I've written a lot of J2EE code in the past, and have never seen nor come across a need for video as a tutorial. Is there any reason why normal books/web pages won't work for you? J2EE is a platform for the enterprise and has more than 25 APIs with several frameworks inclined to specific needs. Most programmers specialize on a framework (a subset of J2EE). It's too time-consuming to learn/specialize in all of the frameworks. As for the OS- any *nix or variations of it, Windows or Mac will do. I'd recommend install the one you are familiar with so that you can concentrate most of your time learning J2EE (otherwise learn the OS first). I am assuming you know core Java and (from the questions you are posing) a J2EE novice- a good place then is to start learning servlets, jsp, jdbc, and javabeans @ java.sun.com Happy coding!