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Hi,
I have been programming for about three years in a language called MUMPS. Most of you have probably never heard of it. It's used a lot in Medical software. Anyway, I took a Java Programming class (SL-276) that Sun offers through my company about three months ago and fell in love with the language. Unfortunately, I knew as much about Object Oriented programming as I do about how the surface of the moon feels on my bare feet!
I have been studying as much as I can for the past couple of months and just when I start thinking some of it is sinking in, I realize just how much I don't know!!!
I did the first assignment a couple of days ago, and like a true greenhorn, I didn't follow the instructions in the style guide. I cut and pasted my program from my editor and the tabs were all goofy, among other things. Sorry Marilyn, I'll resend it. Thanks for the nit pickin'.
This is GREAT!!! YEE HAA.
 
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This is the exact problem I have. I always struggle with how to setup my classes and how they will work with the Java API and each other. I have been thinking that learning a little bit more about patterns might help. I wish JavaRanch had OO lessons.
 
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I think more information on OO would be helpful as well. An excellent book on OO is "Applying UML and Patterns - An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design" by Craig Larman has helped me a lot.
 
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Funny you should ask: http://javaranch.com/drive/drive3.jsp
 
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I keep seeing UML what is it?
 
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Unified Modeling Language.
It is a way to graphically represent object oriented programming stuff. It's kind of like a vocabulary and a collection of diagram types to facilitate engineers talking about programming in OO.
 
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