If you are brand new to object-oriented programming, and want your first experience to be with a programming language that you can take all the way to a mature and lasting relationship, Java's the one.

If you have dabbled with object-oriented programming in other languages, and just didn't "get it," don't give up - some programming languages are simply more beautiful and better-endowed than others. Java's a beauty.

Even if you are already a Java wizard, consider the value of a new perspective -- that of another passionate admirer -- and let this session throw fuel on your old flame for Java.