Reddit mentions of Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours (Covering Java 7 and Android) (6th Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

You'd need to learn most of the syntax rules and also learn about variables, loops, objects, methods, etc.

With absolutely no programming knowledge and experience, I don't see how you could grasp the basic syntax rules for Java and programming fundamentals within a 1.5 weeks.

If you try it though, you could always hammer through a book like Java in 24 hours and basically read up until the point where you feel comfortable implementing the hangman/football program.

I was roughly like you, I bought a book ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Yourself-covering-Android-Yourself/dp/0672335751/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317733525&sr=1-1 ) and then went from the dev site

That should be more than enough time.

I found that thenewboston and this book are great for learning Java. I've almost finished the book and I plan to move to thenewboston's tutorials once I'm finished that as well as making a basic text-based game for practice.

It can be good to learn to draw depending on what role you want to have in development. I've been learning to draw because it can help me as a game dev, but I've also had the interest my whole life and finally learned where to start. Best of luck with your endeavors!

It really depends on how you learn.


If watching videos helps you learn, here as some good resources:


Derek Banas He goes pretty in depth about Java, design, game, OO, etc.


OR, you can watch Java in 30 minutes, where he quickly recaps the syntax, which maybe all you need.


thenewboston beginner playlist


thenewboston intermediate playlist


If books are the most efficient for you then...


cant go wrong with sams!


Other than that, you can take a quick online course, but it may be more quicker to do videos and practice writing code. Best of luck!