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May 30, 2006
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Request for help regarding learning materials

  • May 30, 2006
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Hi there.

This really isn't a CF question, but I figured there might be some people in here who can really help me out. I'm a decent CF programmer. I've never done much with UDFs or things like that, but I can hold my own pretty well with the language. My company is moving a lot of stuff to Java and JSP-based stuff and I've been trying to learn it to keep up. I've taken some Java classes but they really didn't help much and I'm starting to get the hang of JSP but it's slow going. I'm the type of person who needs to see things work and put it into action to learn it, rather than just read it in a book. Unfortunately money is also a hindering factor. As fellow CF-ers, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction of materials or whatever to help me final wrap my head around the language. We'll likely still be using CF for a while where I am but so much is being moved to the J-world that I'm really starting to feel left behind here and I want to catch up.

Suggestions?

Thanks!
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    Participating Frequently
    May 30, 2006
    I think that the biggest hindrance is getting your mind around object oriented programming as opposed to using the usual procedural languages.
    revdovieAuthor
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    May 30, 2006
    yes and no. I understand the *concept* of OOP just fine and all, but it's the application of it I guess. When I go through Java code I start to get dizzy. Like I was talking to someone today, it seems like in an effort to make it so general, it's become so specific. Even so, are there any suggestions of places to work from? On the one hand, I've done the single file, helloworld thing a few times, but maybe even some place that went back to basics like that and could help a CF-er make the transition.

    thanks.