ColdFusion Programmer Learning JSP

I'm a long-time CF developer.  I am now learning Java/JSP for a new project.  Can anyone recommend resources (web sites, books, articles, classes) that are particularly good for learning OOP, Java, and JSP?  We are planning on using the JDeveloper IDE from Oracle.  Does anyone have feedback about using JDeveloper (likes/dislikes) or other IDEs? Thanks

If you're just learning Java, you can go for BlueJ (http://www.bluej.org/), it's like a learner's IDE. It teaches you as you go. Eventually you'll sorta outgrow it and want to move on, but I've heard good stuff about BlueJ. Otherwise, I would 2nd Eric's advice and recommend eclipse :) As for books, I continually cast my vote for the "Head First" series, starting with "Head First Java". There are a few more, such as "Head First JSP & Servlets" and "Head First EJBs". They are truly unique books that you should at least glance over the next time you're in the bookstore. -nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/ ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Pamela, The best IDE I've used personally is Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/). The other "heavy hitters" for Java development are NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA, but there are a ton of environments out there.  It's kind of like asking a group of Unix geeks for the best text editor - you're likely to get a heated flame war over vi vs. emacs.  : ) As far as learning Java, the book I used most and found to be the most helpful to me for my learning style is Bruce Eckel's _Thinking in Java_. You can buy a copy, but Bruce also makes the book available electronically for free from his web site: http://mindview.net/Books As for web sites, Google is your friend.  Since you'll be doing web development, you should probably start with The Server Side: http://www.theserverside.com/ The best advice I can give you is not to get intimidated.  Learning Java is like eating an elephant, don't try to do it all at once.  Take small bites and chew thoroughly. Thanks, -- Eric _____________________ "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." -- Will Durant ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----