I'm new to this so bear with me

[J&E Electronics]

I'm planning on learning java, what all do I need to get started? I have J2SE 1.4.2 and a book, it's Java2 The Complete Reference (fifth edition), but what else do I need :confused:

[Sillysoft]

Check out the online Java Turorial:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

It guides you through writing your first program and then more...

[J&E Electronics]

that tutorial recommended (spelling) Sun One Studio, but I don't get how to use it. Is there anything less complicated then that :(

[Sillysoft]

The 'simplest' development environment would be the command line and your text editor of choice. However there are also other things out there you can use. I have never tried BlueJ so I cannot say how good it is, but it is geared towards learning java. Here's the link:
http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html

This isn't a very good forum asking learning Java questions in. You should look for a java specific forum. There will be more people there who can answer your questions better.

[george]

www.netbeans.org