New to Java and Bukkit Programming! Where do I start?

Hey everyone,

I am new to Java and the Bukkit API. So I was wondering where do I start? Like youtube tutorials or is anyone willing to help?

Thanks
Merraki

 

Start by learning the basics of Java. You should be able to find books about it.

 

I would recommend learning the statements/modifiers etc first, also learn about classes and some data types (int, double) then learn about methods and the different return types and work your way from there. I could recommend watching www.youtube.com/pogostick29dev

 

Okay, I sure will do Thanks!

 

When you're feeling comfortable with the basics, you can shoot me a PM. I have a PDF version of a book called Effective Java. It really helped me when I was learning.

 

Superckl1
It was meant for an intermediate audience that have a solid background in Java.

 

When you've learned some Java, take a look at this:
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Plugin_Tutorial

It covers the basics of setting up a Bukkit plugin. The process is actually quite simple and has been described well in that tutorial.

I myself started some years ago by reading the tutorial (it has existed & evolved for a long time already) and creating a simple HelloWorld plugin which contained only the minimum amount of code to start the plugin, write something to the server's logfile and print out a message to a player who logged in. Then I worked my way from there. The current version of my plugin is here; I still use it as a playground to try out & document some new stuff:
https://github.com/Etsija/HelloWorld

Feel free to investigate & use some methods in case you find anything useful from there. I myself use the methods setDefaultValues(), loadYaml(), saveYaml(), firstRun() and copy() with almost any of my plugins, to handle configuration files loading & saving.

Often it also helps reading code that others have been writing. I have all of my plugins in GitHub, and you can find them from the link I gave you. I do not write the most efficient & beautiful Java, so you might not want to learn from me. My code works, but as I said, it could be better. But the plugins I make are pretty simple & so they don't contain much code. Also I try to document my code as much as possible.

Happy coding!

 

Marc Littlejohn

I recommend Java For Dummies 5th Edition 9 Books in one.

 

Okay Thanks for all your help everyone!