Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: markspace <-@.> Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Learning Java Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:47:59 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:48:01 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="QNqT5u6Ryx/DB+LpnoCWdQ"; logging-data="3638"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/X0yJYABxvfytvGWTSfodWafZK7b7BHO0=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/11.0.1 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:sbWN7uwb4iUIlBKYkVFMSef7AkU= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:13621 On 4/17/2012 2:50 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > You can do procedural programming in Java. You might find it easier > to start that way, to get used to Java, and then learn the OO stuff. I have to concur with Arne and wouldn't recommend that either. I asked how his OO comfort level was for a reason. If it's nil, he should also study OO along with Java. If it's average to fair, he'll probably be fine. Some specifics from the OP about what level of OOP he is comfortable with would help us with further recommendations. (What books has he read, what has he done, etc.)