[ale] Servlets and NetBeans and .jars, oh my!

[James Sumners]

I agree. It seems to me that this answer is really "depends on what
you're trying to do." In my case, I have to learn Java (the easiest
part) + Libraries + Tomcat + whatever else is needed to run/administer
my portal.

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Dylan Northrup <ale at doc-x.net> wrote:
> Actually, I think that'd be precisely the wrong place to start.  The
> tutorials there are presented on specific technologies, but are not put into
> any overall context and there is nothing to tie the tutorials together or
> show when and where they're supposed to be used.  I know this because I am
> in the same position as Pete, have been looking for a similar "Guide to the
> Java Ecosystem" and found Sun's Java tutorials to be utterly lacking in that
> respect.  Sun's site is great for learning how to implement the specific
> technologies, but not on why you'd want to implement those technologies,
> IMO.  YMMV.



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