Learn Java

not to let up. Once you get a good rythm going don’t stop. That has been my downfall where Java is concerned. I have a wonderful book, “Head First Java”, that I’m using to learn Java. What typically happens is that I’ll start reading the book and then doing the excerises, but then I fail to follow through and keep up with the reading and studying. And then weeks will go by and I’ll forget everything that I’ve already done. If I just made an effort to spend at least one hour a day learning Java, then I’ll have it made. The only thing about Java that is giving me a problem is remembering everything that is in the API. I understand Java syntax and Object-oriented programming. It’s just that I can’t remember what the various classes in Java are that already exist. Mayeb I should spend some time just going over the API and trying to remember as much as possible?

I’m really getting up to speed on Java, now. The syntax isn’t bad at all. What’s hard is trying to figure out everything that is in the Java libraries that you can use in the programs. You never want to reinvent the wheel, but the bad thing is that if you don’t know what’s in the Java API, then you don’t know to use it instead of trying to “roll your own”.

I just bought a book, “Head First Java”. Seems to be a pretty good book to teach myself how to program Java. The book is written in a non-technical format, which is just what I wanted!