Good online book/tutorials for learning java

i tried googling around a bit but couldn't find much and the stuff i did find wasn't really aimed at noobs to programming, can anyone give me some good links to sites to get me started?

In addition to the fine book Dusty linked to, the tutorial collection from Sun is also worth a look.
I also recomend you start early with looking at the api as well. There you'll find good descriptions of all the classes and methods avaliable in the libs of Java. Its a bit intimidating at first because of its size, but after a while it will be the first place you'll look for information on how to use a class.
tutorial :http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
api: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html
good luck!

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Does anyone know a good online book/tutorial for java programming for beginners. and im looking for something about OOP structure or something. so for the absolute beginner. i dont know any other languages.
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Here's the download page, if you prefer to work off-line, like I do. You can download all the tutorials, and all the sample code that they use.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/information/download.html

Which book is good for learning java?

1. Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive (8th Edition)
2. Core Java(TM), Volume I--Fundamentals (8th Edition)
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This is the set of often recommended resources:
TheList?
[Sun's basic Java tutorial|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/]
[Sun's New To Java Center|http://java.sun.com/learning/new2java/index.html]
Includes an overview of what Java is, instructions for setting up Java, an intro to programming (that includes links to the above tutorial or to parts of it), quizzes, a list of resources, and info on certification and courses.
jGuru
A general Java resource site. Includes FAQs, forums, courses, more.
JavaRanch
To quote the tagline on their homepage: "a friendly place for Java greenhorns." FAQs, forums (moderated, I believe), sample code, all kinds of goodies for newbies. From what I've heard, they live up to the "friendly" claim.
[Yawmarks List|http://forums.devshed.com/java-help-9/resources-for-learning-java-249225.html]
[The Java Developers Almanac|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201752808?v=glance]
[http://javaalmanac.com|http://javaalmanac.com]
Bruce Eckel's [Thinking in Java(Available online.)|http://mindview.net/Books/DownloadSites]
Joshua Bloch's [Effective Java|http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-2nd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0321356683]
Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra's [Head First Java|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596004656?v=glance]
James Gosling's [The Java Programming Language|http://www.amazon.com/Java-TM-Programming-Language-4th/dp/0321349806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247059012&sr=1-1]
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Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter [Java Puzzlers.|http://www.javapuzzlers.com/]

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Viperjts10 wrote:
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what do u think about this one?
can u recommend any other?
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There's a lot of online reference available, too:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/j.title.doc.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/index.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html
There's links to all the online documentation, as well as to a few recommended books that you can buy, at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/index.html
As for specific book, sorry I can't help you. I personally learned a lot more Java by browsing through the API reference than I did by checking out coding examples. But that might only be because I already had a decent background in programming when I started. If you start Java as your first programming language, then an example and explanation filled book would be really useful. Like I said, sorry about not being able to provide any solid recommendations.
Hope that helps though. Check out those links, they are pretty useful. The tutorial is pretty helpful sometimes, too.
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