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Java Lesson 6 – Serialization

So when we’ve been talking about saving variables and states of applications thus far, we’ve been talking about using text files to write variable data out and read variable data in. In fact Java has a set of classes that are designed to allow you to save entire objects. This process is called serialization andContinue reading “Java Lesson 6 – Serialization”

Java Lesson 5 – Interfaces and Enumerators

Enumerators Today we will be looking at enumerators in Java. Enumerators, or “Enums” are a special type of Java class. They are used to define a group of constants in your applications. In addition to holding constants, enums can also contain methods which can be useful for testing and using your enumerator effectively. Below isContinue reading “Java Lesson 5 – Interfaces and Enumerators”

Java Lesson 1 – The Basics

Last time we set up the IDE and the JDK so that we’re ready to create Java programs. In this tutorial we will be looking at declaring variables, loops and conditional statements, the naming convention in Java, access modifiers and how to comment your code. If you haven’t gone through that tutorial, I would stronglyContinue reading “Java Lesson 1 – The Basics”

Getting Started – Java

Java is one of the most popular languages in the world, due to its cross-platform nature and the ease of which its can be learned. It may not be as fast or as efficient as a language such as C or C++ but Java has many powerful features that make it a good starting languageContinue reading “Getting Started – Java”

Tutorials Incoming

What can you expect? Initial tutorials on this blog will be about programming, particular Java, but I will also branch out into Python, R, C, C++ and possibly others as time progresses. I will be uploading the tutorials to YouTube and detailing the tutorials in text form here. Hopefully I can help at least oneContinue reading “Tutorials Incoming”

Hi I’m Sam

A student at the University of Reading, studying an MSc in Advanced Computer Science. Graduated with a BSc in Computer Science with First-Class Honours from the University of Reading. Hello and welcome to the blog. I’m Sam and as stated above, I am a student at the University of Reading where I am currently studyingContinue reading “Hi I’m Sam”