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Re: basic learning path

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Date	2019-03-18 05:03 -0700
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Subject	Re: basic learning path
From	Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com>

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On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 10:07:26 AM UTC-4, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
> This is good advice. However, it is marred somewhat by the fact that
> many of the learning resources on will encounter on the 'net will assume
> usage of an IDE. Think of a tutorial about how to write a REST service.
> Granted, if one is out to learn Java, a REST service is perhaps not the
> thing one should start with, but on the other hand, the number of
> tutorials about REST services (or similar highly complex tasks) is
> likely to outweigh the number of tutorials just covering the basics - or
> at least will quickly become the predominant findings, once the very
> basics are out of the way.
> 
> Add to that goodies like smart completions and corrections, source code
> and Javadoc browsing, and I'd say that going through an IDE might be
> unavoidable. Just keep in mind that it will hugely increase the breadth
> of the unknown.
> 
> -- 
> DF.

It might help to learn coding without any IDE until you're actually familiar with the basic classes and can get code to compile without the assistance, even though the Oracle basic training path takes you into NetBeans.
Still, I finished college in 1996 so Java wasn't a thing, but I have seen a beginner say they use BlueJ. https://www.bluej.org/

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  Re: basic learning path Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-03-14 16:21 -0400
    Re: basic learning path Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-03-16 15:07 +0100
      Re: basic learning path Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-03-18 05:03 -0700
        Re: basic learning path Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2019-03-18 12:58 +0000
    Re: basic learning path Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2019-03-29 18:02 +0000
  Re: basic learning path Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-03-14 19:38 -0400
  Re: basic learning path Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-03-15 05:10 -0700

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