hi, am a beginner in java programming

could i be enlightened on some of the fundamental things i need to
know when it comes to java programming, Thanks.

opysho_java

opysho_java wrote:
> could i be enlightened on some of the fundamental things i need to
> know when it comes to java programming, Thanks.


Here's a good tutorial:

http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/

markspace

opysho_java wrote:
> could i be enlightened on some of the fundamental things i need to
> know when it comes to java programming, Thanks.

Start at:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Arne

Arne Vajhøj

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:43:43 -0800 (PST), opysho_java
<> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>could i be enlightened on some of the fundamental things i need to
>know when it comes to java programming, Thanks.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gettingstarted.html
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On Nov 4, 11:18 pm, markspace <nos...@nowhere.com> wrote:
....
> Here's a good tutorial:
>
> http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/

Well... To me anyone who defines inheritance as
"code reuse" deserves to be shot (the author of
that tutorial sure does) and I would be very cautious
about writing made by such a person

Objective-C programmers are having a good laugh about
inheritance being about "code reuse"

alexandre_paterson@yahoo.fr

wrote:
> On Nov 4, 11:18 pm, markspace <nos...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> ...
>> Here's a good tutorial:
>>
>> http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/
>
> Well... To me anyone who defines inheritance as
> "code reuse" deserves to be shot (the author of
> that tutorial sure does)

I don't interpret his statement that way:

"Inheritance is one of the most important OO concept along with
encapsulation and polymorphism. Basically it allows reuse of the code
since a sub-class (child class) can readily use the properties and
methods defined in the super class (parent class)."

He isn't *defining* inheritance, he's describing, for those new to Java
and to OO, something inheritance allows. It's a necessarily simplistic
statement that is followed by a reference to the Sun tutorial on
inheritance in Java.


> and I would be very cautious about writing made by such a person

His writings are often recommended here by people whose opinions I have
come to respect.


> Objective-C programmers are having a good laugh about
> inheritance being about "code reuse"

I don't remember any occasion when I have been convinced of something by
the reported laughter of the misinformed. Rather the opposite effect
pertains.


It seems to me the top two hits for "objective-c inheritance" don't
really do much better:

"Inheritance in Objective-C is similar to Java. When you extend your
super class (of which you can only have one parent) you can override the
methods of your super class by simply putting the new implementations in
the child classes implementation."

"Objective-C enables programmer to inherit common methods and properties
from other class, known as inheritance."



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