpful. Thanks. On May 23, 12:36 pm, Chas Emerick wrote: > I'm still not certain what you're asking after here.  The JVM comes with a > sizable standard library, documented here: > > http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/ > > and then you have at your feet the entirety of t

Re: Books on Java Objects and Primitives

2011-05-23 Thread Chas Emerick
I'm still not certain what you're asking after here. The JVM comes with a sizable standard library, documented here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/ and then you have at your feet the entirety of the Java library ecosystem. It's big. Pending your obtaining the library(ies) you'

Re: Books on Java Objects and Primitives

2011-05-23 Thread octopusgrabbus
I apologize for not being clearer in why I asked this question. While learning Clojure, I thought it would be helpful to have some Java objects/primitives documentation to know what I can call in Clojure. Thanks and sorry for the too brief original post. On May 23, 10:01 am, octopusgrabbus wrote: