I second the motion. Not that I share Stephen's enthusiasm for the 'greatness' of Java, but I do recognize that it has the market momentum now that makes it well worth the effort to learn. Especially now that Android uses it.
The tutorials at Sun/Javasoft are pretty good, too. You would be hard pressed to find better online tutorials for any CS topic than those for Java at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial. Start with "Trails Covering the Basics" (but you could omit the tutorial on Swing). Finally, both the API reference and the tutorials for Android will make a lot more sense to you once you have finished those trails of the Sun tutorials. You will make much faster progress learning Android. So don't hesitate, start those Sun tutorials ASAP! On Nov 11, 8:17 am, Stephen Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > It would probably be easier to just learn Java. It's a great language that > has been around for years and is very useful in learning OOP for > applications beside Android. > > Stephen Walsh > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 17:14, Anthony Walker <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > I just started reading up on developing apps for Android and it's > > quite confusing as I don't know any Java. So I was thinking how hard > > would it be to make a simple point & click Flash application that > > modifies your Eclipse workspace files? > > > For example, in a game, you want your player to go left when you roll > > the trackball left. > > So in the app maker you click the character, > > select on - trackball left > > move left at a speed of __ > > > Then it inserts template code into a few files in the workspace to > > make that happen, all the variables such as button, speed, direction, > > all defined by you. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
