Hello! and I need help. I dont know were to start

[Fall0ut]

Hi I just signed up for this forum after looking around for some java forums

Ok so here is a little background about me... I do web design. I know how to use photoshop very well and know HTML and CSS very well. I also know how to do 3D modelling pretty well. The way i learned all this was from doing tutorials. That was what gave me the head start.

The problem is that when it comes to programming I have no idea. I want to start to learn but I have no idea were to start from. The reason is that I cant find any good tutorials for Java. I learned HTML, CSS, and 3D graphics by doing big tutorials that explained alot. But I cant find that for programming.

What do I do? Were do I start? Any good tutorials?

Yea and btw I got the Net beans 6.0 for my java. Is that the best?

Thanks please answer my questions I really want to start learning programming!

[wsaryada]

One website that can help you best is the Java official tutorials, you can find it in this link The Java™ Tutorials.

About the IDE that you have, Netbeans, it's a good tool for programming in Java.

[Fall0ut]

thanks ill go check that out.

How did you start learning though?

[wsaryada]

I recall that the first time a learn Java is from an interactive Java CD from Deitel & Deitel years ago. That was the first source that I use to learn Java. Next I started the Java tutorials and read some books from the standard JSE to JEE. Created some small projects, join Java forums to discuss my problems.

It's a lot of fun learning the Java programming.

[tim]

Hello Fall0ut

The best way to learn a language is to get a book about it and read it through. As you read the book, write small programs with the newly learned code. Keep doing this until you reached your goal. I know that some books can get very boring as they take long to get to the good stuff (like Swing ) but, in the end, the boring stuff is always needed. Then, when you are done reading the book, you can join a forum, as you did, and then start a large project. I like to write games since they are a great challenge. Games test your programming and analytical skills, which makes a good programmer.

[CaptainMorgan]

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Originally Posted by tim

Hello Fall0ut

The best way to learn a language is to get a book about it and read it through. As you read the book, write small programs with the newly learned code. Keep doing this until you reached your goal. I know that some books can get very boring as they take long to get to the good stuff (like Swing ) but, in the end, the boring stuff is always needed. Then, when you are done reading the book, you can join a forum, as you did, and then start a large project. I like to write games since they are a great challenge. Games test your programming and analytical skills, which makes a good programmer.

Tim gives some great advice here FallOut, and I always recommend Head First Java. Best of luck and see you around!

[Fall0ut]

Thanks for clearing some stuff up

Any other great books for a beginner?

Oh yea and what is a terminal used for and what is a good one i should get?

[roots]

Fallout i started with Java The Complete Reference, After couple of GWBASIC classes in school. Any book will do it's all depends on how much caffeine you want. Captain's suggestion is the good one.

Looking forward for your HelloWorlds with mighty mighty Java.

[gibsonrocker800]

I recommend Java Concepts (4th Edition) by Cay Horstmann. It's a very good book. It will help you right from the beginning and turn you into a programmer (that is of course if you have the patience and motivation =])