Online Resources for Java Programmers

General Programming Resources

The Java Developer Connection^SM
http://developer.java.sun.com

Essential. Here are some of the things you can do at the JDC:

• research bugs
• vote for which bugs should be fixed first
• view tutorials and book samples
• download early access software
• chat with developers and API architects

Code Conventions
http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/

Conventions that developers within Sun try to follow when writing programs in the Java programming language.

About.com Focus on Java
http://java.about.com

Has articles and links to many resources.

JavaWorld Magazine
http://www.javaworld.net

Has articles about current programming topics.

Java Boutique
http://javaboutique.internet.com

Has applets (some including source code), tutorials, book reviews, and more.

Java Developer's Journal
http://www.sys-con.com/java/

An online subset of a print magazine. Includes source code and selected articles.

The J2EE^TM Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/index.html

A beginner's guide to developing enterprise applications on the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition SDK.

Java 3D^TM API Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/collateral/

Has descriptions and examples of the most commonly used features in the Java 3D API.

XML Technologies
http://java.sun.com/xml/tutorial_intro.html

Introduces XML and tells you how to use the Java XML APIs.

The JNDI Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/

Tells you how to use the Java^TM Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) for associating names and attributes with objects.

JDC Tutorials
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/

Many tutorials, covering a wealth of topics. Subjects include JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans, JDBC, and Java 2D.

The Swing Connection
http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/

The Swing engineering team's Web site. Has articles written both by Swing creators and by external programmers who use Swing.

The Swing/JFC FAQ
http://www.drye.com/java/faq.html

Unofficial answers to frequently asked questions about Swing.

Apple's Developer Site
http://developer.apple.com/java/

For programmers who use Macs.