Archive for October, 2005

Whoa, I know Java Fu

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

This is really pretty interesting. I’ve been learning about Java this semester as part of a private study required by my computer science programming language class. I really like Java so far. It’s basically what I’ve been looking for as far as polymorphism and inheritance goes. I still need to look a little deeper at it to see if it’s really worth what I am considering.

What am I considering? Basically, if I can learn java with enough proficiency (and find a better way to write/compile code than notepad and the dos command line) , I may consider rewriting my mostly-nonworking game for Java. My main reasoning is that it looks a lot more user friendly as far as client-server architecture goes, and after my first game, I want to be able to make various games with client-server architecture. My major concern is speed of the application, because I feel Java has a certain lag to it that makes it unpleasant. If my major goal is to write board-games, or similar applications, then speed shouldn’t be something I’m worried about at all.