Re: I've Read A Intro Book To Java, What's Next?

Enteng wrote:
On Nov 15, 5:40 pm, Chris Dollin <chris.dol...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Enteng wrote:
Hi guys! I've finished reading Beginning Programming with Java For
Dummies today and I still want to learn more about java. What books
would you guys suggest that I read next?
I'm planning on reading "Just Java" by by Peter van der Linden and
then go on reading "Thinking in Java" next.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
(a) /Write some code/. You don't learn programming without programming.

(b) Learn to use JUnit. This requires (a) and further gives you a way
to be more confident that you know what you're doing/have done.

Reading books is Good Stuff, but it can only take you so far. (Similarly,
writing code is Good Stuff, but it can only take you so far. Monomania
is a tool, not a lifestyle.)

--
Chris "cackling with exclamation marks" Dollin

Hewlett-Packard Limited registered no:
registered office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN 690597 England

That's good advice, thanks man.

As much as I'd like to code some more, I think my knowledge of Java is
not enough. It feels like I'm still missing some things. I want to
contribute to projects someday I just don't know if I'm good enough to
(or how to find one).

You will go on "missing some things" until you do a bunch of programming
in Java.

There is an awkward chicken-and-egg problem. It is difficult to write a
even a simple program in a language you do not know, but I have never
seen anyone learn a programming language without writing programs in it.

The solution is to start with very simple little programs and gradually
work up. The first programs will be throw-aways - things you write just
to learn, and never use, so they don't need to do anything really useful.

Patricia
.

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