Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > Rob wrote: > > Thanks Jason. > > His name is Justin. > > > I'm not trying to be a smart-ass but have you ever been a newbie and > googled > > ' how to call a method in eclipse' or 'eclipse calling a function' > > Those are not especially useful searches. Eclipse is an IDE, not a > programming language. You do not "call a method in eclipse", any more > than you "call a method in Windows Notepad". > > Newcomers to Java need to learn Java before doing anything with > Android. There are dozens upon dozens of books on Java, gigabytes of > tutorials and such online, courses (both collegiate and professional), > and so forth. Once you have learned Java, then and only then start in > on learning Android. > > > Can you suggest a forum for absolute beginners? > > A Google search for: > > java beginners forum > > turns up things like: > > http://www.coderanch.com/forums/f-33/java > http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/ > https://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=921 > http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/f209.html > > Not to be a smart-ass, Rod, (all right, yes, to be a smart-ass), but have you ever been a newbie and read the tutorials and initial instructions?
Or even searched on http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+get+started+in+Java+programming ? -- Lew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
