Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.theremailer.net!frell.theremailer.net!anonymous From: Fritz Wuehler Comments: This message did not originate from the Sender address above. It was remailed automatically by anonymizing remailer software. Please report problems or inappropriate use to the remailer administrator at . Identifying the real sender is technically impossible. Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: How far back can we go? References: <4e58a696$0$828$e4fe514c@dreader28.news.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <88a33df17e428daea787d8a26ecb6cb9@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> Precedence: anon Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:46:39 +0200 Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@frell.theremailer.net Organization: Frell Anonymous Remailer Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:973 jaap wrote: > On 27-08-11 08:15, schreef Fritz Wuehler: > > I'm finding some older Java books on the net. How far back in time is it > > safe to use these books to learn Java? They seem to be putting out new > > releases pretty often. Are they building on each other or is the old stuff > > outdated? I know a few procedural languages and I understand basic OO > > concepts but I am having trouble learning Java. Thanks. > > > Most of the older things still work, but there are many very good new > features. > I learned Java a decade ago with the Java Tutorial, it is updated with > every version: > http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ > > Jaap I know there are new tutorials all the time but I wondered if the old books are still good. I guess by your answer using them can lead to not learning the best ways to do things in current Java. Thanks.