Remember, before writting, know your audience. Who is this book going to be tailored too? 40+ people with little or no knowledge of computers, 8-14 year olds who want to learn the in's and out's of a computer (possibly future/. readers), the list goes on. I know when I was young, I learned computer hardware by playing with old machines, but not everyone learns like that. So a simplistic detailed book may be good for them. On the other hand, my parents need a step-by-step instruction on how to do anything on a computer. So they might was a book that has a list of step-by-step instructions on how to do some simple and some not so simple tasks. Just my opinion....
At my college, Java was the intro level language. So, every CS major learned JAVA. Like many of the others have stated, Learn one OO Language you will know them all. Once I got done with school, I got a job as a C#.Net programmer. It took me a week or two to pick up the difference between the two.
My suggestion is thus, if by taking the C# class you get a free copy of VS.Net, take it and then pickup JAVA on the side. If not, take the JAVA class. (Especially if you are LINUX hardcore) In the long run it won't make any difference what so ever.
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I'm going with the later...
I guess some of us are just better at staying young at heart (and mind if you ask my wife) than others. :)
Remember, before writting, know your audience. Who is this book going to be tailored too? 40+ people with little or no knowledge of computers, 8-14 year olds who want to learn the in's and out's of a computer (possibly future /. readers), the list goes on. I know when I was young, I learned computer hardware by playing with old machines, but not everyone learns like that. So a simplistic detailed book may be good for them. On the other hand, my parents need a step-by-step instruction on how to do anything on a computer. So they might was a book that has a list of step-by-step instructions on how to do some simple and some not so simple tasks. Just my opinion....
I knew it had to be out there.... The reason to give to everyone else as to why I'm play. To enlarge my brain, or was that to learn? Whatever :)
Your right, my bad. What I like best is my inconsistency with it to. :)
At my college, Java was the intro level language. So, every CS major learned JAVA. Like many of the others have stated, Learn one OO Language you will know them all. Once I got done with school, I got a job as a C#.Net programmer. It took me a week or two to pick up the difference between the two.
My suggestion is thus, if by taking the C# class you get a free copy of VS.Net, take it and then pickup JAVA on the side. If not, take the JAVA class. (Especially if you are LINUX hardcore) In the long run it won't make any difference what so ever.