What is the best way to start learning java programming?

Question

I have 1 month to go before the semester starts, and I dont have any prior programming experience. The course is going to be based entirely on java programming, so I was hoping to be able to use this 1 month to learn something

Answer 1

there are MANY java programming tutorials online for free.

i highly suggest that you google "java tutorial"

and use as many as possible. I am in the same predicament as you, and i used the tutorials and now the summer semster has started. I know a lot more than the other students, and java isnt such a language that your head hurts by trying to understand it. Use those tutorials, and then if you want, go out and buy a book . I recommend the Schaum's series. that series is very easy to understand, and very thorough!

good luck with your java adventures!!!

Answer 2

I'm in my 40s, so I was your age in the 1970s. I was taught programming when I was 10. I still program and I still enjoy it. More than that I still remember when I realised I had been taught programming wrong. I was taught Basic, when I first encountered Pascal I realised immediately it was far more correct than Basic. Java is a really good teaching language and a pretty good professional language. C# is a better first language, but a bit less available. Basic, C and C++ are really bad first languages, both because they are bad languages and because they are taught incorrectly. Go for the Java and enjoy.

Answer 3

You'd be better to use textPad, use the trial version, and Eclipse. As far as I know, most of java programmer build their application with Eclipse. But for the experimental purpose, textPad is easy to use. You can just press Ctrl+1 to compile, and next Ctrl+2 to run the program you've created. Others answers are correct, use the online tutorial and try to understand the basic structure of the java programming environment.



Next time you're deep into the java programming, you will find that it's too many jargon with java itself (e.g. Java, javascript, javabean, J#, Java Server Pages, Java Swing, J2SE, J2RE, etc.) Just try to understand what is the definition of each, and the differences.



One more thing, don't forget to drink Java Coffee when you're doing java programming. ^^. Good Luck!!

Answer 4

Get Java for Dummies or a copy of Detail & Detail java programming, both will give you a jumpstart on the subject matter.... Good luck

Answer 5

1.The very main thing: be sure than you do not want to be a programmer.

2. Start to drag-and-drop with any Java tool :-)

Answer 6

Try visiting this website http://www.w3schools.com Learn Java, java script, C++, HTML all self study guides.



I hope it will help. I learn HTML from that website.

Answer 7

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html

Complete guide to learning java, straight from Sun's own servers.