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Free online data structures textbooks

• A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis, Java version, by Clifford Shaffer
• Introducing Data Structures with Java, by David Cousins
• Data Structures and Algorithms Using Java, by William McAllister

Algorithm visualization

• visualgo.net: a website that lets you visualize data structures.

Links to web sites comparing Python to Java

• Java Tutorial for Python Programmers
• Java vs Python comparisons
• Table of differences between Java and Python

Links to Java online documentation and tutorial

Note: The Java tutorial and the JDK API documentation (the two links below) can be downloaded to your computer so that you don't need web access to view them. They also load a little faster if you use a local copy.

• Java (& Swing) Tutorial
• JDK 1.8 Library API

Links to free online Java help

• CodingBat (a website for practicing writing Java code)
• JavaRanch (a friendly website where you don't get attacked for asking "stupid" questions)
• StackOverflow, cs.stackexchange.com, programmers.stackexchange.com (websites where professionals ask questions -- it is probably best not to post beginner questions here)

Links to free Java development environments

• Online IDEs
  • IDEone.com
  • TutorialsPoint.com
• Beginning and Intermediate IDEs
  • jGRASP home page
  • BlueJ home page
  • DrJava IDE home page
• Advanced (industrial strength) IDEs
  • Netbeans IDE home page
  • Intellij IDEA IDE home page
  • Eclipse IDE home page
  • Xcode

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