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357mag · Apr 12th, 2005, 2:32 PM

Well I found a piece of code on the web about how to do exactly what I was looking for. But there are only a few lines I understand. When I think about it I'm really putting the cart before the horse here. You see, my only programming experience has been console programming with C++ and that was about 4 years ago. I studied it for about maybe 6 or 7 months and then stopped due to problems with depression.

My impressions with Java tells me that in order to understand a program like this you first must have studied about classes and objects and data members and what it means to create an instance of the class and so on. I think I almost got to that chapter when I stopped my study in C++.

That's what I like about C++. You can start with just learning the constructs and syntax of the language. You can study that for months before ever learning about objects and classes.

But it appears in Java your up against objects and classes right off the bat, so I am dubious about whether I would recommend any beginner to start with Java. Personally I think C++ is a better place to start.

The reason I'm so confused is because I don't really know about objects and classes and creating an instance of the class and data members and all that OOP stuff. I may have a faint memory of it but that is all. So this program that I wanted to write and found some code for I'm not going to understand since it uses more advanced concepts which I am not familiar with yet.

Apr 12th, 2005, 2:32 PM	#5
357mag Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 148 Rep Power: 4	Well I found a piece of code on the web about how to do exactly what I was looking for. But there are only a few lines I understand. When I think about it I'm really putting the cart before the horse here. You see, my only programming experience has been console programming with C++ and that was about 4 years ago. I studied it for about maybe 6 or 7 months and then stopped due to problems with depression. My impressions with Java tells me that in order to understand a program like this you first must have studied about classes and objects and data members and what it means to create an instance of the class and so on. I think I almost got to that chapter when I stopped my study in C++. That's what I like about C++. You can start with just learning the constructs and syntax of the language. You can study that for months before ever learning about objects and classes. But it appears in Java your up against objects and classes right off the bat, so I am dubious about whether I would recommend any beginner to start with Java. Personally I think C++ is a better place to start. The reason I'm so confused is because I don't really know about objects and classes and creating an instance of the class and data members and all that OOP stuff. I may have a faint memory of it but that is all. So this program that I wanted to write and found some code for I'm not going to understand since it uses more advanced concepts which I am not familiar with yet.