[Preston] java for linux

[Guy]

Java is reasonably easy to get to grips with. It has 'C' like syntax and is 
object orientated from the ground up (unlike C++ which is very inconsistent 
in its application of object orientation). IMO the big deal about Java came 
about in the earlier days of the Internet, before the browser war was won by 
IE. Java 'applets' were executable code that could be run on any client 
machine (with a Java enabled browser, of course) without the fear of 
compromising security. They could not write to hard drives or return 
sensitive info from your PC.

Now Java tends to be more commonly seen server-side with Java server pages 
(JSP) and servlets. Having said that, it is a 'system' language and you can 
write any type of program in Java.
The HSBC online bank uses JSP and servlets. Java has always been big on 
security.

Sun Java is free of charge but NOT open source. :-(

Check out Bruce Eckel's (free) online book about Java
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
-- 
Guy

On Tuesday 12 November 2002 7:43 pm, you wrote:
> Hello all.
>  I am very intreaged by Java and the Virtual Machine, [is it?], that one
> must have on a oc in order to run java software, or develop it.
>  Does anyone have any good url's that could guide a complete nivice in
> java, to a semi understanding of the basic software and how to start
> writing code in Java.
> For some time now, I have held a mild curiosity with Java, but never acted
> on it, I was and still am to some degree, daunted by the hole virtual
> machine thing.
> Is it a complex langiage to learn? what are the devlopement enviroments for
> java on linux like?, would I nead to get any new software to install on my
> suse8.1, in order for me to begin discovering java?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
> Regards
> Hyperion/nemes
>
>
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