Can't Remember the code..

I want to learn java, I am trying as hard as I can but the biggest and the only problem is that I can't remember the code, I tried to get it in my head for a really long time but I can't.
Please help

Thanks!

 

I know it is frustrating but this is a forum for the bukkit api not java it self.
I dont know how we should help.

 

Starting java with bukkit might not be such a great idea. Start by creating "normal" java code, perform simple tasks such as adding numbers together, displaying them, start using loops, start expanding your code to different methods, try and make your own objects and learn how to use them. Then you will start seeing things differently and understand way more when you come back to bukkit plugins.

It's not so much about remembering, it's more about understanding.

 

You may find some of these links helpful:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Plugin_Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBCBroz
Best of luck in your endeavours!

 

Personal recommendation youtube.com/thebennybox he is the greatest in explaining stuff.

 

Jacksonbanan I couldn't remember code either when I first started. I would always go back in videos/forums. Again, you can start out by making simple Java projects, and what you do frequently you will remember. Like in the Java For Dummies book, programmers remember stuff that they do over and over again. What you don't do often, you forget.

 

What helps is not to "learn the code" but to understand the concepts behind programming itself. If you know what x function and y function do, but don't understand how functions work or how objects work, then it doesn't really help to know all of that. Try making sure that you understand the flow of coding as well (i.e. variables, for-loops, streams, classes), and then the rest comes much easier through association (What is a for-loop in java? C++?)

Edit: Don't use youtube. Video tutorials are godawful.

 

ShadyPotato
TheBCBroz are not very reliable, although they might be able to do a lot with coding, their code is very messy and it promotes bad habits.

 

would this help?

Code:java

class hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!")
}

remembered it by heart

 

Adding to what 1Rogue said, it's important that you understand the concept but more importantly, practice praictice practice! Whenever I want to learn something new in bukkit, I make like 4-5 plugins on it (differet ones) just to make sure I understand it fully. Also, if you think something is important (events, command basics, etc), don't move on until you have learnt it FULLY...because if you don't have a good foundation, your code probably won't work because you may have had errors in the areas you are not stong at.

I hope that made sense
PS. We are all learning. I dont care if you are dinnerbone or you are just starting off, we all go through this. So don't think you are alone.

 

This is why we have IDEs lol

 

Botifier Probably the first thing every Java programmer knows how to do.

 

Gater12 Good Point

 

Do I win a medal?

Code:java

package com.rogue.hello;
 
public class HelloWorld {
 
    public native void hello();
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.loadLibrary("hello");
        HelloWorld sample = new HelloWorld();
        sample.hello();
    }
 
}

Code:c

/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
#include <jni.h>
/* Header for class HelloWorld */
 
#ifndef _Included_com_rogue_hello_HelloWorld
#define _Included_com_rogue_hello_HelloWorld
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/*
* Class: HelloWorld
* Method: hello
* Signature: ()V
*/
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_rogue_hello_HelloWorld_hello
    (JNIEnv *, jobject);
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif

Code:c

/* hello.c */
#include <jni.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
 
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_rogue_hello_HelloWorld_hello
    (JNIEnv * env, jobject jobj)
{
    printf("Hello World!\n");
    return;
}

prints:

Code:

Hello World!