Deitel Text:

• Java for Programmers, Second Edition
• Hardcopy & Kindle from Amazon
• Java SE Resource Center

IDE:

• Eclipse - Introduction to Eclipse - Eclipse Vocabulary
• NetBeans

Oracle:

• Oracle's Java site
• java.com - about Java
  
  
• Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE)
  • Java SE home page
• Download the current Java SE Development Kit (JDK)
• Java SE documentation
• Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 7 API Specification
  
• Java Tutorials
• Java TechTips
  
• Coding Conventions - a must read!
  
  
• Swing
  • Intro to Swing
  • The Swing Tutorial
    
    
• Desktop Java
  • Java Media Framework
    
    
• Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME)
  • Java ME home page
  • Sun Java Wireless Toolkit
  • toolkit documentation
  • Sun Mobility Development Center
    
  • tutorials
    • Wireless Development Tutorial
    • Getting Started with MIDP
    • Getting Started with MIDP 2.0
  • documentation (also available in the toolkit)
    • CLDC 1.1 API
    • MIDP 2.0 API
  • devices, benchmarking
    • MOTODEV
    • mpowerplayer
    • JBenchmark
    • J2ME Polish
    • Mobile-Utopia Calibrator

Microsoft:

• Visual J# - not Java, but similar - targets the .NET runtime

Useful Tools:

• TextPad -
  • nice simple shareware editor
  • color-coded syntax
  • compiles and executes both applications and applets
• teaching beginners
  • BlueJ
  • JGrasp
• for more advanced programmers
  • jEdit
  • Eclipse
  • Java Power Tools
  • NetBeans

Java for C++ Programmers

• tutorial by Gary Shute at UNM
• tutorial by Marius Zimand at Towson

Java Examples:

• Java Tech

Organizations:

• ACM Java Task Force
• java.net
• JOGL
• Java Games Community
• Java Boutique
• JavaLobby

Advanced Placement:

• AP Computer Science AB
  • Topics
  • AP CS Java Subset
  • Case Study
• Subset API
• CSUC JETT Workshops
• CSUC TECS Workshop