I’ve wanted to program games ever since I was a child, my first game was a Python text adventure in 2000 ( When I was about 8 ).
I wanted to learn Java in 2005, but I never had the time.
Last month, I started learning from TheNewBoston’s Youtube tutorials.
I just recently learned how to create a GUI.
I came here from Minecraft.net in the community page.
Any tips for a Java beginner :P?
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Write a very simple game, make sure you understand everything that’s happening, then write a slightly more complex game, make sure you understand everything that’s happening, and so on.
Yes, this is the most important thing to remember. Or even better, a very VERY simple game.
A list of a few more tutorials can be found here: http://wiki.games4j.com/wiki/en/Tutorials. The one mentioned above is good to start with.
I agree with you. Don’t start with an MMORPG ;D
Make yourself comfortable with IDEs (preferably Netbeans:P, Eclipse, Intellij Idea), Debuggers and Profilers (build-in or e.g. https://visualvm.dev.java.net/)
Do the official tutorials (http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ - don’t skip any unless you are absolutely sure you fully understand the topic
Read a Book or two (e.g. Killer Game programming in java) - don’t turn a page
Learn about the Java API (http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/),
Learn about Native Library Bindings (http://jogamp.org/,http://lwjgl.org/) and the -Djava.library.path option (http://www.inonit.com/cygwin/jni/helloWorld/load.html)
Learn about Game Engine Libraries (e.g. http://slick.cokeandcode.com/, http://ardor3d.com/, expect others in the following posts 
)
Make multiple Games with increasing complexity
Work hard, spend time, don’t try to shortcut (there are none)
Get rich writing the next minecraft or something