Just started messing around with Java...

[oaknightshockey1]

For whatever reason, I decided it was time to learn some programming. I started doing some tutorials and such and am kind of starting to get the hang of it. I took a Matlab class probably 4 years ago and aside from that I do not have much experience. I am having a pretty good time with it...I wrote a simple program on my own that tells a knock knock joke. I was pretty excited when I was able to figure out how to make it accept inputs that weren't exactly correct (capitalization, punctuation, etc).

Anyways, I feel like I've seen several people on here who know a lot about Java...any tips on what sort of exercises to do to improve?

 

[4down20]

why Java?

One of the few languages I've never done so I can't help you out, but I'm curious.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

First one that came to mind. No particular reason.

 

[DonMan]

It's my first day here. I've been using Java off and on for quite a few years. What are you using for a development environment?

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Java is good for SQL ala data querying.. It is also the basis for Javascript.. People program in Java because it's more GUI friendly than C++ or other common high level languages.. I'm curious what you use as an IDE; JGrasp, Eclipse or just notepad++?