ptg7068951382 APPENDIX B:Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
Chapters and other material from many Sams Publishing Java books have
been made freely available on http://www.informit.com, a website for informa-
tion technology professionals produced in collaboration with Sams.
The Sams Publishing website, http://www.informit.com/sams, is a good place to
see what’s coming from Sams Publishing and other imprints of the Pearson
Technology Group.Oracle’s Official Java Site
The Java software division of Oracle maintains three websites of interest to
programmers and users of its language.
The Oracle Technology Network for Java Developers, which is published
at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java, is the first place to visit
when looking for Java-related information. New versions of the Java
Development Kit and other programming resources are available for
download, along with documentation for the entire Java class library.
There’s also a bug database, a user group directory, and support forums.
Java.net at http://www.java.net is a large community of Java programmers. You
can start your own weblog focused on the language, create a new open-
source project and host it for free on the site, and collaborate with other
programmers.
Java.com at http://www.java.com promotes the benefits of the language to con-
sumers and nonprogrammers. You can download the Java runtime envi-
ronment from the site, which enables users to run programs created with
Java on their computers. There’s also a gallery showing examples of where
Java is being used today.Java Class Documentation
Perhapsthe most useful part of Oracle’s Java site is the documentation for
every class, variable, and method in the Java class library. Thousands of
pages are available online at no cost to you to show you how to use the
classes in your programs.
To visit the class documentation for Java 7, go to
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api.