java 2023-12-12

What one resource would you recommend for someone who is now working in java, given they previously worked in clojure?

@drewverlee I'm still pretty deep in both worlds, so feel free to ping me with questions, etc.

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If, like me, you prefer learning from books, I’d recommend https://horstmann.com/javaimpatient/index.html.

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Thanks for the suggestion @matt.wistrand. @seancorfield I'm looking for learning material that would make sense for someone with a background in doing server work in clojure, to now have to write server code in Java. I have no idea what that would look like if I'm being honest. But it's my current world so I'm trying to sort it out

@drewverlee Interesting. Does where you're working have a standard Java setup? Spring or something else?

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Standard as far as i know, not spring. I'm probably just looking for an up to date intro book honestly.

Hmm, are you talking "web server" or just backend process? Do you know if they use a particular web server or servlet container?

(huge number of options available so knowing what they're already using -- or expecting you to contribute to -- will narrow the field a far bit)

very true. The first couple things on my plate are working with aws services and doing HTTP and FTP transfers between databases. So i imagine i'm mostly going to be reading aws java docs. The book recommendation "java for the impatient" seems like a good one.

What's your goal? Java is a massive space in terms of resources...