| IchBin 2005-02-27, 3:59 am |
| James wrote:
> I hope this is the right group within which to post this message. If I am
> off base, please tell me and I will try a more appropriate group. But, I
> do need help for my son, and this was the only place that I know where to
> turn for help.
>
> My son is in high school, and is taking a basic Java course. The text
> book is called "Java Methods", An Introduction to Object-Oriented
> Programming. The authors are Maria and Gary Litvin.
>
> It appears that his teacher is very well skilled in Java programming, but
> she doesn't have super teaching skills. My son works hard and is smart,
> but cannot for the life of him figure out how to actually write a simple
> program. He doesn't have a clue where to start, and cannot do most of the
> book assignments as he hasn't learned the very, very basic elements of
> writing a Java program. At the same time, he is very smart, works hard,
> and I know for a fact that he can and will learn Java if exposed to the
> right source.
>
> Some of the book assignments simply say, "Write a program that will do the
> following..... etc, etc "
>
>
> Here are my questions:
>
>
> 1. Is there a more appropriate user group to post this question ?
>
>
> 2. Is there a good website that might help him as a TOTAL NEWCOMER to the
> Java language?
>
>
> 3. Does anyone know of an outstanding book , that effectively teaches Java
> Object Oriented Programming, in a manner that a teenager could pick it up
> (without teacher assistance) if he were willing to work hard at it ??
>
>
> 4. Is there a Java software product that can be used as a teaching source
> for learning BASIC Java Object-Oriented Programming ?
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> In making responses, please keep in mind that my son is very much a
> beginner, and any source of materials would have to assume that the student
> was on his or her first day in a Java class, and needed to be able to write
> a simple program with a w or ten days.
>
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated !!
>
> --James--
>
>
>
Try this reference...
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tuto...lybigindex.html
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Thanks in Advance...
IchBin
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