Java Programmers.... need advice/help!

[GoingUp]

So I have a Java Algorithms class starting in a little over a week. I havent coded in 9 months and I have forgotten everything. Even when I took my last Java class I wasn't that good. Where do you recommend to go on the web for help with writing Java programs and such? Where is there a good site with some Java tutorials that I could review in the next week before classes start?

Thanks!

 

[Reel]

no help on tutorial but refer to java.sun.com for reference. Actually I think they do have a tutorial somewhere in there too.

 

[notfred]

algorithms classes have very little to do w/ the language you use to program in. It's mostly theory.

 

[GoingUp]

but i will be writing programs and I forgot everything. I want to know where I can go for some refresher information.

 

[Reel]

Yeah. In my algorithms course, someone would have been sunk if they were unfamiliar with the language. It was assumed you took at least one prior course in Java before you got into the algorithms class. On a side note, which book are you using? My professor wrote a book on data structures + algorithms but nobody I spoke to has used it outside of my school.

 

[GoingUp]

IM screwed if I dont get some help/relearn the stuff.

We just got a new book by Frank Carrano and Walter Savitch its called Data Structures and Abstractions with Java

 

[notfred]

It'll come back to you, you don't need to be an expert in java to understand algorthims and do ok in the class. Maybe go back over your book from your previous class.

 

[Staples]

There is a free Ebook (of so they call it, it is in RTF) on the web called "Programming In Java" or something like that. Somebody told me that they tought themselve with that book. That is of course the free route.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
IM screwed if I dont get some help/relearn the stuff.

We just got a new book by Frank Carrano and Walter Savitch its called Data Structures and Abstractions with Java

Friends of mine took my high school's Data structures and alogrithms class last year and used that book... THey said they loved it.

 

[manly]

One of the best intro Java programming books, Thinking in Java:

Download at http://www.bruceeckel.com

 

[GoingUp]

well class starts tomm. any ideas on where I can get some more help?

 

[Juniper]

Just practice some old labs from your previous course. Java is very easy to grasp, especially if you've used it before. Just make use of the API description on java.sun.com, those are really helpful.

I think the more important thing about data structure and algorithms is to get the logic right, even though the syntax is not exactly correct, as long as the logic is there. And data structures are quite universal, like linked list for instance, it also exists in other programming languages, so you just have to understand how it works, and apply your knowledge.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
IM screwed if I dont get some help/relearn the stuff.

We just got a new book by Frank Carrano and Walter Savitch its called Data Structures and Abstractions with Java

Savitch was a teacher at my school, his books are pretty good.