Re: Use VJ# as a way to learn Java?
From: Mike Smith (mikesmithv_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/25/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:22:17 -0700
There does exist a version of Swing from Microsoft which they made available
for academic or personal use. You cannot use it for shipping applications.
Check here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vjsharp/supui/
I'm not sure what Sun version that corresponds to but that should get you
started for learning purposes at least.
Mike
"billj24" <billj24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you very much for your help. What you said seems to fit with what
I've experienced. Anytime I tried using Swing (in a console app), J# didn't
work.
>
> Do you think MS will make J# spec up to Java2 v1.4.2?
> thanks again.
> --
> Bill Johnson
>
>
> "Mike Smith" wrote:
>
> > I find Eclipse to be very close to VS, but the learning curve is a bit
> > steeper. It was released by IBM as a free download specifically to
provide
> > something as powerful as VS for Java programmers. Plan to spend an hour
or
> > two getting up to speed, VS is much friendlier at first launch.
> >
> > http://www.eclipse.org/
> >
> > Having said that, I find nothing wrong with J# for learning Java basics.
> > Digging into the Java Libraries to learn Java is of limited value, there
is
> > plenty free source code of real and useful applications out there to
learn
> > from. When you start running into the limitations of Java 1.1 then
switch
> > to Eclipse.
> >
> > Mike Smith
> >
> > "billj24" <billj24@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E2BD14B7-25E2-43FA-9B41-AD64F2961542@microsoft.com...
> > > I like the VS IDE interface. But I need to learn Java. Would you
> > recommend using J# as a way to learn Java? If not, is there a
comparable
> > IDE out there?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > --
> > > Bill Johnson
> >
> >
> >
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