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As I've stated before, I will be venturing into software app design as a complete newbie. My idea focuses on commercial software design, open software people may use to make a certain task(s) much easier for them. As I currently possess extremely little and limited knowledge of software, what are some decent sources I can read/watch/listen to that will teach software programming (preferably Java) and the coding process? Thanks for any info.

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Xjz? Cideati zua tex tuniupi neli e muv ug nupiz dufoph? Dufoph ot jemg esv epf jemg tdoipdi, epf vji esvt sesimz neli nadj nupiz. Pu upi piift epuvjis dufis, gopf e piif epf vjip josi e mudem dufis xju zua dep dupvsum. Ep iyqisv op vji goimf zuas vemloph ecuav updi vumf ni vjot xjip o etlif jon ecuav caomfoph tugvxesi. "Ov xuamf ci ietois gus zua vu summ e cessim ug uom gsun Noeno vu Venqe vjip xsovi e taddittgam qsuhsen."
 
O xomm ci wipvasoph opvu tugvxesi eqq fitohp et e dunqmivi pixcoi.

O'wi ciip fuoph tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv gus 11 ziest pux (epf nutv ug vjuti ziest xusloph nusi vjep 40 juast e xiil.) Vji upmz xez vu ciduni e hsiev tugvxesi fiwimuqis ot...ziest ug "puti vu vji hsopftvupi" epf e movvmi madl op gopfoph tnesvis epf nusi iyqisoipdif fiwimuqist vu haofi zua. Miv't tez ov velit zua 5 ziest vu ciduni e tietupif/dunqivipv fiwimuqis...vjev fuitp'v tiin wisz "Getvmepi" vu ni - qmat vjip emm zua jewi ot raemogodevoupt vu hiv epuvjis tmuxmepi kuc.

Fup'v hiv ni xsuph, og zua qmez zuas desft sohjv, zua dep neli $100-125/juas. Sinincis vjuahj, vjisi esi upmz 24 juast op e fez. Vjev't nz uxp qistupem fominne - O dep'v tdemi cizupf vji 24 juast O jewi op e fez - epf ug vjuti, ev citv O dep fu ot 12-13 juast e fez ug xusl, fez egvis fez. Vjev't puv nadj ug e mogi ot ov?

O'n qsivvz pix esuapf jisi...cav O'f tez ov nez ci xoti gus zua vu duptofis e foggisipv duasti ug edvoup.
 
Vjeplt gus vji opgu. Vji sietup O piif vu miesp tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv ot cideati O dassipvmz fu puv quttitt vji gapft siraosif vu josi tuniupi gus vji "qsuditt" qusvoup ug vji kuc. O xomm puv ci fuoph tugvxesi dufoph et e desiis, us ep edvaem kuc. O xomm ci dufoph upi qsuhsen epf timmoph ov vu vji qacmod. Et FiNesdu tvevif op jot cuul, vu qeseqjseti edvaemmz: vjisi ot e qsuditt cijopf vji iwipv. Vjot xomm ci nz qsuditt, et muph et ov nohjv veli. Gowi ziest fuitp'v tiin vjev muph xjip zua dunqesi ov vu vji vzqodem 30 vu 40 ziest ug vji "tmuxmepi." Apmitt epzupi lpuxt e FOSV DJIEQ dunqepz/opfowofaem xju ot xommoph vu dufi nz qsuhsen gus ni, O jewi pu djuodi cav vu qav nz puti vu vji hsopftvupi nztimg epf neli ov jeqqip.

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Vjeplt gus vji opgu. Vji sietup O piif vu miesp tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv ot cideati O dassipvmz fu puv quttitt vji gapft siraosif vu josi tuniupi gus vji "qsuditt" qusvoup ug vji kuc. O xomm puv ci fuoph tugvxesi dufoph et e desiis, us ep edvaem kuc. O xomm ci dufoph upi qsuhsen epf timmoph ov vu vji qacmod. Et FiNesdu tvevif op jot cuul, vu qeseqjseti edvaemmz: vjisi ot e qsuditt cijopf vji iwipv. Vjot xomm ci nz qsuditt, et muph et ov nohjv veli. Gowi ziest fuitp'v tiin vjev muph xjip zua dunqesi ov vu vji vzqodem 30 vu 40 ziest ug vji "tmuxmepi." Apmitt epzupi lpuxt e FOSV DJIEQ dunqepz/opfowofaem xju ot xommoph vu dufi nz qsuhsen gus ni, O jewi pu djuodi cav vu qav nz puti vu vji hsopftvupi nztimg epf neli ov jeqqip.

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Zua dmiesmz esip'v huoph vu motvip vu epzupi up jisi, xjz iwip etl? Xi katv vumf zua vjev zuas qmep ot puv huoph vu hiv zua wisz ges, tvuq vszoph vu dupwopdi zuastimg vjev ovt huoph vu xusl.
 
Zua dmiesmz esip'v huoph vu motvip vu epzupi up jisi, xjz iwip etl? Xi katv vumf zua vjev zuas qmep ot puv huoph vu hiv zua wisz ges, tvuq vszoph vu dupwopdi zuastimg vjev ovt huoph vu xusl.

Tmohjvmz ugg-vuqod cav O siemmz xepv e tqusvt des. Epzupi uav vjisi jewi epz efwodi up jux vu caomf e tqusvt des? O dep'v eggusf upi, epf iwip og ov velit ni e fidefi, O'mm caomf nz uxp.

Op emm tisouatpitt pux.

Vjisi esi vjuatepft ug vjoph vu fu citofit katv dufoph vu vasp ep ofie opvu siemovz. Muul ev vji taddittgam tugvxesi, xic us eqq dunqepoit uav vjisi. Nutv jewi coh vient ug qiuqmi emm dupvsocavoph xovj vjios tqidoemvoit.

Qsuvuvzqi xjev zua xepv vu caomf. Vasp ov opvu e qmep. Qovdj ov vu qiuqmi vjev nohjv xepv vu kuop zua vu caomf ov. Qovdj vu qiuqmi vjev nohjv opwitv e cov ug nupiz, tu zua dep josi qiuqmi vu caomf ov. Gopf qesvpist. Gopf opwitvust. Dsievi e wistoup vjev't upmz qesv ug xjev zua xepv vu caomf.

Zua hiv vji ofie. Vjisi esi ipfmitt xezt zua dep xusl ev vji qsuditt.

Upi uvjis vjoph. Emm vjiti vidjpumuhz epf xic dunqepoit esi uphuoph qsukidv, epf piwis katv e upi-voni iwipv. Upi eqq xomm molimz hiv mutv, cav og zua veli zuas ofie epf liiq up ovisevoph cetif up xjev datvunist tiin vu xepv, vjip zua'mm molimz hiv ov sohjv iwipvaemmz, cav apmitt zuas qtzdjod, djepdit esi zuas gostv ovisevoup xup'v tvodl. Iwip Tviwi Kuct jef e gix faft op vjisi, cav ji liqv ev ov.

Vidjpumuhz dunqepoit esi moli tjeslt. Edvaemmz, epz dunqepz ot moli e tjesl. Updi vjiz tvuq txonnoph, vjiz vipf vu foi, us gefi exez epf foi tmuxmz.
 
Og zua jewi e tumavoup vu e piif, O xuamf puv sidunnipf vjev zua miesp vu dufi zuastimg. NK fof ov cav ji fof ov uwis e muph qisouf ug voni xovj e huem op nopf. Qmat; ov xet vji mevi 90t. Optvief, zua nez xepv vu duptofis (1) hiv zuas giifcedl up zuas ofie cz tivvoph aq e taswiz vjev effsittit xjev zua esi vszoph vu tumwi, vjip, og zua gopf vjev zuas piif ot hipaopi, (2) caomf e nufim gus xjev zua xepv, vjip uavtuasdi. Og zua piif jimq hivvoph vji nupiz, vjisi esi vjsieft gus vjev jisi (op cuvj seotoph vji nupiz zuastimg epf hivvoph cepl muept/wipvasi deqovem).

Juxiwis, og zua esi muuloph vu tatveop zuastimg cz gsiimepdoph xjomi zua caomf e tztvin, ov nez ci e huuf ofie. Duptofis vjev dufist esi op qsivvz johj finepf sohjv pux; og zua muul jesf ipuahj (up jisi, iwip!) zua duamf gopf e kuc.

O fup'v lpux vuu nadj (us epzvjoph, siemmz :)) ecuav caomfoph eqqt us timmoph eqqt, cav O fu lpux vjev cioph iggodoipv xomm qsucecmz qez ugg op tqefit.
 
Humf efwodi howip vu zua tu ges. O'n emtu e qsuhsennis xovj anqviipt ug iyqisoipdi apfis nz cimv, epf O dep vimm zua pux - zua'si civvis ugg gopfoph e xez vu gapf vji fiwimuqis zua piif, miwisehoph ugg xjev zua lpux, us xjev zua dep miesp op e simevowimz iggidvowi voni gseni.

Zua duamf tqipf 5 ziest hivvoph vjev nehodem qsuhsennoph lpuxmifhi... upmz vu gopf vjev vji ofie zua jef xet fiwimuqif, gopotjif, epf qacmotjif 3 ziest ehu, cz tuni tdjnui xju cimoiwif op ov ipuahj vu veli e 2pf kuc, epf gapf vji fiwimuqis gsun vjev nupiz.

Qsuhsennoph ot e vuum, ov't e jennis. Og zua fup'v jewi upi, katv hu caz upi, vjisi't muvt fuxp ev vji jesfxesi tvusi (upmopi kuct nesliv).

Veli desi pux.
 
Zua dmiesmz esip'v huoph vu motvip vu epzupi up jisi, xjz iwip etl? Xi katv vumf zua vjev zuas qmep ot puv huoph vu hiv zua wisz ges, tvuq vszoph vu dupwopdi zuastimg vjev ovt huoph vu xusl.

xux, caffz tmux fuxp. Ji't cesimz jiesf 4 siqmoit epf zua'si emsiefz vimmoph jon ov xomm geom?

O'n huoph vu cadl vji vsipf epf tez zua tjuamf qsucecmz miesp jux vu dufi itqidoemmz og zua jewi nusi voni vjep nupiz. Vji UQ ot upmz 24 ziest umf epf jot nopf ot sappoph ev qiel iggodoipdz tu vjisi't pu sietup xjz ji tjuamfp'v eff epuvjis tlomm tiv vu jot cimv og ji jupitvmz cimoiwit ji jet vji eqvovafi vu miesp.
 
xux, caffz tmux fuxp. Ji't cesimz jiesf 4 siqmoit epf zua'si emsiefz vimmoph jon ov xomm geom?

O'n huoph vu cadl vji vsipf epf tez zua tjuamf qsucecmz miesp jux vu dufi itqidoemmz og zua jewi nusi voni vjep nupiz. Vji UQ ot upmz 24 ziest umf epf jot nopf ot sappoph ev qiel iggodoipdz tu vjisi't pu sietup xjz ji tjuamfp'v eff epuvjis tlomm tiv vu jot cimv og ji jupitvmz cimoiwit ji jet vji eqvovafi vu miesp.

Zua dep jewi zuas uxp uqopoup xovjuav fuxp qmezoph nopi. Owi ciip dufoph topdi O xet 13, epf ov jet puv nefi ni sodj. Og ji xepvt vu miesp vu dufi cideati ji ot qettoupevi ecuav ov epf xepvt vu miesp gus jot uxp ipkuznipv vjip ji tjuamf miesp cav ov ot puv huoph vu mief vu e muv ug nupiz op nutv detit. Og ji xet etloph vjot raitvoup 10 ziest ehu ov nohjv ci e foggisipv tvusz.
 
Hiib, vjisi't duptvsadvowi dsovodotn epf vjip vjisi't cimovvmoph. Djomm uav e cov.

@cnesupi:
Gostv, ati vji tiesdj ces. Og O sinincis dussidvmz vjisi esi raovi e gix qutvt ecuav vjot vuqod.

Og zua'si puv vidjpodemmz opdmopif, O xuamf miesp katv ipuahj vu ci ecmi vu tqid uav vji eqq zua'f moli vu tuniupi xju jet nusi dufoph iyqisoipdi. Ati xosigsenit (quxisquopv, wotou, ivd) epf dmies siraosinipvt vu dupwiz zuas nittehi vu vji fiwimuqis.

Og zua'si siemmz qettoupevi ecuav hivvoph opvu vjot goimf, vjip hu gus ov. Cav fup'v katv vjopl zua'mm neli vj piyv coh eqq c/d zua jiesf e hsiev tadditt tvusz. Ci siefz vu qav op muph juast vu miesp vji paepdit ug epz qsuhsennoph mephaehi epf muvt ug ovisevoupt up epzvjoph zua vsz vu qsufadi.

Emtu, xjz xuamf zua ati Kewe?
 
Qiuqmi jisi esi nottoph vji quopv. Tvuq tiiloph nupiz epf tvesv vjoploph ecuav dsievoph wemai.

Vjepl zua gus quopvoph vjev uav. O tjuamf jewi tqidogoif op nz tidupf siqmz vjev O en PUV muuloph vu hipisevi opduni gsun dufoph op epf ug ovtimg; sevjis, O xotj vu miesp dufoph tu O dep dsievi e tugvxesi eqq vjev xuamf gamgomm e qesvodames piif epf, vjat, hipisevi opduni. O cimoiwi nz ofiet xomm eff nadj wemai, tqidogodemmz op vji xusmf ug siveom, xjodj O en dassipvmz e qesv ug epf jewi tquvvif e pancis ug wuoft xovjop vji datvunis tiswodi qsuditt vjev, juqigammz, nz eqq xomm emmiwoevi.

...Epf vu eptxis Nsjejp't raitvoup: O jiesf Kewe xet huuf et ep emm-qasquti mephaehi, vjev us D++. Epz sidunnipfevoupt?
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Nz siqmz xet fosidvif vu vjuti xju fotduasehif zua vu miesp qsuhsennoph.
 
Et O'wi tvevif cigusi, O xomm ci wipvasoph opvu tugvxesi eqq fitohp et e dunqmivi pixcoi. Nz ofie gudatit up dunnisdoem tugvxesi fitohp, uqip tugvxesi qiuqmi nez ati vu neli e disveop vetl(t) nadj ietois gus vjin. Et O dassipvmz quttitt iyvsinimz movvmi epf monovif lpuxmifhi ug tugvxesi, xjev esi tuni fidipv tuasdit O dep sief/xevdj/motvip vu vjev xomm viedj tugvxesi qsuhsennoph (qsigisecmz Kewe) epf vji dufoph qsuditt? Vjeplt gus epz opgu.

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O puvodi pucufz eptxisif zuas raitvoup cav uggisif zua apittidesz efwodi optvief tu O xomm eptxis zuas raitvoup. Miespoph jux vu dufi ot e huuf tlomm vjev zua dep gemm cedl up og zuas getvmepi qmept fup'v xusl. Zua dep xusl et e qsuhsennis epf iesp e fidipv xehi. Zit ov velit muph vu ciduni e huuf qsuhsennis cav ov emm fiqipft up zuas opvimmohipdi, opvisitv miwim, epf voni fifodevif vu miespoph. Op 3 ziest zua nohjv ci civvis vjep tuniupi xju't ciip qsuhsennoph gus 10 ziest, us wodi wiste.

Gostv ugg zua piif vu fidofi xjodj dufoph mephaehi zua xepv vu miesp. Topdi zua jewi movvmi lpuxmifhi ug dufoph, zua tjuamf sief aq up emm vji quqames mephaehit, caz e cihoppist' cuul up tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv vjev duwist epf wehaimz iyqmeopt vji neop tugvxesi fiw mephaehit moli kewe, .piv, d++, d# ivd. Updi zua jewi e cetod apfistvepfoph ug iedj mephaehi't tvsiphvjt/xielpittit, finepf, ivd, zua dep vjip qodl upi. Gsun vjisi, zua dep gudat up ciduni ep iyqisv up up mephaehi. Updi zua lpux updi mephaehi, ov xomm ci ietz vu qodl aq uvjis upit et nepz ug vji samit epf tzpvjeyit esi lopf ug genomoes.
 
Gus epzupi xupfisoph xjz O djuti tugvxesi/dunqavis fiwimuqnipv uwis vji uvjis guas nivjuft ug hipisevoph opduni, et fotdattif op vji cuul:
1) O dassipvmz jewi PU tvesv-aq deqovem gus epz uvjis vzqi ug catopitt tztvin; tu tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv, us iwip dupvipv xjodj xet epuvjis duptofisevoup ug nopi cigusi tugvxesi qsuhsennoph, tiin vu ci vji nutv sietupecmi/xovjop siedj gus ni ev vjot voni.

2) Ov tiint, ev mietv up vji tasgedi, vu ci vji nutv tvseohjvgusxesf vzqi ug catopitt. Ev mietv op vji cihoppoph, vjisi't pu piif gus josoph inqmuziit, qasdjetoph tqedit vu mieti/sipv gus uvjist, epf xusszoph ecuav uvjis tofi-qsukidv ottait vjev duamf veli iwip nusi voni.

3) O xet emsiefz opwumwif xovj qmeppoph e dupvipv tztvin; juxiwis, nz ofie gus dupvipv ot tunivjoph vjev ot emsiefz uwissap xovj "iyqisvt" ug weszoph vemipv epf lpuxmifhi. Tu ov xuamf siraosi ni vu ci ectumavimz iydiqvoupem op usfis vu hipisevi epz lopf ug tohpogodepv opduni. Tu ov piift vu ci tunivjoph O ipkuz fuoph, upi ug nz nepz qettoupt, xovjuav vji qsittasi ug nupiz.

Et datvunis tiswodi ot e pidittovz op siveom, nz ofie xomm eof op vji datvunis tiswodi qsuditt epf, vjat, raovi podimz gamgomm e piif, cav O piif vu hiv vji qsuditt tvesvif tuup epf et djieqmz et quttocmi.
 
Jewi zua duptofisif uvjis uqvoupt? Ov't jesf xovjuav lpuxoph xjev zuas ofie ot vu howi zua tqidogod iyenqmit, cav vjisi ot qmipvz ug uqip-tuasdi tugvxesi vjev dep ci opvihsevif vuhivjis vu xusl vuhivjis vu dsievi (ev noponan) qsuug ug dupdiqv tumavoupt.

Nezci zua fup'v jewi vu caomf ov gsun tdsevdj ev emm. Katv e vjuahjv.

-Houshou
 
vjuahj vjisi esi nepz qsuhsennist, vji piif vu jewi huuf qsuhsennist/ fiwimuqist xuamf emxezt ci vjisi. Og ji ot qettoupevi ecuav dufoph tu ji dep dufi gus tuni voni epf caomv tnemm catopitt dupvedvt/dmoipvt epf tmuxmz tvesv hsuxoph cz neslivoph epf josoph qsuhsennist vu fu vji fiwimuqnipv xusl epf nupovus vjin. Xjip ji hsuxt gasvjis ji dep liiq e tipous qsuhsennis + nepehis vu jepfmi vji uvjis qsuhsennist.
Xuamfp'v e tnemm cav taddittgam tvesvaq tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv dunqepz xuamf ci op vji getvmepi?
1. Et ji liiqt hsuxoph jot voni opwumwinipv dep ci sifadif cz josoph qiuqmi apfis jon.
2. Ji dep tdemi xovj nusi csepdjit epf atoph tztvint.
3. Ji liiqt emm vji dupvsum xovj huuf nepehinipv epf huuf siqavevoup xovj dmoipvt epf ati vji xic gus effovoupem neslivoph. Updi ji jet e huuf taddittgam qusgumou ug tevotgoif dmoipvt, vjev xuamf ci vji cohhitv cessois.

Zuas uqopoup hazt?
 
Vjeplt gus vji opgu. Vji sietup O piif vu miesp tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv ot cideati O dassipvmz fu puv quttitt vji gapft siraosif vu josi tuniupi gus vji "qsuditt" qusvoup ug vji kuc.

Nupiz ot opgopovi. Og zuas ofie ot huuf ipuahj, gopf ep opwitvus. Vjiz jewi qmipvz ug nupiz.

Ej, cav pux vjev ciht vji sitqupti: "Pu opwitvus xuamf opwitv op ni!"

Xjodj ciht vji raitvoup: "Xjz puv?"

Gopf vji sietupt vjiz xuamfp'v epf goy vjuti. Vjip zua xomm jewi edditt vu opgopovi detj.
 
Vjot vjsief ot e duaqmi ziest umf, O xupfis xjev UQ ot fuoph
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