Hey guys, i've been looking all over for some video tutorials on J2EE. For ASP.net there are some decent ones like Learn Visual Studio.net. I've tried some e-books, but they're like a long manuals. Another thing, has anybody tried installing Solrais 10 on the latop? Can you give me any working models; I don't care much for the speed but I need it to have 2 gb ram cause I intend to use Windows as well. I have a sony PCG K33, i tried installing on it, but it stops with an error msg: saying I/O.... I can't remember what. Any help is appreciated.

hafta,
I have never tried solaris...
Sun doesnt does marketing like Microsoft does, so I doubt if there are any video tutorials. And J2EE refers to so many things. What exacty are you trying to learn?
I have a few video tutorials regarding ANT, JDBC, Session & Cookies.
Are you looking for ejb specifically?

I have used Solaris back it the days when they were made for the SPARC processors only. Its just a *nix clone.

Why dont you do this get VMware and install solaris 10 in it, if you can get a copy of MAC OS X try that too, coz MAC platform is also good for JAVA Platform. I dont see why you would need Solaris to do you J2EE stuff, i would see the need of solaris OS only if you are programing very specalized or server environment Apps.

for ASP.NET there are lots a tutorials, try downloading appdata videos on P2P apps.

I've written a lot of J2EE code in the past, and have never seen nor come across a need for video as a tutorial. Is there any reason why normal books/web pages won't work for you? J2EE is a platform for the enterprise and has more than 25 APIs with several frameworks inclined to specific needs. Most programmers specialize on a framework (a subset of J2EE). It's too time-consuming to learn/specialize in all of the frameworks.

As for the OS- any *nix or variations of it, Windows or Mac will do. I'd recommend install the one you are familiar with so that you can concentrate most of your time learning J2EE (otherwise learn the OS first).

I am assuming you know core Java and (from the questions you are posing) a J2EE novice- a good place then is to start learning servlets, jsp, jdbc, and javabeans @ java.sun.com

Happy coding!

Try this site,
http://struts.apache.org

hafta - seems you hate reading software manuals and turtorial books or videos. If that is the case, then I guess you are not good person for programming.

Thanks for your support guys. Javabeans, you're correct - I am wanting to learn J2ee and I recently took a course on core java programming. I had previously taken ASp.net courses following VB.net programming and I found video tutorials easier to understand because it shows what is happening. I am not afraid to spend time writing codes.

The reason why i posted here is I assumed most of u guys are vastly experienced and this is just one place i thought i could blog. I have a class in J2EE 5 some time next year so I wanted to give a head start. I am taking other classes right now, but I think I can manage a little bit of time for it and I like to too.

The reason for Solaris is not because I need it for J2ee. I am running win xp pro sp2. I know i can run on it. But I want to have some experience with the O/S - sort of resume thing. But what should I do with Solaris? Well, I can do some java with it because I will get support for both from the sun site. There, that should explain. Pls don't comment on what i think, or how right or wrong i am - I am not trying to disucss my lifestyle or whatever. I just need some good info. Well, any info.
Tmobile, Jbeans and guys - can u tell me where u guys started, or better where i should start. I guess i don't need video tutorials.

Did you enjoy coding in core Java? Did you think the IO package was the most fun out of them all ? :)

If you answered yes to both then J2EE awaits you...

J2EE is purely built for the internet and has vast libraries to support different problems you may encounter. The basics (as I mentioned before)- servlets, jsp and javabeans are the foundations of J2EE. And there are plenty of resources on the net that you can google through. Once you get the grasp of these then you can move onto other more difficult APIs- messaging (JMS), transactions (EJBs), etc.

Most programmers find J2EE to be complex (b/c most J2EE projects tend to be enterprise scale). But if you start out with good fundamentals you can move onto one of several frameworks (i.e. Spring, JSF, Struts, Tapestry) or other J2EE component related-tools (i.e. Hibernate, log4J ) to help you demystify the complexity.

The best advice I can give you is to learn the fundamentals and design patterns well (including core java!). Then find a part time coding job! Then off you go...

Some helpful sites:
http://java.sun.com/javaee/reference/tutorials/
http://apache.org/

Good luck!