| Steve Horsley 2005-02-27, 9:00 am |
| James wrote:
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> Here are my questions:
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> 1. Is there a more appropriate user group to post this question ?
I think this is the right group
> 2. Is there a good website that might help him as a TOTAL NEWCOMER to the
> Java language?
Difficult. Suns web site java.sun.com has a java tutorial that tries to cover
from the basics upwards. I's big but downloadable.
> 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 ??
>
For Q 3 and 4, as others have said, try bluej (www.bluej.org). This is a small
IDE designed for teaching. It will definitely help with object oriented
thinking. It's a free download. It lets you get straight into writing code
without all the polava of saving files and figuring out the compiler first.
It also has an accompanying book (see the web site) that is written specially
for teaching java using bluej.
HTH
Steve
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> 4. Is there a Java software product that can be used as a teaching source
> for learning BASIC Java Object-Oriented Programming ?
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> 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.
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> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated !!
>
> --James--
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