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Re: Difficulty with Java

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JW wrote:

> If you have other links in mind (or handy) please go ahead and send them.
> I'm on a learn-by-doing course - I'll save the harder ones for later.

OK, here's my two standard ones.

First, get over to the Java Passion web site.  It's run by Sang Shin, a 
Sun researcher and hosts online classes for a variety of Java subjects. 
  The basic course started a month ago but you can jump in any time. 
The basic course does cover Matisse (IIRC) and also give you enough of 
the API to get you started (and Java has one really huge API to learn).

<http://javapassion.com/>

<http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/>


The other is the O'Reilly book _Learning Java_.  This is great 
introduction to Java, and the book actually covers enough material to 
serve as a reference for a long time.  I've heard a few others on this 
list echo that sentiment so I don't think I'm off base here. _Learning 
Java_ covers all aspects of Java programming, not just Swing, but it 
does spend several chapters on Swing.  It also covers the basics of 
Model-View-Controller programming and how to implement it (in a basic 
way) with Swing and its ActionListeners. I've not seen this concept well 
expressed elsewhere.  It's a testament to general quality of the book 
that it covers extra material like that.


There ya go, good luck!  If you like hands on, that intro course at Java 
Passion might be very good for you. A lot of it was remedial when I went 
through it, but I found the organization useful, and the lessons and 
homeworks forced me to actually code stuff up, and that was very useful 
for getting to learn Java at a better level.  So even if it seems 
simple, there's a lot in there that's useful to know.

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