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Asked: 2026-05-15T19:11:40+00:00

I am a C/C++ programmer with moderate experience in desktop application. (no web development).

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I am a C/C++ programmer with moderate experience in desktop application. (no web development).
now I would like to move to web development.
and I am considering Java and Wicket framework.
but since Java is a vast language.
Could you please guide me where to start learning Java. I mean what feature i should learn first. like Swing should be the first, i guess.

reason for choosing wicket is:- I can get the HTML/CSS done using some tool. and don’t have to learn JSP, Servlet, XML and other stuff.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Java is quite simple language, compared to C++. You already know many of it’s concepts – OOP, inheritance, generics, inner classes. Learn about interfaces, exceptions, basic concurency (the synchronized keyword).

    Then you’ll need to know what’s in JDK and how to use the most used parts of it:
    * Java datatype framework (or how is it called) – I mean, things like List, ArrayList, Set, HashSet, Iterator, …
    * I/O stuff – Streams, File, FileInputStream.
    * … you’ll find out what you need, usually from examples.

    That’s for Java.

    Now for web, you’ll need to know HTML (see w3c), HTTP (install FireBug and watch the communication; I mean, don’t read the spec for a start).

    Then for wicket, first read some tutorial’s, my favorite are here:
    http://ondra.zizka.cz/stranky/programovani/java/web/wicket/index.texy

    Then read the book – Wicket in Action.

    And in general – excersise everything you learn. Reading is not enough… Definitely you should create some console java apps before you jump to web and Wicket – because that puts many layers between your code and the observed output (Wicket, HTML, HTTP, browser, …).

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