I need some guidance because i haven't started to learn java. May i know what type and the name of book is suitable for a beginner ? And does anyone know what type of software i have to install in order to do the programming ? :mrgreen:

The best selling beginners' book at the moment is "Head First Java" by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, published by O'Reilly.

You need nothing more than the JDK (which you can get from Sun at http://java.sun.com) and a text editor.
Don't start using an IDE until you know the language and are proficient in using the commandline compiler and runtime.

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