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Re: recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing

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On 4/17/2011 9:15 PM, steveh44 wrote:

> What do folks here recommend? Get a good book? which one do you
> recommend?
>
> Any other advice is welcome.

Learn to program in Java, first.  I'd recommend the Java tutorials, 
Learning Java by O'Reilly, and the Java Passion website.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927186
http://www.javapassion.com/portal/

The O'Reilly book in particular contains a lot more information than 
just the basics.  It has a lot of practical advice for Swing (Java's GUI 
API) that I think you'd find useful for applets.

As for applets themselves or animation, no.  Desktop is not Oracles 
focus, and the development environment is kind of wonky.  If you're not 
an experienced programmer, you might have a bit of a rough time.  Things 
that work fine on your desktop aren't going to work at all when deployed 
as an applet.

Take your time, and deploy several "test" applets to different 
environments (OS, browser).  Be prepared for "learning" (i.e., stuff not 
working).  A lot of folks who aren't programmers aren't prepared for 
this kind of "build your test harness first" approach to applets, but 
you're going to get bit if you expect it all just to work like magic. 
There's no magic, and a lot of compromises might be needed to get a 
robust process.

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recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing steveh44 <steve_h44@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-17 21:15 -0700
  Re: recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-19 11:30 -0400
  Re: recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-19 10:00 -0700

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