JQuinn
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Thank you for separating the technologies. I had a feeling Spring and Hibernate would be important to learn but I also wanted to make sure I didn't mess up by learning useless technologies.
The fact that you pointed out SQL was interesting to me as it seems you were one of the only ones that did so. I firmly believe that my work, both in school and at my internship, allowed me to excel in SQL. So, personally, I believe I do have that and the database understanding under control. But I do thank you for pointing those out. I was worried I wouldn't be using those skills again.
Thank you for the book suggestion. I will be purchasing it when I get the chance.
Thank you for these suggestions. The only one that even looks remotely similar (yes I am still a novice when it comes to other libraries) is GSON, due to my work with JSON at work.
Thank you. These technologies will all be looked at. As far as the two suggested IDE's, I have used both (I use Eclipse for recreational coding and Intellij at work). I will have to look further into the other suggested technologies you listed.
I haven't heard of Maven. I will have to look into it. Thanks.
As for following "great Java projects on GitHub" How would you suggest I go about finding the projects. What I find great could be considered mediocre at best, especially since I only really have my own code to base it off of. I would like to start following projects on GitHub but I don't want to be influenced by the wrong projects. So if you have any suggestions on finding good projects, that would be great.
Thank you very much for your help.
Thank you so much. Yes this does help significantly.
I am hoping to go into the Enterprise Applications (though of course I am not going to limit myself) so I thank you for pointing those out to me. I'm not sure I know what JSF is but I will definitely look into it. Thank you for being able to separate the technologies into Jobs. This will help significantly. And the pointers for the Java interviews is immensely helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for the suggestions on frameworks. I will definitely start learning the ones you suggested. As far as the open-source technologies go, should I look into learning them as an enterprise developer or are there commercial technologies I should focus on? Or are those also frameworks that would supplement your original suggestions.
I have begun learning a new language (Python, Ruby, and Javascript have been my main focuses, as well as dabbing in PHP in case I needed to know it for web development)
Again, thank you for your suggestions. This list of technologies has given me a great point at which to begin.
Thank you for the book suggestions. I have indeed read Brian Goetz's book though it would be useful to review again as I don't believe I was as focused and knowledgeable then as I am now. Thank you for your suggestions in moving forward.
Thank you so much for your advice. I have been looking into other languages, primarily Python and Ruby. I have seen Spring and Hibernate many times and thought it a good combination but, having not looked to in depth into them, I don't fully understand their capabilities. Thank you again for your very useful insight into this.
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JQuinn on Friday April 05, 2013 @10:24AM
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I am a college student working as a "Junior Computer Programmer" for a contractor. I have been actively looking for other opportunities as a Java Software Developer. However, I am continuously seeing different requirements that vary as much as the companies that are hiring.So I was wondering if an individual has:
a solid understanding of the OOP Paradigm,
the capability to read, understand,...
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JQuinn on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @09:04PM
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I was wondering if standalone applications were becoming/are obsolete to web applications. The reason I wanted to know this was that I know a decent bit on how to develop standalone projects (primarily in Java) but am having a hard time learning Web Application Development. I just wanted to know if there is still use in me working on my standalone applications or if I should just push through...
Thank you so much for your help. I will start looking into your suggested references. I know my Prior knowledge is in OOP but that is because it is the main focus these days for academics. Thanks again.
Thanks. So are you suggest learning other programming languages that would oppose my current understanding, such as scripting and procedural languages to solve problems so my understanding is more diverse? Just trying to see what your suggestion for my next move would be. Thanks again for all of your help.
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JQuinn on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @11:02AM
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I've always heard, from talking with my fellow programmers, looking at posts on HN, and viewing blogs, that programmers must learn outside of the classroom. And I have always wanted to do so.I have taken 4 years of programming academic classes in my academic career, 2 in high school and 2 in college. I currently attend DeVry University. While all of the classes were very helpful in learning...