Best Way on how to learn Java?

i need to learn how to make java and bukkit plugins can someone please show me somewhere that can teach me a little at least?

I'm trying to make a 1.7 type food eating plugin that has mushroom soup like 1.7 and not have the bowls disappear and end up in the same spot of the tool bar but i can't seem to find how to do it using eclipse.

 

well, if you only want to learn -just- to make this plugin, i would recommend just going to the plugin request forums. You'll get the plugin much faster.

however, if you really wanna learn how to develop in java, start off with TheNewBoston

thats where i started off :3

Expect a week or so before you actually create a test plugin.

 

I use Netbeans, and I like it.

If you know a bit of programming already you can follow along with the plugin tutorial:
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Plugin_Tutorial

That's what I did. You can also find a plugin that does something similar to what you want, and mimic what it does.

Just don't get discouraged, nobody gets it right the first time, or the 20th in my experience ;P.

 

Personally, I liked decompiling plugins and tinkering with them to figure out the results. It also helped if I tried to somewhat read out in my language whatever the plugin was doing.