I'm learning Java myself, mostly because I want to make a prequel to a game idea I call Crude. The latter is a C++ Action RPG, but the prequel is (hopefully) an online game in Java (with f2p basis and a small monthly for minor improvements, nothing like Farmvile though - yes, Farmvile lol).

Your confusion comes from... *snip*

Great post, rip-off.

@ OP: The most important things I've learned in programming methodology is that you wanna start with top-down programming - the stuff that teaches you to use objects, classes, etc. at the highest possible level without (1) having to know the method/function behind every single built-in variable or (2) having to build those objects or methods/functions yourself, from scratch.

I'm learning Java myself, and there's tons of great stuff within the .acm library that I don't need to know about until later. Just an example.

I'm learning Java myself, mostly because I want to make a prequel to a game idea I call Crude. The latter is a C++ Action RPG, but the prequel is (hopefully) an online game in Java (with f2p basis and a small monthly for minor improvements, nothing like Farmvile though - yes, Farmvile lol).

Your confusion comes from... *snip*

Great post, rip-off.

@ OP: The most important things I've learned in programming methodology is that you wanna start with top-down programming - the stuff that teaches you to use objects, classes, etc. at the highest possible level without (1) having to know every single built-in variable or (2) having to build every single object or method/function from scratch.

I'm learning Java myself, and there's tons of great stuff within the .acm library that I don't need to know about until later. Just an example.

I'm learning Java myself, mostly because I want to make a prequel to a game idea I call Crude. The latter is a C++ Action RPG, but the prequel is (hopefully) an online game in Java (with f2p basis and a small monthly for minor improvements, nothing like Farmvile though - yes, Farmvile lol).

Your confusion comes from... *snip*

Great post, rip-off.

@ OP: The most important things I learned in programming methodology is that you wanna start with top-down programming - the stuff that teaches you to use objects, classes, etc. at the highest possible level without (1) having to know every single built-in variable or (2) having to build every single object or method/function from scratch.

I'm learning Java myself, and there's tons of great stuff within the .acm library that I don't need to know about until later. Just an example.