Learning to Program in Java

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Originally Posted by Jared341

In general, C++ -> Java is definitely easier than going in reverse. If you are good with C++ (and understand its underlying object oriented paradigm) you can pick up Java in a snap - it is both semantically and syntactically very similar.

Exactly.

I just finished working on a project where we 'ported' / rewrote large segments of code- brought it over from C++. I'd say 80% of it was copy/paste from C++ to Java with no problems. Yes, there were issues with some things (copy constructors, destructors, etc) but for the most part it was pretty simple.

The modern editor, assuming they give us netbeans to work in, will be a pleasure to work in compared to the older IDEs. I'll admit I know nothing about the graphical programming languages (heck I can't even remember the name of it)... but Java was fun to learn and use.