WikiJava:Examples

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Learning process is usually a hard process, but it is always a worthy investment.

Programming, according to Donald Knuth, is an art that produces beautiful things. As programmers, we know that sometimes our product is not as good as we would like. Time, usually, is against us.

WikiJava wants to use the natural evolution of the sources through the collaboration between programmers and users.

The single most important aspect of the entire WikiJava site is the example.

The easiest way to learn a programming language is by examples. Short, easy to learn examples, usually called snippets of code.

Try to keep them simple, straight to the point, and remember to follow the rules: you could only write in this site code that you own, or code you have the rights to publish and edit.

Happy learning!