How can a beginner start to learn?

[Prakash Bansal]

hi everybody .........


i am a newbie in java ........ please suggest me some websites or some material with which i can enhance my java knowledge..............

[Vijitha Kumara]

Welcome to JavaRanch, Prakash. You can start from JavaBeginnersFaq. There you'll find most of the basics you need to get started.

[Arthur Braga]

Welcome Bansal!

Websites are good, but books also important to aquire knowedge! I sugest the book of our friend of ranch Bert Bates called Head First JAVA!
Very good this book!

Good Luck comrade!

[Pushkar Choudhary]

Welcome to Javaranch, Prakash!

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[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

Now it is obvious what your question is about I shall edit your post title. Please use a title which tells us what the thread is about in future.

[salvin francis]

Welcome bansal prakash,
Learning java is just like learning sex swimming ....
You can read a lot about it, but it aint going to help until you start doing it practically.

install java in your pc, ensure its working with PATH etc. set.
Dont just read the programs, actually type them out and make them work,
you will be surprised to number of mistakes you will find in your code.

As for books to refer, my friends here have suggested good ones.
(call me old fashioned), but I prefer to have a hard copy as compared to an e-book.

[Fred Hamilton]

Here's a very good course for absolute beginners:
http://chortle.ccsu.edu/CS151/cs151java.html

It's good preparation for the more challenging material of the Sun Java Tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html