Where can I find a great Java Tutorial?

C.# · 5 Jan 2012 at 11:14

Does any one know of a well recommended Java tutorial?

There are so many on the internet that I just wondered if any one had any previous experience as no doubt someone had the predicament I'm facing before.

Thanks in advance

AMMUT · 5 Jan 2012 at 11:30

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

Dj_Jestar · 5 Jan 2012 at 11:58

a user called C.# is asking for a Java tutorial? How geek am I for lol'ing at that?

GravyMonster · 5 Jan 2012 at 12:25

^ Haha, glad I'm not the only one who thought that!

peterwalkley · 5 Jan 2012 at 14:40

I find http://www.coreservlets.com/ is a good place to start people off.

d_brennen · 5 Jan 2012 at 14:47

http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php

Bucky is the man

C.# · 5 Jan 2012 at 19:53

d_brennen said:
http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php

Bucky is the man

Thanks, my little nephew just got a laptop for Christmas, trying to get him into programming (he's 12) and was looking for something easy for him to follow

d_brennen · 5 Jan 2012 at 20:20

Python is easier to begin with (IMO) and better suited to younger learners (again IMO!)

Staffy · 5 Jan 2012 at 20:24

d_brennen said:
Python is easier to begin with (IMO) and better suited to younger learners (again IMO!)

Seconded

Staffy · 5 Jan 2012 at 20:26

Sorry for the quick second post but here is a link I have been using with my youngest
http://inventwithpython.com/

nippynoo · 6 Jan 2012 at 10:09

If he wants to do Javascript then he should def use the HTML5 <canvas> element (and nothing else). It allows simple games to be created very easily...

This is a superb tutorial
http://developer.apple.com/library/...L-canvas-guide/Introduction/Introduction.html

Jimfowler82 · 6 Jan 2012 at 16:14

I started looking at python this week, cant get into it at all. Find Java & C++ etc easier to read/ better structured, Only wanted to see some python code in anticipation of the RaspberriPI will be able to run C code on it as well i know, I just see it was bundled with a python IDE.

kierenharrold · 6 Jan 2012 at 16:27

Stanford University does Programming lectures which are free.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMDCCdjyW8&feature=plcp&context=C394f3eaUDOEgsToPDskIDu6Dw40bi2m_yUH5H9sXC

Staffy · 6 Jan 2012 at 16:31

Raspi as far as I know will run like you say any language that linux uses so c, c++ etc...

Each to their own as far as language preference goes, but most people agree that one of pythons biggest strong points is it's syntax and how easy it is to read.

Scryus · 6 Jan 2012 at 17:47

If it's Java proper, any decent online tutorial for C# or C++ would get you started.

If its JavaScript, however, CodeAcademy (google that) has a very nice setup that i've been trying out

brigzilla · 8 Jan 2012 at 01:44

when we were taught java from scratch at uni they used the BlueJ IDE and this book...

http://www.bluej.org/objects-first/

it teaches you about objects within classes before it goes into structuring projects (which is what most tutorials seem to do first in pretty much every language), It seemed really easy to pick up using BlueJ, even though it is a terrible IDE from a development perspective, it works as a great building block for getting to understand the language.

Jamie23 · 8 Jan 2012 at 22:57

I learnt a bit of Python with Bucky and found his tutorials very good.

When I was in first year they encouraged use of BlueJ if you were new to programming like the person above me suggested. As far as I know a lot of people liked the way it made you think of programming but cant say I got on with it very well, moved straight to eclipse.

Shadow-King · 21 Jan 2012 at 00:44

Sams Teach your Java in 24 Hours (6th edition) is a pretty good book. Im on hour 14 right now and have picked up most of it fairly easily. Although Im using eclipse instead of netbeans as I need to develop on android.