Re: learning java

I totally agree. I tried to learn Java a few years back on my own without
any programming knowledge and I was totally confused. Now I've taken several
programming courses at school, Java makes almost total sense.  It is
definately easier to do on your own if you have an understanding of
programming. Without there is no way to learn without an instructor
explaining it.

Rayne
rayneal(at)home.com
----- Original Message -----
From: MiklBike(at)aol.com
To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: learning java


A good Java book is Java: How to Program, 3rd ed, by Deitel and Deitel.

HOWEVER -- and I repeat -- HOWEVER, unless you have a good understanding of
basic programming concepts, you will most likely be lost before long. Java
is
not a language you want to teach yourself. If you already know C++ or
something similar, you'll have a great head start. Otherwise, you need a
teacher to help you through the morass of control structures, methods,
arrays, etc. And that is before you really get into the real OOP aspects of
the language.

I'd suggest looking into a course at a local university to get started. And
if you can't find a good teacher, you can always settle for an engineer ;-).
I say that because the man teaching the Java class I'm currently taking is
an
engineer with no teaching skills, but that makes me work harder to
understand
the concepts. But that's beside the point.

Michael
~~~Lost in the ozone~~~

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