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I am a Java virgin. I have never taken any computer classes or
programmed in my life, so this is all new to me. My background is more
creative so this is like 180 degree turn. It's such a disruption to
the way my imaginative visual brain thinks and has developed for years
that I've contemplated dropping the class I'm taking in beginning Java.
Why am I learning Java you ask? For fun. Puzzled? So am I.
Actually thanks to Google and Mozilla Firefox (especially Google who I
admire with every lingering breath) I've been inspired to learn because
of their belief in open-source a philosophy and practice I highly agree
with. But I need all your support because it is all difficult to
process. The other reason I decided Java over other languages is I
naively thought OOPs Object Oriented was dealing with visual objects
like chess pieces you just drag around and plug in to some master
program(oh my God that's sounds really stupid but its the truth). I've
entertained the idea of dropping the class I'm taking because it's
getting harder with these what do you call it now these method
perameters and arguments and oh what else the whole confusion of
implimenting all these classes and methods and tracking back from the
main method to find out where these original objects were assigned and
and class methods embedded within class methods and I just get
lost...but I picked up another book last night to compliment the one we
are using for the class because that one is so dry. This one I got
last night called Diving Headfirst into Java by O'Reilly makes it a
little fun with analogies pics and stuff. Okay I'm rambling. I hope I
have the guts to stick with it all but only with your support. Baby
steps and all, right? Any suggestions and what you all did when you
started and how you've overcome these hurdles with all the years or
months would be appreciated. Anybody in a similar situation as me
please post too. Maybe we can figure it out together. One thing I am
also doing is going to the computer section and looking through
different books getting different POVs but also just exposing myself
even though I don't understand most of what I'm looking at.
programmed in my life, so this is all new to me. My background is more
creative so this is like 180 degree turn. It's such a disruption to
the way my imaginative visual brain thinks and has developed for years
that I've contemplated dropping the class I'm taking in beginning Java.
Why am I learning Java you ask? For fun. Puzzled? So am I.
Actually thanks to Google and Mozilla Firefox (especially Google who I
admire with every lingering breath) I've been inspired to learn because
of their belief in open-source a philosophy and practice I highly agree
with. But I need all your support because it is all difficult to
process. The other reason I decided Java over other languages is I
naively thought OOPs Object Oriented was dealing with visual objects
like chess pieces you just drag around and plug in to some master
program(oh my God that's sounds really stupid but its the truth). I've
entertained the idea of dropping the class I'm taking because it's
getting harder with these what do you call it now these method
perameters and arguments and oh what else the whole confusion of
implimenting all these classes and methods and tracking back from the
main method to find out where these original objects were assigned and
and class methods embedded within class methods and I just get
lost...but I picked up another book last night to compliment the one we
are using for the class because that one is so dry. This one I got
last night called Diving Headfirst into Java by O'Reilly makes it a
little fun with analogies pics and stuff. Okay I'm rambling. I hope I
have the guts to stick with it all but only with your support. Baby
steps and all, right? Any suggestions and what you all did when you
started and how you've overcome these hurdles with all the years or
months would be appreciated. Anybody in a similar situation as me
please post too. Maybe we can figure it out together. One thing I am
also doing is going to the computer section and looking through
different books getting different POVs but also just exposing myself
even though I don't understand most of what I'm looking at.