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more tidbits from studying java

After several months of picking up and putting down my “Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days” book, I am back at it again. I am forcing myself to put my beloved emacs aside and attempting to learn to love Netbeans. It was rough, but I have been able to key in most of the examples [...]

In Chapter 3 of the Sams book came my first big surprise. Maybe that’s an overstatement, but I thought this was at least worth noting and opening up for discussion. All along every tutorial I’ve visited has lauded Java because it “doesn’t have pointers.” I suspected all along this was bs and Ch. 3 confirms. [...]

bturnip put’s turtle’s applets to rights

So, I am working on learning java and, at the same time, learn the ins and outs of a complicated IDE like Netbeans. Being an emacs person, I am unused to the level of complexity the new IDE presents. How, using Netbeans IDE 4.0, Beta 2, do I approach the first exercise in the SAMS [...]

Following my suggestion, and Tom’s lead, I have installed the “Java 5″ platform w/ the Netbeans 4.0 beta. My plan is to work through the first two chapters of our selected tutorial text this weekend.