Google Maps and Java

[SL]

I am trying to write a java programs on windows xp which will show google
maps. I suppose it will have to do with web services as done by a browser.

Being pretty new with java, can anybody offer some tips ?

Thanks.

 

[Jeff Higgins]

I am trying to write a java programs on windows xp which will show google
maps. I suppose it will have to do with web services as done by a browser.

Being pretty new with java, can anybody offer some tips ?

Thanks.

Documentation begins here.
<http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html>

 

[Lew]

I am trying to write a java [sic] programs on windows [sic] xp [sic] which will show google [sic]
maps. I suppose it will have to do with web services as done by a browser.

Being pretty new with java [sic], can anybody offer some tips ?

Documentation begins here.
<http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html>

and here:
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html>

 

[Roedy Green]

Being pretty new with java, can anybody offer some tips ?

It is best to start with the simplest imaginable program and get that
working, then gradually add features.

That way you are always building on a correct understanding of the
API.

It is so easy to misinterpret documentation and create a giant mess
you cannot begin to debug.

Try using Google to find sample code snippets.

 

[Lew]

, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

It is best to start with the simplest imaginable program and get that
working, then gradually add features.

That way you are always building on a correct understanding of the
API.

It is so easy to misinterpret documentation and create a giant mess
you cannot begin to debug.

Try using Google to find sample code snippets.

That is excellent advice, and a more detailed beginner's approach along those
lines is available on Dr.) Patricia Shanahan's site, the "Beginner" page. (Dr.
Shanahan is a valued contributor to this newsgroup.)
http://www.patriciashanahan.com/beginner.html