stovebolts
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Well, I'm learning Java 
I have a diploma in programming, but I've never really used it to make a living. I think all of that is changing! I was asked to pull some vmWare reports and I started using Powershell with PowerCLI. It was a great way to pull reports but it didn't have the flexibility needed to meet all the requirements. So.... Java seems to meet that requirement.
I've taken some tutorials from Oracle and they were "OK", but I just didn't get much.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html
So, I picked up a "Sams, teach yourself Java in 21 days. It teaches you syntax and concept hand in hand and so far I'm really liking it.
One thing I really like is that all the tools to write and compile code is free! I'm using Eclipse and it's amazing! I can't believe Oracle gives such a powerful tool away for free!
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
I'm struggling with the API's getting into our vCenter server, and there isn't much I've found online which isn't surprising. Anyway, I did find a vim25.jar that seems pretty robust.
Oh yeah, and you don't have to create a computer system variable to use jar files. You simply add them to the Eclipse environment to have them recognized!
I have a diploma in programming, but I've never really used it to make a living. I think all of that is changing! I was asked to pull some vmWare reports and I started using Powershell with PowerCLI. It was a great way to pull reports but it didn't have the flexibility needed to meet all the requirements. So.... Java seems to meet that requirement.
I've taken some tutorials from Oracle and they were "OK", but I just didn't get much.
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html
So, I picked up a "Sams, teach yourself Java in 21 days. It teaches you syntax and concept hand in hand and so far I'm really liking it.
One thing I really like is that all the tools to write and compile code is free! I'm using Eclipse and it's amazing! I can't believe Oracle gives such a powerful tool away for free!
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
I'm struggling with the API's getting into our vCenter server, and there isn't much I've found online which isn't surprising. Anyway, I did find a vim25.jar that seems pretty robust.
Oh yeah, and you don't have to create a computer system variable to use jar files. You simply add them to the Eclipse environment to have them recognized!
