Thanks! I am currently taking Codeacademy's Java program aswell as watching thenewboston's videos for easier understanding.You can use online courses, Udemy has some good ones but it isn't free.
My advice is to teach yourself core java and learn the logic behind programming. Teach yourself on algorithms and pseudo code, these will help you grasp programming.
Another option is to buy a book. They're really helpful and detailed, honestly I think the best way to learn is through them. However others might think different. It's just my opinion
Good luck and I hope you find a love for programming
I was in that position for a few months in the beginning. I did courses and watched YouTube playlists but nothing really teached me. It is more like System.out.println() prints text to the next line! Without really explaining what it is.
Yeah, I just finished Codecademy's Java course and I have to say I thought it wouldn't be as brief as it it, It literally took me around 4-5 hours to complete it.
Stay away from thenewboston and pogo's videos. You shouldn't even be touching Bukkit at this point.
Yeah, I'm currently reading Head First Java and watching thenewboston's Java tutorials for complementation.
Don't watch thenewboston. His videos are awful and he teaches terrible practices.
Is there any YouTube video series you would recommend me?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
public class Gui extends JFrame {
private String details;
private JLabel statusbar;
public Gui () {
super("Click Counter");
statusbar = new JLabel ("Start clicking!");
add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
addMouseListener ((MouseListener) new Mouseclass());
}
private class Mouseclass extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {
details = String.format("You clicked %d %s ", event.getClickCount(), "times");
if(event.isMetaDown())
details += "with the right mouse button";
else if(event.isAltDown())
details += "with the center mouse button";
else
details += "with the left mouse button";
statusbar.setText(details);
}
}
}import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
public class Gui extends JFrame {
private String details;
private JLabel statusbar;
public static void main(String[] args){
new Gui();
}
public Gui () {
this.setTitle("Click Counter");
this.setSize(400, 300);
Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Dimension dim = tk.getScreenSize();
int xPos = (dim.width / 2) - (this.getWidth() / 2);
int yPos = (dim.height / 2) - (this.getHeight() / 2);
this.setLocation(xPos, yPos);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setVisible(true);
statusbar = new JLabel ("Start clicking!", SwingConstants.CENTER);
add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
addMouseListener ((MouseListener) new Mouseclass());
}
private class Mouseclass extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {
details = String.format("You clicked %d %s ", event.getClickCount(), (event.getClickCount() != 1)? "times" : "time");
if(event.isMetaDown())
details += "with the right mouse button";
else if(event.isAltDown())
details += "with the center mouse button";
else
details += "with the left mouse button";
statusbar.setText(details);
}
}
}You don't have to spend months learning Java to make plugins, but you do if you want to make quality plugins and not become a joke in the development community. Bukkit will not teach you basic core principles that you need to know such as encapsulation, polymorphism, class design, etc.
A lack of knowledge. What you're doing now is memorizing snippets of code, enough to get by, but not fully understanding it.
