Hi Jim -- That is what I hoped to find in the TIJ book. It
purports to discuss rather tutorially how to build a program in
java, which, he claims, is the only language designed for the
purpose of making OO programming easy and natural for the
programmer. (Other languages he claims are terse and crammed
with features that are confusing to many newbies.)
I am not trying to sell his book. I am annoyed that it seems to
crash my system before it finishes loading.
--le
----- Original Message -----
*From:*Homme, James <mailto:james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:*programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:*Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:36 AM
*Subject:*RE: Best Java Guides for a Newby?
Hi,
I think that, as with many things, this is one of those
things that can be different, depending on the learning
style and knowledge of the person.
Speaking just for myself, I get more out of tutorial style
books, when I'm learning a language. I tend to freeze up at
reference type material that is full of code and short on
words, but that's my taste.
According to me, you will probably do well with the nutshell
books, if you already know lots of programming concepts and
want to see how certain things are done in Java. On the
other hand, you may do better if you have little programming
experience by looking at the Java Tutorial, which takes
things a concept at a time and explains them with lots of
words and examples. You can see that at
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reallybigindex.html.
Thanks.
Jim
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]*On Behalf
Of*qubit
*Sent:*Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:30 PM
*To:*programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:*Re: Best Java Guides for a Newby?
I would recommend if you have a subscription to
bookshare.org <http://bookshare.org>, that you download a
copy of "Java in a Nutshell". It is a nice summary of
features with some examples. I was going to read "Thinking
in Java, 4th edition", which I forked $25 for online, but
got a package that I cann't display on my system. I have
been unable to read more than the preface, and most the
time, the html just freezes things. So I'm pitching it. A
shame as it sounds like a useful guide to using java the way
it is meant to be used.
Online there are also common tasks implemented in java,
which you can find inhttp://commons.apache.org/
Good luck and happy hacking.
--le
----- Original Message -----
*From:*Florian Beijers <mailto:florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:*programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:*Wednesday, July 06, 2011 6:44 AM
*Subject:*Re: Best Java Guides for a Newby?
Hello Brandon,
Do you have any form of IM or perhaps skype? I would
like to help you but it's easier for me to recommend
something if i know a bit more about your background.
Florian
On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Brandon Keith (Biggs) wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to programming, (I have just made it past "Hello
World") and am looking for some guides.
I would like to learn Java, but I'm not quite sure where
to start. I downloaded the 500 or so documents from the
"Java Documentation" at:
http://www.nonvisualdevelopment.org/node/20
as well as reading all the tutorials on Eclipse and Java.
I've installed the SDK 1.6 and Eclipse, is there
anything else I need? I see there are Jaws scripts for
Eclipse, where do I insert those?
I arrowed through the 500 documents dealing with Java
and found:
Java Tutorial 3rd Edition, a short course on the basics
but I see it was written in 2001 and only deals with
Java 1.3 and Windows 2000 and before. Is this something
I should read? What books best describe the language in
an exciting and useful format? I'm wanting to eventually
program for Android, but I think that is stepping a
little ahead of myself.
Where do I start?
Thanks,
Brandon Keith Biggs
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