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comp.lang.java.{help,programmer} - what they're for (mini-FAQ 2006-03-31)


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Last-Modified: Fri Mar 31 15:32:14 2006 by David Alex Lamb
Archive-name: computer-lang/java/help/minifaq
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Before posting read Jon Skeet's "How to get answers on the comp.lang.java.*
newsgroups" at http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/java/newsgroups.html

Java FAQs and advice:
- Java/Javascript/Powerbuilder HOWTO (Real Gagnon)
  http://www.rgagnon.com/howto.html
- Java Glossary (Roedy Green)  http://www.mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html
- jGuru jFAQs (John Zukowski)    http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/
- Focus on Java (John Zukowski)   http://java.about.com/
- Java Q&A (David Reilly)  http://www.davidreilly.com/java/java_network_programming/index.htm

comp.lang.java.help     Set-up problems, catch-all first aid.
    According to its charter, this unmoderated group is for immediate help
    on any Java problem, especially when the source of the difficulty is
    hard to pin down in terms of topics treated on other groups.
        This is the appropriate group for end-users, programmers and
    administrators who are having difficulty installing a system capable of
    running Java applets or programs.  It is also the right group for
    people trying to check their understanding of something in the
    language, or to troubleshoot something simple.

comp.lang.java.programmer  Programming in the Java language.
    An unmoderated group for discussion of Java as a programming language.
    Specific example topics may include:
      o types, classes, interfaces, and other language concepts
      o the syntax and grammar of Java
      o threaded programming in Java - sychronisation, monitors, etc.
      o possible language extensions (as opposed to API extensions).
    The original charter said that discussion explicitly should not include
    API features that are not built into the Java language and gave examples
    like networking and the AWT.  These days AWT belongs in clj.gui, and
    networking (and many other APIs) are often discussed in clj.programmer.

Do not post binary classfiles or long source listings on any of these
groups. Instead, the post should reference a WWW or FTP site (short source
snippets to demonstrate a particular point or problem are fine).  For some
problems you might consider posting a SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct
(Compilable), Example); see http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.jsp (which site
is currently (2006-03-31) getting internal server errors, which I hope are temporary).

Don't post on topics that have their own groups, such as:
 comp.lang.java.3d        The Java 3D API
 comp.lang.java.advocacy  Arguments about X versus Y, for various Java X and Y
 comp.lang.java.beans     JavaBeans and similar component frameworks
 comp.lang.java.corba	  Common Object Request Broker Architecture and Java
 comp.lang.java.databases Using databases from Java
 comp.lang.java.gui       Java graphical user interface design and construction
 comp.lang.java.machine   Java virtual machines, like JVM and KVM
 comp.lang.java.security  Using Java securely
 comp.lang.java.softwaretools Tools for developing/maintaining Java programs
Don't cross-post between these groups and c.l.j.programmer or .help -- it just
wastes the time of people reading the general groups.

Don't post about JavaScript; it's a different language.  See
comp.lang.javascript instead.
-- 
"Yo' ideas need to be thinked befo' they are say'd" - Ian Lamb, age 3.5
http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~dalamb/   qucis->cs to reply (it's a long story...)

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