Category Archives: learning java

more tidbits from studying java Continue reading →

After several months of picking up and putting down my “Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days” book, I am back at it again. I am forcing myself to put my beloved emacs aside and attempting to learn to love Netbeans. … Continue reading →

In Chapter 3 of the Sams book came my first big surprise. Maybe that’s an overstatement, but I thought this was at least worth noting and opening up for discussion. All along every tutorial I’ve visited has lauded Java because … Continue reading →

bturnip put’s turtle’s applets to rights Continue reading →

So, I am working on learning java and, at the same time, learn the ins and outs of a complicated IDE like Netbeans. Being an emacs person, I am unused to the level of complexity the new IDE presents. How, … Continue reading →

Following my suggestion, and Tom’s lead, I have installed the “Java 5” platform w/ the Netbeans 4.0 beta. My plan is to work through the first two chapters of our selected tutorial text this weekend.

SAX and DOM, the xml duo. Continue reading →

Alright Mr. Bturnip, while you’re out galavanting around NW Arkansas, I’m spending my time working on a Java program and I’ve got a rough working version of a blackjack game. I started with some classes I found online for a … Continue reading →

I wanted to piddle around with database stuff last night and failed miserably. From what I read I gather that some JDBC stuff comes as part of that package we downloaded. Some info is at this link:JDBC Info Provided with … Continue reading →

Thought I would start a new thread just for this. I haven’t done much research, but I too like O’Reilly books and I read up a little on “Java in a Nutshell” at amazon.com. It gets only three stars in … Continue reading →