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Q. I'm adept at Cold Fusion and not too bad at PHP, and these are both non OOP. I'd like to learn Java as an alternative to these two languages, and I'm having trouble finding where to start. Are there any resources that teach the Java needed for scripting vs full fledged stand alone applications? Also, can someone tell me some benefits of java vs. other languages for simple things? If I just needed a form processor or some scripting to drop info in a database, is one language really that much better than another? I can bang out CF code easily, but now that the boss wants to turn us into an OOP shop, I'm wondering how this would benefit us.

A. > I'm adept at Cold Fusion and not too bad at PHP, and these are both non > OOP. I'd like to learn Java as an alternative to these two languages, and > I'm having trouble finding where to start. Are there any resources that > teach the Java needed for scripting vs full fledged stand alone > applications? If by scripting, you mean JavaScript, then ask in comp.lang.javascript about that piece. JavaScript isn't Java at all. For the rest of it, there are lots of good introductory Java resources out there. Look for Sun's Java Tutorial, which is available online and has all kinds of branches that cover the basics of Java in various different environments. Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java is available online (as well as in print form at your favorite bookstore) and covers the more conceptual OO stuff very well. > Also, can someone tell me some benefits of java vs. other languages for > simple things? If I just needed a form processor or some scripting to > drop info in a database, is one language really that much better than > another? No, as long as the code is guaranteed to remain very simple. Obviously, any reasonable server side web language will be capable of doing that kind of stuff, and it matters little what language you use. If your application may grow very large in the future, the flexibility of being able to move or a MVC-style servlets/JSP/EJB architecture with a web application server may be a lifesaver. It will help if your code starts out as a JSP. Then you can separate business logic from presentation easily with servlets, and then add in EJBs as a last step when you need scalability across multiple servers and so on and so forth.

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