learn to program in Java

O.k. I have learned that I am not completely successful at programming and that I would need to work on it more if I were to pursue a career in programming. My class will be over this semester and I do not plan on taking any more classes in Java. This experience has been both rewarding and aggravating.

I think I got lost somewhere down the road because I have a lot of trouble on all of the homework assignments even though the instructor is very clear and it seems very simple when he teaches it. Overall, this goal will turn out to be both a failure and a success. In the sense that I learned the very basics of Java, but I have a hard time being successful at creating programs.

I took my mid-term last Thursday and I think that it went really well. It was open book and I hardly needed to use my notes or the book. I am not sure how proficient I am becoming in Java, but I can certainly figure out how to maintain programs and write programs. I cannot wait until I get my grade back for the mid-term.

Recently I learned how to create a class with a constructor and methods and then import that class into a driver. I am currently working on a java program (homework) to make use of this new knowledge. Maybe I will post it after I am done with it. Also, I got 100% on my last quiz! I must be doing something right.

Well here it is, I spent all of a half-hour on it:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Label {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

//Names of strings used
String FirstName;
String MI;
String LastName;
String StreetNumber;
String StreetName;
String City;
String State;
String ZipCode;
Scanner in;

//Prompts user to enter variables for address label
in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print(“Enter first name: “);
FirstName = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter middle initial: “);
MI = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter last name: “);
LastName = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter street number: “);
StreetNumber = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter street name: “);
StreetName = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter city: “);
City = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter state: “);
State = in.nextLine();
System.out.print(“Enter zip code: “);
ZipCode = in.nextLine();

//Final address label format and print label
System.out.println(FirstName + ” ” + LastName);
System.out.println(StreetNumber + ” ” + StreetName);
System.out.println(City + ”,” + ” ” + State + ” ” + ZipCode);
}

}

I have to take this course as a requirement for my physics degree. I am actually looking forward to it. I don’t have any experience using programming languages and this will be the first one that I learn. I am hoping that this will be something that I can use in the future and not another class that I study hard for, learn the material, and forget it as soon as the semester ends.

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I’m aSpiritual Organized Self-Knower

Took two semesters of Java OOP, and while all my programs actually worked, my instructor indicated that I always did everything kinda backwards and odd. Well, I passed the classes and that was enough for me. I just needed to know enough to read other people’s code so I could tweak the web pages if needed. Now I don’t do stuff that requires such thought, so I’ve mostly forgotten how to do all this stuff. Still, it was useful. And my work payed for the classes. Learning something new is never a waste of time.

ok, i have read many, many tutorials on the web. i need to know how to compile the codes…....some people said to go to the command prompt…so i did…..and typed in what they said to type in…..nothing…..

I’m a sophomore in highschool, and discouraged. Programming always seemed so cool, but it seems so complicated, and I’m just learning. I hope to be good enough to actually write a useful program.

I’m trying to learn about java in my advanced computer class… I have no idea why. I also have no idea what I’m doing. I hope to learn how to actually use java before I graduate in May!