[ajug-members] Simple Sample Project

[Sean Sawyer]

Dude, you are a comedic genius. How do you come up with this stuff?

521 wrote:
> i'm happy you think i've -taken some good first steps-  i've read and 
> learned lots; java is a darn-deep world (and then it goes 
> multi-threading, powerful!), i can't imagine it w/o the 
> garbage-collector (c++ minus multi-inheritance);  oop really makes 
> sense, it's difficult to get down the human side of it (its syntax), 
> lots of rules (needed), i think type casting is cool too, but it seems 
> you casting is good because you can cast-up, and it seems you would need 
> casting to cast-down, if i'm saying that correctly; -that scjp-test is 
> tough looking (well, not tough, very tricky), i have one (free) test 
> voucher that runs out late this summer;  one good-book i read is 'the 
> object oriented thought process' last year, the sun netbeans course was 
> also good, just not much time... a week goes by 'fast'...  i look 
> forward to learning more and more and maybe being a help to others, or 
> better yet, if i have 'something' to offer them, hehe
> 
> *On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:06:58 -0800 (PST), Lance Gleason wrote*
>  > Barclay,
>  >
>  > It sounds like you have taken some good first steps towards learning 
> the language.  If you want to take this to the next level you now are 
> going to need to dig.  The web is full of open source Java projects that 
> have a lot of great examples of style etc..  
>  >
>  > It is one thing to learn Java,  and though that is a good goal in 
> itself the question I would ask is why are you learning it?  To get a 
> job?   Because you have heard about it?  Because you want to be a 
> Software Engineer?  If you want to become a Software Engineer then I 
> would recommend that you continue your education.  Though there are some 
> who cling to the Java language like a baby clings to it's mother,  it is 
> one of many tools used in the profession of creating software.  There is 
> also more than one paradigm of programming these days,  you have 
> procedural programming,   object oriented and functional.  Before you 
> get caught up in the syntax,   make sure that you understand the 
> paradigm,  concepts and goals of the language.  Otherwise it can be a 
> very murky road.
>  >
>  > Some good resources are javaranch.com,  javablogs.com,  slashdot.com 
> and theserverside.com
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >
>  > Lance
>  >
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