BTW, I forgot to add the link to the website for the downloads. It is below:
http://code.google.com/android/documentation.html Hope this helps. Sincerely, Nikhil On Sep 29, 11:26 am, niksbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Falco for your insight. > > I would like to add a few things, if I may: > > First, let me introduce myself: > > I am a programmer (only at the PC level, and nothing at the 'mobile' > level, yet) with about 8 years of experience in the IT field. I have > programmed mostly with Microsoft's .Net (pronounced: Dot-Net) > languages and tools. I am rather new to Java, its tools, etc. > > Now that I am attempting to learn Java, I came across a few resources > that you may find interesting. They are listed below: > > 1. Even though there is a learning curve, It's true that Java works > differently than most other non-related/non-similar languages like > Visual Basic (as opposed to similar languages like C, C++, and .Net's > C#). But, Java is much easier to learn if you are a beginner since > you don't have to 'change' your thought process to learn a different > (than VB, etc) type of language (like an object-oriented one like > Java). > > One example of an object-oriented feature would be to think of a > car. A car has attributes (or characteristics) like 4 wheels, 4 > seats, etc. A car also has methods (or events) that can be triggered > (or caused to do something), such as 'drive', 'stop', and 'turning'. > These type of features can be almost directly related to your Java > logic, therefore making it easier to learn for beginners. Of course, > it gets more difficult as you progress, but in the beginning it is > rather easier to learn. > > 2. Especially for Android, many of the resources are free which makes > it easy to develop for Android as opposed to programming .Net (where > you have to buy Visual Studio (~$500, in which you can write the logic > for the language) and SQL Server (~$700, the database that VB > accesses)). > > Back to the topic, Java's tools are free. You can install Eclipse > (which is an IDE; a program that you can write the logic in) after > just downloading it. Then you need to install the Java Virtual > Machine (the JVM; which, I believe, is the engine or framework that > works with your logic/code). The JVM is also free; it is just a > download. > And for Android, you can get the JDT plug-in for Eclipse as well as > the Android 1.0 SDK (Software Development Kit), both for free; again, > they too are downloads. > > 3. I am reading a very good book of which I would like to mention. > It is called 'Java 5: A Beginner's Tutorial'. It is easy to read, and > has questions at the end of each chapter. Moreover, it has snippets > (pieces) of example code. It probably also has downloadable code that > you can test and analyze when programming. > > Hope this helps. > > Sincerely, > Nikhil > > On Sep 29, 10:18 am, "Falko Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Programming good Java is not something you learn on a weekend. Java is a > > serious Object Oriented Language. Any experience with OO-languages help > > alot. Javascript in fact is not really OO. With various libraries you can > > give it an OO touch but it´s still only a scripting language. > > > I recommend any good Javabooks, unfortunately I German and I > > usedhttp://www.galileocomputing.de/openbook/javainsel6butthat is of course > > in > > German. > > O´reilly has a java > > book:http://oreilly.com/catalog/javawt/book/index.htmlhttp://www.techbooks...some > > more books... So in > > general search for Object Orientation as it is the principle of modern java > > programming and Java as the programming language. > > > cheers > > > falko > > > 2008/9/29 Morisato13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Oh, I noticed that Android runs on Java. I should note that I can > > > understand JAVASCRIPT. I know they are not the same but similar. I > > > used to make web pages when I was young and I would copy/paste > > > javascript from those free javascript websites and alter them to my > > > liking. Because of this, I can understand javascript, but I can't > > > quite write it because I never memorized commands and such structure, > > > only how to analyze it and figure out what part does what. > > > > On Sep 28, 11:21 pm, Morisato13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, I'm a COMPLETE NOOB when it comes to programming. When I was > > > > younger I was interested in programming and read a few Visual Basic > > > > books, but my knowledge is very very limited... VERY. I have some > > > > interesting/innovative ideas (that could possible make money... > > > > wishful thinking I guess) but I have no idea where to start. I > > > > definitely fall into the "ideas man" category of people which I have > > > > plenty of, but without knowing where to start, I'm stuck. Does anyone > > > > have any recommendations of things I should look into? Some sort of > > > > step by step learning syllabus to get to where I need to be to start > > > > programming for Android. I'm already expecting the learning process to > > > > take a very long time, but how long do you think each learning step > > > > should take? Any websites or book recommendations? I'm not a child, > > > > but I would like the reading to be as easy as possible because some of > > > > the technical things just go over my head, but don't get me wrong, I'm > > > > not technologically illiterate. 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