The Web is full of resources for Java. There are applets, code samples and
FAQs everywhere and several free tutorials. But when it comes to getting a
simple question answered, there are not many options:
Usenet: You can always post your questions on the Usenet news group, which
now boasts 13 subgroups under the comp.lang.java main group. However, the
free-for-all' kind of Usenet culture can overwhelm some people, especially if
you are a newbie.
Mailing Lists: There are also some mailing lists to which you can subscribe
and get the messages in the discussion sent to you in the form of e-mail.
This is great, I guess, if you have the ability to correlate the questions
and answers into some kind of a thread!
Java Developer Connection (JDC): Sun Microsystems Inc. provides a variety of
resources for developers at JDC, which includes a Developer Forum. But this
is a schedule... (more)