Dblack.................

I am a computer programmer brother so I will help you out if you need any from me. We all should share thoughts and ideas on this site. Don't let this turn into Cocoa Lounge or BlackPlanet. Uhuru brother.

[DBlack]

Uh, I'm late az hizzell, but thanks. Perhaps you can conjure up some information on programming for the fam...?

[SistahSpeak]

Originally Posted by DBlack

Uh, I'm late az hizzell, but thanks. Perhaps you can conjure up some information on programming for the fam...?

LOL! You are too funny!

Yo DBlack make a chat room up for your site. You should use the java chat man.
Here is a brief definition of some of the Java language terms. If you are familiar with a 3rd or 4th generation programming language the term in parenthesis below will help you associate the object oriented term to a familiar concept.
Class consists of variables and methods. Every Java applet is a class. (program)

Method is a group of statements that perform activities in a class.(subroutine)

Member Variable contains a value for a class that is available to all methods in the class.(common)

Local Variable contains a value available only to the method in which it is defined. (local)

Package is a group of classes bundled together for reference convenience. (library)

Object is an instance or occurrence of a class.

Naming Conventions
Class names typically are comprised of words that each begin with a Capital Letter. Method names usually begin with a lowercase letter and each subsequent word is capitalized. Both member and local variable names are usually in one of two formats. They could start with a lower case letter and each subsequent word is capitalized. Or they could contain underscores in between words or trailing single word names.

Language Syntax
Java statements are terminated with ";". Classes, methods and blocks of statements (if, for, while) are enclosed in brackets like "{ }". Conditional clauses associated with an if statement are placed in parenthesis like "( )". All statements, parameters and variable names are case sensitive. For example "North" is not the same as "NORTH" when used as a parameter to the add() method. All variables must be declared and they must have one type like; int, boolean, float. Java provides the typical mathematical and character manipulation operators like +, -, *, /, ++, and many others

[DBlack]

Bruhman,

I appreciate that incredibly technical 'howto', but I have NO interest in programming. I don't write from scratch, but put together snippeds of web code that function independently.

At this particular time, I am still evaluating the benefit of a chat program on our site. perhaps more chattings means less discussing.

Thats true to about chat rooms. I feel ya on that. Peace.

[goodcookinmama]

Originally Posted by DBlack

Bruhman,

I appreciate that incredibly technical 'howto', but I have NO interest in programming. I don't write from scratch, but put together snippeds of web code that function independently.

At this particular time, I am still evaluating the benefit of a chat program on our site. perhaps more chattings means less discussing.

:whistling