Very simple concept: Programmer to programmer discussion
Programmers could offer others recommendations as to what software/applications to use for their coding (recommendations may include: JGrasp, Jext, NetBeans, Eclipse, Xcode, etc.) and/or have intelligent debates as to the advantages/disadvntages of certain programming applications. Other forum topics could include help in newbie programs, in which a newbie Java programmer can't get a program to work right, and others could assist in find out the error.
Direct example of what I just said: Let's say I'm a newbie programmer for Java, and I have this code going:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Pops
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ("Program complete."); // displays a pop-up
}}
and I can't figure out from using my compiler what is wrong with the program. I would post the thread with the whole program code in the Programming forum...and a more skillful programmer could respond to my thread with something like this:
"You have to put a null as the first parameter in the JOptionPane. Also, put a System.exit(0); at the end of your main to terminate the program properly."
Comments/feedback?
Programmers could offer others recommendations as to what software/applications to use for their coding (recommendations may include: JGrasp, Jext, NetBeans, Eclipse, Xcode, etc.) and/or have intelligent debates as to the advantages/disadvntages of certain programming applications. Other forum topics could include help in newbie programs, in which a newbie Java programmer can't get a program to work right, and others could assist in find out the error.
Direct example of what I just said: Let's say I'm a newbie programmer for Java, and I have this code going:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Pops
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ("Program complete."); // displays a pop-up
}}
and I can't figure out from using my compiler what is wrong with the program. I would post the thread with the whole program code in the Programming forum...and a more skillful programmer could respond to my thread with something like this:
"You have to put a null as the first parameter in the JOptionPane. Also, put a System.exit(0); at the end of your main to terminate the program properly."
Comments/feedback?