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Below you may find a plan for programmer who wants to take Java programmer position. For example, if you are C++ developer and see your future in Java world, then following plan can assist you in this.

Note: This is not about getting ready for certification,
      but learning to be familiar with Java technologies.

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Contents 1 Java Roadmap Plan 1.1 Books 1.2 JDK/JRE 1.3 IDE 1.4 Licenses 1.5 Databases 1.6 Logging 1.7 ORM 1.8 Web Servers and services 1.9 Extra 1.10 Development process 1.10.1 Continuous Integration 1.11 Version Control Systems 1.12 Quality 1.13 Advanced

[edit] Java Roadmap Plan

[edit] Books

• Recommended reading: Java Books and Articles

• More Recommended reading: Java Textbooks

[edit] JDK/JRE

• Installing JDK and/or JRE

[edit] IDE

• Integrated Development Environment

[edit] Licenses

• Open source and licenses

[edit] Databases

• Databases in Java
• MySQL
• HSQL

[edit] Logging

• log4j

[edit] ORM

• Hibernate

[edit] Web Servers and services

• Tomcat
• Jetty
• AXIS 2

[edit] Extra

• Installers (InnoSetup, NSIS)
• Java Native Interface

[edit] Development process

• SCRUM
• XP

[edit] Continuous Integration

• Ant
• CruiseControl (Java)
• Maven

[edit] Version Control Systems

• Mercurial - http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Mercurial
• SVN
• Comparison of VCS systems - http://subversion.tigris.org/

[edit] Quality

• Code Coverage
• Unit Testing
  • JUnit
  • UI testing
    • JFCUnit
    • uispec4j
• Acceptance testing
  • Selenium

[edit] Advanced

• ANTLR (and Domain Specific Languages)
• Scala
• C# for Java developers