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| From | markspace <-@.> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Absolute beginner question |
| Date | 2012-03-21 14:07 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 3/21/2012 12:06 PM, Helpful person wrote: > I'm not sure what using an IDE entails. Are you suggesting that I > should not yet move to this stage? I'm certainly happy to start right > at the beginning if this helps me to understand better, even though it > can be frustrating. I think the "Intermediate Tutorial" on that link refers you to the Oracle Java tutorial, which in turn has you create a simple program from the command line. That's fine to do. You should learn the difference between javac and java (the programs) and understand a bit about what they do. Eventually you should endeavor to learn the command line tools well. They're important in many real projects. However, as a student, as soon as you complete that first little example, you can go straight to NetBeans (or other IDE) and not look back for a while. Modern IDEs are super important now-a-days for productivity. You just can't match them with vi and a few self-made scripts like the old days. There's too much work done for you by the IDE creators and the IDE itself. It's a must-have tool, and one that you will use for the bulk of your professional development.
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Absolute beginner question Helpful person <rrrlllfff@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 11:24 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-21 11:36 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Helpful person <rrrlllfff@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 12:06 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-03-21 19:35 +0000
Re: Absolute beginner question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-21 12:37 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-21 12:39 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-21 14:07 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Helpful person <rrrlllfff@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 17:52 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-22 21:06 -0700
Re: Absolute beginner question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-22 22:19 -0700
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