Since there has been a few people who are interested in learning to code I will provide some help and also provide some guidance on what to do each week in order to create your very own database and auto-betting software.

I'll be pointing at some online resources that you will need to read and provide some exercises to complete each week. I strongly suggest you do the exercises as I'll at least be here to help out with any issues, and people learn by doing, not reading.

Week 1 is an introduction to the java language as well as getting software setup.

Steps for you to complete this week:

1. Go to http://download.oracle.com/javase/t...rted/index.html
2. Read through all of the introductory material on The Java Technology Phenomenon
3. Read through the lesson on The "Hello World!" Application
4. Install the JDK and netbeans (part of step 3 lesson)
5. Compile and run the Hello World Application (part of Step 3).
6. Read through the lesson on A Closer Look at "Hello World!"
7. Make changes to the Hello World application to print out "Horse Racing Database Test".

If you have any issues then read through the Common Problems (and Their Solutions) section

By the end of this week you should :

1. Have installed Netbeans and JDK6 or newer.
2. Written a simple application to say "Hello World"
3. Written a simple program to say "Horse Racing Database Test"

If anyone has problems installing the software and/or coding the Hello World program please write the errors you are recieving here and I'll help you out.

I also encourage each of you to help each other out. Especially if you see someone here has posted a problem which you have resolved yourself.

I'll try and make sure I logon at least once a day and answer questions.

This won't be a quick thing. It will take 15-20 weeks for us to get through all of this and get a simple database program written. But once it is written you should know enough to code almost anything you will need to code.

Hi there Wesmip, this sounds very interesting. I have zero knowledge about this. But put me down to learn,

Regards, Paul

I am currently accessing the Database from GRV in regards to Greyhounds.

Is your method suitable for Greyhounds?
I am a little familiar with EXCEL and have been using it for my studies.
If nothing else, can I use the information learnt here to improve in any way, what I am currently doing via EXCEL?

The EXCEL programs I use for study are similar to the sort of thing Shaun often posts on this website.

I know next to nothing about all this, but I'll be having a bash anyway.
Just hope I can do all this on the old Mac.
Just like to say a big thank-you to you wesmip1. I just hope you have the patience of Job if all your "students" are as tech savvy as I am.
More power to you.

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Thank you WES. Put me down to learn also.Been looking for this since I joined recently Regards Tom the Robot

It will be aimed around Java but you might learna few techniques useful for VB. Excel is fairly limited though when you get up to the sort of form we are storing ( millions of horse formlines).

I recommend learning beyond excel and moving onto mayb C# as that is similar enough to the excel coding that you would feel comfortable with it.


Although I will be focusing on horse racing it will be suitable to sportsbetting and greyhounds. The lessons will teach you enough so that you can pick whatever sport you want and get data for it.

Guys,

Just get staretd on this weeks lesson so when I post the next lesson you are all ready to go.

If there are any issues just let me know. If you have finished this weeks lesson then let me know here.

So how come you suggest the NetBeans approach?
Why not use the Microsoft Windows approach?

Or am I confused already?

ready for round 2 whenever everyone else is

I need to reinstall, had issues with compiling