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- From: dalamb@spamcop.net (David Alex Lamb)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.answers,news.answers
- Subject: comp.lang.java.{help,programmer} - what they're for (mini-FAQ 2002-12-28)
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- Date: 14 May 2004 09:25:02 GMT
- Organization: Computing and Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Keywords: FAQ, Java, beginner, newbie, novice
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- Last-Modified: Sat Dec 28 12:08:40 2002 by David Alex Lamb
- Archive-name: computer-lang/java/help/minifaq
- Posting-Frequency: every 4 days
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- Before posting read Jon Skeet's "How to get answers on the comp.lang.java.*
- newsgroups" at http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/java/newsgroups.html
-
- Java FAQs and advice:
- - Java/Javascript/Powerbuilder HOWTO (Real Gagnon)
- http://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html
- - Java Glossary (Roedy Green) http://www.mindprod.com/jgloss.html
- - Java Programmers' FAQ (Peter van der Linden) http://www.afu.com/javafaq.html
- - jGuru jFAQs (John Zukowski) http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/
- - Focus on Java (John Zukowski) http://java.about.com/
- - Java Q&A (David Reilly) http://www.davidreilly.com/jcb/faq/
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- comp.lang.java.help Set-up problems, catch-all first aid.
- According to its charter, this unmoderated group is for immediate help
- on any Java problem, especially when the source of the difficulty is
- hard to pin down in terms of topics treated on other groups.
- This is the appropriate group for end-users, programmers and
- administrators who are having difficulty installing a system capable of
- running Java applets or programs. It is also the right group for
- people trying to check their understanding of something in the
- language, or to troubleshoot something simple.
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- comp.lang.java.programmer Programming in the Java language.
- An unmoderated group for discussion of Java as a programming language.
- Specific example topics may include:
- o types, classes, interfaces, and other language concepts
- o the syntax and grammar of Java
- o threaded programming in Java - sychronisation, monitors, etc.
- o possible language extensions (as opposed to API extensions).
- The original charter said that discussion explicitly should not include
- API features that are not built into the Java language and gave examples
- like networking and the AWT. These days AWT belongs in clj.gui, and
- networking is often discussed in clj.programmer.
-
- Do not post binary classfiles or long source listings on any of these
- groups. Instead, the post should reference a WWW or FTP site (short source
- snippets to demonstrate a particular point or problem are fine).
-
- Don't post on topics that have their own groups, such as:
- comp.lang.java.3d The Java 3D API
- comp.lang.java.advocacy Arguments about X versus Y, for various Java X and Y
- comp.lang.java.beans JavaBeans and similar component frameworks
- comp.lang.java.corba Common Object Request Broker Architecture and Java
- comp.lang.java.databases Using databases from Java
- comp.lang.java.gui Java graphical user interface design and construction
- comp.lang.java.machine Java virtual machines, like JVM and KVM
- comp.lang.java.security Using Java securely
- comp.lang.java.softwaretools Tools for developing/maintaining Java programs
- Don't cross-post between these groups and c.l.j.programmer or .help -- it just
- wastes the time of people reading the general groups.
-
- Don't post about JavaScript; it's a different language. See
- comp.lang.javascript instead.
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