<p>right now i am studying out of the book by skylit, litvin…java methods or smt…and i seem to not understand how to do the programs and stuff…it feels as if i am missing smt…is there a book that is a little easier than that that can help me understand better?</p>
<p>bumpity bump…
i am thinking of spending my free bell on smt else instead of studying computer science, b/c i am not getting it…
is it hard to understand without much background knowledge??</p>
<p>Try finding a starting out with java book that starts with simple programming concepts used in many languages. Starting Out with Java by Tony Gaddis is a pretty good book. Java is a really easy to learn language compared to like C/C++ because it has less emphasis on memory management and more emphasis on learning the practice of programming itself. Remember this, the only way to learn programming is to read it and write it. So in general, you must learn the concepts from reading and implement them in coding which will reinforce your understanding. If you follow a book like I mentioned, which means doing the Exercises and Quizzes in each chapter, you should be able to learn Java.</p>