[Tutorial] The Independant Java Tutorial

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Mon 09 May, 2005 6:59 pm

I use Eclipse as my Java IDE but whatever :-/ . Netbeans is also a good one (a little bloated tho).

Id really like to learn GUI programming (our school will do that next year) and the tuts on the Java website are... not good at helping me understand how they work

Post by **Patori** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:01 pm

I'll get to that later... I was stuck on GUI programming as well!

Thanks tr1p for the everlasting support!

Post by **Patori** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:06 pm

the "/p" in "dir /p" is called a flag, right?

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:09 pm

Yeah, flag, parameter, option ... any should be ok

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Post by **Patori** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:12 pm

how does the Command Line Compiling tutorial look so far?

Duck · Post by **Duck** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:29 pm

Nice initiative.

My (university) professors' tutorial is also freely downloadable. I think its pretty good if you're an absolute beginner in programming. Its the first course we get at uni.

Dutch version (PDF):
http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/vakken/imp/diktaat/imp.pdf

English version (DOC):
http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/vakken/imp/diktaat/sci2003.doc

Post by **Patori** » Mon 09 May, 2005 7:36 pm

well, I've gotta finish the basics in order to graduate!

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Mon 09 May, 2005 8:02 pm

Hmm, once I finish my Java class I might use this to continue with my Java study, though I think I'll spend more time developing my C++ skills.

Post by **benryves** » Mon 09 May, 2005 8:10 pm

Patori wrote:the "/p" in "dir /p" is called a flag, right?

"Switch" is generally accepted term.

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Mon 09 May, 2005 8:18 pm

Patori wrote:how does the Command Line Compiling tutorial look so far?

I don't think it's a good idea to include a whole DOS crash course in a Java tutorial, it's beside the point; you should just link to a good one. It is more important to talk about the Java specific issues. Command line compilation doesn't necessitate using an actual command prompt anyway, since everything could go into a batch file.

Post by **Patori** » Tue 10 May, 2005 5:12 pm

I know... I got aggravated writing it... I wanted to get on with explaining the structure of a Java program.... and then variables....

Post by **Patori** » Thu 12 May, 2005 7:21 pm

*bump*

tutorial 2 finished.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 12 May, 2005 8:56 pm

CoBB wrote:
benryves wrote:It looks fine in Lynx too.
I'm a w3m person, but whatever.

If I'm not mistaken, w3m requires a graphical environment, and Lynx only a command line...
Anyway, I just use Firefox

Post by **Patori** » Thu 12 May, 2005 8:57 pm

me too.... so what do you guys think about tut 2?

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Fri 13 May, 2005 6:21 am

Timendus wrote:If I'm not mistaken, w3m requires a graphical environment, and Lynx only a command line...

Why? It's a console/filter program.

Patori: you'll still need to better distribute verbosity; some things are not explained, some seem to be overtalked (like the part about commenting). You don't say anything about 'static', 'void', 'System' or 'out', and also you should provide a definition of OOP that explains the basic idea in a sentence or two besides linking to a long article. Classes are not objects: objects are instances of classes; classes are more like types, although there is some mingling. Import doesn't 'include' packages, it just brings in the public interface of the package in the current namespace, so you don't need to qualify the identifiers every time you use them (except when they are ambiguous).