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Re: recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing

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 steveh44 <steve_h44@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am an experienced programmer, but have not used Java too much 
> (about one year) but this was sometime ago.
> 
> I am interested in learning Java programming more for doing 
> scientific and physics simulation and animation by writing applets.
> 
> I see many resources on the net, but I think if I can have one good 
> book to study from, it might be better.
> 
> What do folks here recommend? Get a good book? which one do you 
> recommend?
> 
> Any other advice is welcome.

Your question is intriguing, but it assumes the existence of a sort of 
magic bullet [1]. I haven't found one. Instead study texts apropos to 
programing in general or the problem domain in particular. Among top 
choices for the former, I would include Bloch [2], Peierls, et al. [3] 
and a book on patterns [4]. As an example of the latter, a kinematic 
problem typically lends itself to a vector description; and the approach 
shown here [6] is a convenient model.

There's no substitute for doing. Example abound. Choose a model that 
interests you and try to refine it. Publish your results. Ask for and 
accept criticism. Help others with similar problems. Repeat.

[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_bullet>
[2]<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/>
[3]<http://www.javaconcurrencyinpractice.com/>
[4]<http://www.artima.com/designtechniques/booklist.html>
[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematics>
[6]<https://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews/kineticmodel>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing steveh44 <steve_h44@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-17 21:15 -0700
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  Re: recommendation for learning Java animation/applets programing markspace <-@.> - 2011-04-19 10:00 -0700

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