Hey everyone!

**Jonasse** · 04-17-2008, 10:27 AM

Hey all,

I can't tell you how pleased I am that I came across this forum. A friend of mine and I just started taking java courses, and while it's extremely exciting (we have a bit of HTML experience) we're finding it quite difficult at times.

I really hope you're up to the task of helping us out -- that would be extremely appreciated!

Alright guys, think that's it. So thanks again, and I hope to be an asset to the community

**sanjeevtarar** · 04-17-2008, 10:35 AM

Hi Jonasse,

Welcome.....to......The largest Java community...!!!!:)!!!!

Please read the FAQ to get better understanding of community.

sanjeev.

**Eranga** · 04-17-2008, 10:41 AM

Yes Jonasse,

You are really lucky to be a member of such a Java community. See you soon with next post. :)

**Jonasse** · 04-17-2008, 10:47 AM

You know, I initially took a look at Sun's own community, but this just looked better

You gotta love vBulletin ;)

**Eranga** · 04-17-2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Jonasse

but this just looked better

Really! Nice to hear that. In the future you may really feel it than ever :)

**Jonasse** · 04-17-2008, 10:57 AM

Hehe yeah I bet. I just got the feel that sun's place is more techie-oriented... there has to be room for caring and chit-chatting as well haha ;)

Alright, i'll stop talking now. Don't wanna keep you in my welcome thread any longer. Take care and i'll see you all around!

**Eranga** · 04-17-2008, 11:00 AM

Don't worry;) We never allow to keep too long such introduction threads.

Good luck with Java.:)

**CaptainMorgan** · 04-19-2008, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Jonasse

You know, I initially took a look at Sun's own community, but this just looked better

You gotta love vBulletin ;)

I find this true too.. I visit there quite often and if I had any hand in their forum matters I would suggest for them to upgrade their forum's level of usability. Java Forums is simply very fast, search engine friendly and easy to navigate- not to mention the number of features we have here that the Sun forums don't have.

If there's one thing I would question here, solely because I have yet to see any statistical data to back it up, is the slogan "The Largest Java Community".... I know of a few other forum sites centered on software development.. not necessarily Java, but nevertheless are extremely active.... Granted, our community is still growing and I would love for it to really have the largest... but if it's pretty new... how can it be the largest? We have great people here- so maybe something like "The Friendliest Java Community" would make more sense to me, maybe even... "A Java Development Community", although I don't know how this would fly because another forum is named for also being very friendly, and the one I'm referring to is another I can't stand visiting because their user interface is worse than Sun's, in my opinion.

Welcome!