Resources

API specification

• Java 8.0

From Python to Java

• a brief summary of comparisons and constrasts
• a second summary
• a more detailed comparison

Other Java resources

• The Java Tutorials
• Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
• Introduction to Programming Using Java
• Programming in Java - lecture notes from a first CS course in Java
• Think Java
• Java for C++ programmers

Code visualization

• Java Tutor

Extra-practice exercises

• Practice-It
• CodingBat

Data structures and algorithms

• Interactive visualizations of algorithms
• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
• Visualizations of sorting algorithms
• Sorting algorithms as folk dances!

Last updated on September 7, 2026.