Learning to program in Java and later Bukkit?

To start thing off, I am a 15 year old freshman in highschool. I am about to take Programming 1 as an elective, but sadly the teachers are only taking us through basic C++. For the past 4 years I have been coding in HTML and CSS. About 2 years ago I started learning Java so that I could make Minecraft plugins... but it never really clicked for me. I made some plugins because of tutorials. I looked on the Bukkit Wiki. Sadly, even after watching The New Boston, Derek Banas, TheBCBroz, SgtCaze, and many others I really never made my OWN plugin (I mean without the help of tutorials). I was decent at Java but the tutorials were so boring.

Is this something I should pursue? I really really enjoy it... but I also don't get a lot of things. What is Maven? What is a header? What the heck is a pull? GitHub makes a little sense... but I have no clue how to use it!

I need a good place to start so I understand some lingo... and can actually learn Java Thanks!

 

@cosmicARTS I started the same way, I didn't know much. And I wanted to start making Bukkit plugins. Since I can easily understand things I learned all about Bukkit coding from videos and oracle tutorials.
Now I am having people pay me over $100 to make plugins for them. If you keep practicing, then you will eventually be really good.

 

I guess that makes sense... just keep trying to learn. I'll find some links and just start from the bottom up again. Thanks for the help!

 

@cosmicARTS Here is a good place to start learning Java. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

However, things might start clicking more after your C++ course. Once you learn one language, it's easier to learn others.

 

Oh yeah... I never actually thought about the fact that C++ and Java are both OOP languages (at least I think )

 

@cosmicARTS They are both OOP languages. They still have they're differences though.

 

@cosmicARTS The best advice I can give, when you can't figure out how to do something, a quick google search and a look at the javadocs can easily solve your problems 90% of the time.

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@teej107 *their

 

@cosmicARTS One more thing. Java is a high level language and is easier than C++ which is a lower level language so don't be surprised if you find Java more easy to grasp. However learning a language by yourself can be quite harder than one with a teacher so you'll see what happens.

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1. Are you seriously trying to correct grammar over the internet?
2. *They are

 

@teej107 You insist that it was right?
They still have they are differences though.
That's not right.

 

Oh sorry. I thought you were referencing a different there/they're/their.