Java for dummies
by Barry A. Burd, Barry Burd · first published 2006
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Java for dummies.
on “Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?” ↗…shapes in Flash and then manipulate them with Action Script. Suddenly the idiotic examples of cars, vehicles and bicycles or animals, cats and dogs were unloaded from my mind and OOP really sinked in. * Java for Dummies - Also unlikely place to look for answers, but TTD and OOP made sense when I read the book many years ago. Somehow when they said "everything is a class in Java, there are no real primitive types" I really…
on “Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?” ↗…you build up a decent model of the student/audience in your head and future first drafts tend to be better. Also: 1) less is more. Writing less means fewer mistakes and faster reading. Think K&R, not Java for Dummies. 2) lots of examples. Every function description should include at least one realistic example of its use.
on “Ask HN: How do I write good documentation?” ↗scratch was the trigger for me just as you say. I was turning 11 when we used it at school (28 now). A year or so later I was reading Java for Dummies and making little tools on the TI-84. Then learning C++ and python on a raspberry pi 1B. I’m grateful to that computer lab teacher who thought scratch was worth teaching.
on “Has early Scratch experience led to fulfilling careers?” ↗