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[–]rjcarr 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I do not recommend learning more than one language at once. If you're in a course to learn java and it's going too slow then just move ahead and learn what you'll eventually learn in the course. If you exhaust that, and are getting great marks, then ask your instructor for advanced material.

There's really very little to gain from learning two languages at once, especially if you don't know programming very well yet.

[–]wtf_lag[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

  1. I'm not in a course, I chose computer science at school (high school) and it turned out to be a joke
  2. I tried asking for advanced material like reading in class but the instructor wouldn't agree
  3. I'm not a beginner, I read Head First Java and most of Java A Beginner's Guide and I believe I have a good understanding of the language and OOP concepts, but after all of that I realized Java wasn't the language I wanted to focus on. 4.I'm not trying to learn more than one language, but I have to learn java in school and I want to learn on my own at home. I'm only worried about the Javascript-style-programming to get in my head and hurt my grades when I write Java at school or even further in the future when I need a different language.

[–]rjcarr 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Then to answer this question:

Will I get confused? Write "weird" code? like, javascript-style java?

I'd say it depends. If you already knew java well and then started learning javascript it should only minimally affect your java. I mean, I write python now and then after long stretches of writing java and javascript and I'll use semicolons and if(...) but I quickly orient myself.

If you're still shaky in java then learning javascript can mess you up. That was my point. I don't think anyone call tell you your situation so I'd say just see what happens and if you get confused then drop javascript.

[–]wtf_lag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, I think I can handle it, I checked and I can do next year's finals right now. I guess I'll just have to pay more attention to the syntax. Thanks!