Need source code to disembowel and learn from (java)

[Nigey Nige]

So I'm learning Java as a first programming language (with intent to move onto C# and XNA later). Trouble is, I'm doing it alone, which makes it difficult to get hands-on experience without just frustrating myself. I think it would really help if I could get the source code from a completed project or game and just tear through and wallow in it like the guts of a dying bear to see how it works. I've googled around, but found nothing useful yet. Do you guys have anything helpful I could use?

[esalaka]

I doubt that'd help you much unless you already grasp most of the concepts of Java. Which you probably don't..?

Also, why first Java and then C#? If you plan on learning C# anyway, why not start with it?

[Nigey Nige]

[QUOTE=esalaka;23315380]I doubt that'd help you much unless you already grasp most of the concepts of Java. Which you probably don't..?

Also, why first Java and then C#? If you plan on learning C# anyway, why not start with it?[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty confident I've got the hang of the basics. I can get a simple space invaders clone up and running, I just keep running into discouraging problems.

And I really don't want to argue about why I'm using Java AGAIN. There's no difficulty in finding arguments over that here.

[ZeekyHBomb]

I don't think he was attacking Java, he was rather questioning if you should learn language A if you want to learn language B.

Anyways, you'll probably find some apps by googeling for Java opensource. Or you could make threads/post in What do you need Help with.

[<ToD> Aar]

[url]http://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=label:Java[/url]
Have fun. Keep looking around for something if some of it is over your head.

[andersonmat]

Heh, you can find some cool stuff on there.

These were an interesting find:

"Zebra Crossing" [url]http://code.google.com/p/zxing/[/url]
"Bluecove" [url]http://code.google.com/p/bluecove/[/url]
"OpenId4Java" [url]http://code.google.com/p/openid4java/[/url]
"REST Client" [url]http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/[/url]

[<ToD> Aar]

Yeah, google code has quite a bit of cool stuff on it.