[Friday1995]

I'm wanting to learn Java so that I can start to get to grips with making an Android App. What are the best E-Books or Youtube video's to look at?

[☯Eccentric☯]

youtube.com/thenewboston. He, is god. Then once you start getting a bit better, you can self teach a wide range of skills using http://projecteuler.net/, after you're done with that, you will be finding a wide range of applications for your new programming skills

[vitafortis]

Dear lord, please don't suggest thenewboston, let alone compare him to God. He is terrible. He doesn't explain anything and doesn't even know how to teach. He isn't even qualified to teach.

OP, take a look at Head First Java. It's a great resource and there are free e-books of it out there.

[☯Eccentric☯]

Dear lord, please don't suggest thenewboston, let alone compare him to God. He is terrible. He doesn't explain anything and doesn't even know how to teach. He isn't even qualified to teach.

OP, take a look at Head First Java. It's a great resource and there are free e-books of it out there.

I absolutely loved his videos. I never wanted someone to explain every detailed nuance of the language. I wanted the general basics that followed a logical flow and provided me with the resources I needed to solve new problems I encountered. Having the qualifications to teach is a very poor indicator of how well someone can actually teach.

Ps. I wanted to add, you might not have the same learning style as he does, at the same time you might. Think it's possible you disliked thenewboston because you learned better from a different medium, aka books?

[vitafortis]

I absolutely loved his videos. I never wanted someone to explain every detailed nuance of the language. I wanted the general basics that followed a logical flow and provided me with the resources I needed to solve new problems I encountered. Having the qualifications to teach is a very poor indicator of how well someone can actually teach.

I'll put it this way: yes, he teaches the basics. But he teaches them poorly. I don't expect him to teach how the language was developed or how the memory control works, but he skips over some of the most essential parts.

Also, being qualified to teach is very important. It's the only way to ensure you're being taught properly and being taught the correct material. By him not being qualified you can't guarantee you're learning what you're being told what you're learning, or if you're even learning the correct way.

[☯Eccentric☯]

I'll put it this way: yes, he teaches the basics. But he teaches them poorly. I don't expect him to teach how the language was developed or how the memory control works, but he skips over some of the most essential parts.

Also, being qualified to teach is very important. It's the only way to ensure you're being taught properly and being taught the correct material. By him not being qualified you can't guarantee you're learning what you're being told what you're learning, or if you're even learning the correct way.

My point was that NO, just having the qualifications to teach a class does not in any way guarantee that you're going to be better than every unqualified teacher. Also, I've had a multitude of teachers who were "Grade A" college students, aced every qualification, stepped into their first classroom's door, and blew it. They couldn't teach, they couldn't explain, they couldn't handle being in front of people! Bucky was lightyears ahead of my "qualified" java instructor at my college, who finally covered if statements the 7th week of the class and who didn't touch on methods until well past the semesters middle. I introduced a few of my classmates to thenewboston and their grades shot up as a result. No he's not perfect, and a bit unorthodox, but he covers far more of the basics than most instructors do, and he does it in a way that's entertaining as well as educating.

[vitafortis]

My point was that NO, just having the qualifications to teach a class does not in any way guarantee that you're going to be better than every unqualified teacher. Also, I've had a multitude of teachers who were "Grade A" college students, aced every qualification, stepped into their first classroom's door, and blew it. They couldn't teach, they couldn't explain, they couldn't handle being in front of people! Bucky was lightyears ahead of my "qualified" java instructor at my college, who finally covered if statements the 7th week of the class and who didn't touch on methods until well past the semesters middle. I introduced a few of my classmates to thenewboston and their grades shot up as a result. No he's not perfect, and a bit unorthodox, but he covers far more of the basics than most instructors do, and he does it in a way that's entertaining as well as educating.

I see we're going to have a long discussion. I am not saying qualified professionals are GOOD. I am saying qualified professionals are able to be held accountable, whereas thenewboston is not held accountable.

[☯Eccentric☯]

I see we're going to have a long discussion. I am not saying qualified professionals are GOOD. I am saying qualified professionals are able to be held accountable, whereas thenewboston is not held accountable.

I agree. I agree. Eh yeah I agree. All good.

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Also, OP, just realized i might have a collection of java programming E-Books if you're interested. Might take a bit to find them but I can have them pmed within the day.