Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days

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tools to help develop Java applications (debuggers, development environments, and so on) most

likely will be rapidly available as well.

Why Learn Java?

At the moment, probably the most compelling reason to learn Java—and probably the reason

you bought this book—is that HotJava applets are written in Java. Even if that were not the case,

Java as a language has significant advantages over other languages and other programming

environments that make it suitable for just about any programming task. This section describes

some of those advantages.