can I please get somebody to help me find where to get started with java programming? if possible can you give me a private course of the basics to get started with a game like minecraft?

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anonymous · Answer

you can go to youtube and search for thenewboston channel and he was some good beginner, intermidate, and java game programing tutorials

anonymous · Answer

I have tried him but it never works out on youtube because there is nothing helping me through my errors so preferably something that is interactive would be great :)

anonymous · Answer

although if you know anything in java it would be helpful if you could teach me in some way! I have netbeans and eclipse so I am all set there :)

anonymous · Answer

well i am not that good have a programmer just learning myself too

anonymous · Answer

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konradzuse · Answer

you need to learn things step by step..  Creating a game takes a looong time.

anonymous · Answer

I know a bit of the basics... things like booleans, variables, printing on screen, etc.

konradzuse · Answer

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html

konradzuse · Answer

There is a also www.learnnowjava.com; however that isnt' free like the Oracle Trail.

wwww.CodeRanch.com also has a ton of professionals, but they wont do your code for you, just help you along the way.

rsmith6559 · Answer

For a starting programmer, I recommend Stanford's CS-106A Programming Methodologies http://see.stanford.edu Just click on the Courses button.

anonymous · Answer

I wanted to jump right into java too, but I couldn't make it work.  Java assumes an object oriented approach and so even the books, I read through and liked "Head-First Java", assume that you can code simple procedures, and get results out of a nested loop, etc..  So I would say learn Python enough to code your game in it. They are teaching it with a functions approach and it really won't be that hard to convert your Python to Java.

konradzuse · Answer

I have to disagree... I started mainly coding seriously in Java.  You just need to spend time learning how the lang works..

anonymous · Answer

Oh, wish I had known about the Stanford Course. Glad I know now.

anonymous · Answer

thanks to everybody who replied ^^ this will definitely help!