Java coding education/tutorials
My son is all motivated to learn Java so that he can hack around in Minecraft, so I'm looking for ways for him to get started. I have no coding background either, so I am equally lost. We are working with Alice right now, and I think it's giving him the basic idea, but I'm not sure how far Alice can take him. On the one hand I'm tempted to just start mangling some Minecraft code and learn that way, but I don't want to ruin the momentum here. Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage? I've been desperate to get him to start to learn coding so I don't want to waste this opportunity now that he's actually motivated! :-) -- Thomas Milne
Hey Thomas, On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne@gmail.com> wrote:
Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?
Though I haven't looked at it myself, this book might be somewhat helpful: https://pragprog.com/book/ahmine/learn-to-program-with-minecraft-plugins -Ross
On Oct 22, 2014 11:26 AM, "Ross Macduff" <ross.macduff@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Thomas,
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne@gmail.com> wrote:
Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?
Though I haven't looked at it myself, this book might be somewhat helpful:
https://pragprog.com/book/ahmine/learn-to-program-with-minecraft-plugins
-Ross
That looks like it might be perfect, thanks!
On 10/22/2014 07:00 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
My son is all motivated to learn Java so that he can hack around in Minecraft, so I'm looking for ways for him to get started. I have no coding background either, so I am equally lost.
We are working with Alice right now, and I think it's giving him the basic idea, but I'm not sure how far Alice can take him. On the one hand I'm tempted to just start mangling some Minecraft code and learn that way, but I don't want to ruin the momentum here.
Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?
I've been desperate to get him to start to learn coding so I don't want to waste this opportunity now that he's actually motivated! :-)
-- Thomas Milne
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Join a minecraft modding discussion and start trying things, perhaps initially by applying someone else's mod to "see how to do the worked example". That's what I do whenever I start in an unfamiliar area (like Halflife 2 DM, which is not the usual kind of program I work with). --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb@spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain
My son is all motivated to learn Java so that he can hack around in Minecraft, so I'm looking for ways for him to get started. I have no coding background either, so I am equally lost.
Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?
This will help you and your son through a simple and practical approach while learning the Java Programming language. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/index.htm Online Java Compiler http://www.compileonline.com/compile_java_online.php Useful Tool: http://www.compileonline.com/ Another very useful online tool: http://ideone.com/ Good luck with the journey and welcome to the coders world :) Aruna
On Oct 22, 2014 11:26 AM, "Aruna Hewapathirane" < aruna.hewapathirane@gmail.com> wrote:
My son is all motivated to learn Java so that he can hack around in
Minecraft, so I'm looking for ways for him to get
started. I have no coding background either, so I am equally lost.
Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?
This will help you and your son through a simple and practical approach while learning the Java Programming language. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/index.htm
Online Java Compiler http://www.compileonline.com/compile_java_online.php
Useful Tool: http://www.compileonline.com/
Another very useful online tool: http://ideone.com/
Good luck with the journey and welcome to the coders world :)
Aruna
That helped a lot, thanks very much :-)
On 22/10/2014 7:00 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
My son is all motivated to learn Java so that he can hack around in Minecraft, so I'm looking for ways for him to get started. I have no coding background either, so I am equally lost. [snip] Can anyone recommend something to get him to the next stage?Â
You can also check some of the online courses available from various universities and places such as edX or Udacity (to name a couple). MIT has something called OpenCourseware that is self-guided versions of some of their courses and are free to use. They have course 6.092 with the title of "Java Preparation for 6.170". There will be plenty of other courses and tutorials on Java out there you can find if the MIT OCW course is not suitable for your son. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick
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