The Old Joel on Software Forum: Part 5 (of 5)

Java...

Hello,

I'm looking for a really good online reference for Java.

Something that would explain when to use clone/equals methods, for example.

Any ideas?

Edward
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

The Java glossary is usually OK, though sometimes a bit terse...

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html

Tom (a programmer)
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Thanks Tom. Looks good.

Edward
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

http://www.javaalmanac.com

Brian
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Cool. Thank ya Brian.

Edward
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

You probably know about this one already, but...

Thinking in Java

http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/

Ged Byrne
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

www.onjava.com

rexguo
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/

or to be more specific,

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#clone()

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals(java.lang.Object)

jz
Thursday, July 15, 2004