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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Java OOP tutorial (Was: ArrayAdapter)
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In article <in1ptj$dsv$1@news.onet.pl>,
 Michal Kleczek <kleku75@gmail.com> wrote:

> So in hope to be bright and suggest you to search Google for an OOP 
> tutorial (possibly in Java) - I actually did:
> http://www.google.pl/search?q=java+object+oriented+programmin+tutorial
> 
> And you know what - nothing really useful! A lot of material covering 
> (somewhat like in an encyclopedia) what an object/class/instance 
> variable/method is but nothing really _introductory_ that would 
> illustrate  "live objects communicating with each other to achieve a 
> goal".
> 
> Does anybody know of anything like this online?

Excellent question. I recall starting with the Sun/Oracle tutorial:

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/>

In contrast, this series offered a broader perspective and greater 
depth, IMO:

<http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocint.htm>

-- 
John B. Matthews
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