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Learning Java Through Violence

Posted by michael on from the is-there-any-other-way dept.

Joe writes: "Someone introduced me to a new game called Robocode and now I'm hooked as well as my 17 year old son. We are both learning Java while playing the game or I should say while building our Java robots. The game is setup to teach you how to handle events, how to create inner classes, and other Java techniques to build more sophisticated Java bots. I have a c++ background so I've been helping my son with his bots, but he's catching on very fast. It's turning out to be a cool and easy way to get the kid clued into programming and best of all its free." I'll bet if the little Logo turtles shot at each other, I would have had more fun programming as a kid.

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  1. down they go. by SubtleNuance · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    wow, weve /.ed IBM.

    Bend to our will IBM l0z3rzz.

    1. Re:down they go. by revscat · · Score: 2, Offtopic

      Y'know, I think that /. should set that up as a motto somewhere. "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters. And we took down IBM's webservers, so watch it, bucko."

  2. Re:Moral implications... by DickBreath · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    There is enough sex and violence present in the media already without intermingling it with education.

    I disagree on both counts. You say for both sex and violence that there is "enough". How much is enough?

    There is too much violence in media.

    There is not enough sex in media.

    And your idea of intermingling with education is a great concept. Now that you've mentioned it already, is it too late to patent it?

    --

    I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
  3. Your sig by reverius · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Leftist - force the world to work together, thus violating human nature.

    Liberal - ask the world to work together, thus getting no response.

    Libertarian - allow corporations to enslave humanity without government intervention.

    :)