New to Java

Hi all,

i am quite new to java programming. I am preparing it from quite sometime from a book called murach's beggining Java2. I am also intending to give java certification.I want to practice more and more. Can anybody please let me know where can I get sample practice code or any material from which I can improve my skills.Any suggetions to improve please.I am tensed as I feel there is lot n lot to dig into it.
Thank you in advance.

The Java development kit documentation comes with a lot of sample code. Also, Sun offers the Java Tutorials in both html and compiled help formats for free. If you only worked through Sun's examples, you'd be busy for a long time. There are other sources out there too, but Sun's the place to start in my opinion.

Welcome to Java!

There is a great free java book at www.mindview.net. Click on books and download Thinking in Java 3rd Ed by Bruce Eckel. There are a ton of examples there.

or go to www.bruceeckel.com