If you're anything like me then you probably felt a bit lost in the NetBeans tutorials during the week. My main problem was that I didn't understand the terminology or the grammar/vocab/syntax of Java. Also, the results of what we were doing weren't immediately apparent, unlike our HTML tutorials, so what we were doing felt out of context to me and I didn't know what it was leading to. I came across a few bits and pieces that might be helpful and I've listed them below.
Wikipedia has an article on the "Hello World" program. This explains what the program does and why it's used.
Sun Microsystems, the company behind Java, have their own set of tutorials, including a handy section that explains the basic concepts of object-oriented programming.
Here are a few introductory video tutorials on NetBeans.
This video shows how to download and set up NetBeans on your home computer or laptop. You don't really need to watch all of this one.
This second video is short and is similar to the material we covered in the IS6115 tutorials during the week and shows how to create the "Hello World" program.
In this third video, Tim Layton also demonstrates the "Hello World" program. It's worth watching the whole thing because he looks at some small applications that he made with NetBeans.
I hope all of this makes the whole thing seem a little less daunting.
Wikipedia has an article on the "Hello World" program. This explains what the program does and why it's used.
Sun Microsystems, the company behind Java, have their own set of tutorials, including a handy section that explains the basic concepts of object-oriented programming.
Here are a few introductory video tutorials on NetBeans.
This video shows how to download and set up NetBeans on your home computer or laptop. You don't really need to watch all of this one.
This second video is short and is similar to the material we covered in the IS6115 tutorials during the week and shows how to create the "Hello World" program.
In this third video, Tim Layton also demonstrates the "Hello World" program. It's worth watching the whole thing because he looks at some small applications that he made with NetBeans.
I hope all of this makes the whole thing seem a little less daunting.
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