Help with Java

[super_teabag]

Hey guys/girls, I'm a student at Grand valley going for computer science, and I'm taking a java course this semester

 

Right now we're covering methods, parameters, constructors, how to instance variables, and call up methods.

 

I find it all very confusing at this point. Does anyone know of a resource that I can use to help me understand these things for my upcoming project

 

My prof isn't giving us much hands on programming example which is how I personally learn. Any suggestions on websites that I can practice on?

 

IDK if Lynda.com would follow my course at this time, and I'm in college working a part time job that doesn't make much. Appreciate any help you can offer Thanks!

 

Here's a notepad doc of what we went covered in class today.

 

java help.txt

[Sklo]

Java in a Nutshell

http://books.google.at/books?id=glmu7LSXqU0C&pg=PA1&sig=Df6QUfDFyzpO6mtT7rdiTTMD22w&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

A good video about the basics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u1fu6f8Hto

[AustinKZombie]

http://www.codecademy.com/

My favorite learning to program tool. just make an account and get started

[super_teabag]

Thanks I'll give them a shot!

[spenser_l]

I'm taking Computer Science right now, and one of my courses is for Java.  I've found the assigned text to be very helpful, it's called Java Software Solutions by Lewis.  If you search for it online I'm sure you'd be able to find free versions of it.

 

If you go that route, I highly recommend Foxit reader for pdfs.  When I use Adobe reader, it takes up a gig of ram on it's own, whereas with Foxit, it takes 30 megabytes.  It's also much faster and more visually appealing than Adobe's option.

[rockking1379]

Hey guys/girls, I'm a student at Grand valley going for computer science, and I'm taking a java course this semester

 

Right now we're covering methods, parameters, constructors, how to instance variables, and call up methods.

 

I find it all very confusing at this point. Does anyone know of a resource that I can use to help me understand these things for my upcoming project

 

My prof isn't giving us much hands on programming example which is how I personally learn. Any suggestions on websites that I can practice on?

 

IDK if Lynda.com would follow my course at this time, and I'm in college working a part time job that doesn't make much. Appreciate any help you can offer Thanks!

 

Here's a notepad doc of what we went covered in class today.

 

java help.txt

practice it. hit up youtube and search the topics. start small and you will get it

[Exgaves]

Honestly, books can only help you so much. 

 

There is a sort of thought process you basically get after you practice enough code, practice, when you approach a problem, google/research solutions, continue until you hit another wall. Many courses require hand written code in their final exams, if you dont truly understand code, you can't write it by hand.

 

tldr: practice is incredibly valuable, you NEED to apply knowledge or at least attempt to, if you figure it out for yourself you will have that memory set in stone in your head, if you read it you will forget it after a month.

[cranachan]

I learned C++ through trial and error, although some people find books more helpful. I would recommend downloading an IDE (Eclipse comes to mind) and just trying things out.

 

Some basic programs to practice would be things like:

• Foobar
• Print nth number of the Fibonacci sequence
• Currency converter