Thinking of learning java
 

Alot of the time my time on the net is spent on games,music and surfing, I really would like to do something constructive on the computer, so could anyone link me a newbie's guide to learning java. Thanks.

http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/FA...Tutorials.html

Definitely what you're looking for. Good luck!

Thanks so much macman

Have you tried learning HTML yet? That is always a neat thing to learn :)

This should probably be moved to the Tilted Programming area.

Have you ever learned a programming language? If not, then Java isn't something you will want to try first. A high level, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language like Java isn't easy to learn unless you dedicate a whole lot of time to it. You might try some scripting languages out first, like JavaScript or PHP to get down programming logic, and then maybe something like C++. Java structure is a lot like C++, so knowing it first may help.

Java is incredibly easy to learn if you understand the why of programming, programming is mostly about learning to write the music, the words follow from that. C++ is also interesting to learn and is probably more useful currently than Java (though Java is getting more usage its still not used for anything essential or game related really).

Thanks for the info, In that case could you link me some newbie guides to that code please?

Learning Java, 3rd Edition. I've always been a fan of the O'Reilly "Learning ..." series, though I haven't used this one specifically. See if you can get it off Amazon or Bookpool for cheap.