Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:19:45 -0800
Message-Id: <199702181719.JAA06679@puffin.eng.sun.com>
From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@eng.sun.com>
To: wangshan@inforamp.net
Subject: Re: I need your advice, please.
You do need to download the JDK.
However, this week we will make available the final release of the
JDK. (It should be available on our web site later today, Feb 18.)
I suggest you get a copy of the final version of the JDK (sorry! I
know it takes sa while to download but you're much better off with the
final version.)
To learn Java, try going through the online tutorial at
and work through a good book, like "The Java Tutorial" by Campione and
Walrath, or "Tech yourself Java in 21 days" by Laura Lemay.
You *don't* need the Usenix Tutorial that is on the security page.
That is some slides we used for a Usenix conference, and it won't help
you learn the basics of Java.
Marianne
p.s. This address is used for answering questions about Java
security, so I'm sorry I can't help you with other questions you might
have about Java. Check out the online newsgroups as well:
comp.lang.java
comp.lang.java.security
comp.lang.java.advocacy
comp.lang.java.announce
comp.lang.java.api
comp.lang.java.misc
comp.lang.java.programmer
comp.lang.java.setup
comp.lang.java.tech