If you prefer learning Java from books, I'd suggest these two: 2. "Heads First Java" by O'Reilly: solid primer, teaches Java and OO at the same time 1. "Effective Java" by Joshua Bloch: fantastic practices for writing good code, very popular at Google and other companies
(By the way, Joshua Bloch, the author of Effective Java, works for Google. Actually, I heard he's working on Android now!) -- PJ On Nov 14, 12:30 am, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 athttp://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%2Bunsubscr > > > [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
