I had a bit of experience with Java and JavaScript a while back but I have got to say I lost interest and have forgetten most of it. Although I do still have my books so I could relearn
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I have used C/C++/Visual Basic more in the past but obviously these are not the most easiest or necessarily suitable for web development.
I'll be interested to hear your experiences on learning Java to see how similar they were to mine. It took me a while to get going, but when I did, I was like a vaccum for knowledge and speeded through it!