I want people's honest opinions here. 

 

I don't have much knowledge on scripting or how it works but I really want to learn how to do it. 

 

I feel like when I look at a script or watch a video on Java, I am completely lost. How should I go about starting to learn the language and the most effective way?

 

Learn Java, then learn scripting. www.youtube.com is your best friend.

Learn Java, then learn scripting. www.youtube.com is your best friend.

Whats the best way to learn Java?

Whats the best way to learn Java?

 

read a book

do tutorials while reading/listening

google it

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

 

Straight from the horses mouth, google will also help if you get stuck, if (and only if) google can't help you can ask in the Scripting Help forum as well.

take a community college course in programming....

I am currently doing Java on CodingAcademy, should I also do Java Scripts? 

take a community college course in programming....

 

lolol, waste of cash. If anything at least go to a college/university with some merit.

I guess I am like the only one that did learn java trough just writing programs and googling around if I couldn't get the answer here..

I advice you to follow some study though. Good luck

If your goal is to write scripts and not to learn a programming language, you can just learn the bare minimum Java you need in order to start writing a script: methods/control flow/variables/statements. You can skip pretty much the entire OOP part of Java, and still write great scripts (since it's mostly the logic which defines a good script, not the design). Some people post their source in the Downloadable/Local Scripts section, I strongly advise you to look up some example scripts there (decompile them if there is no source  ).

I am currently doing Java on CodingAcademy, should I also do Java Scripts? 

 

Java and JavaScript are two completely different things. JavaScript is primarily for websites.

Okay thanks for the info guys. I just ordered Head First Java and plan to read it over the next month. 

lolol, waste of cash. If anything at least go to a college/university with some merit.

he wants to learn the basics of programming not be 60k in debt like many of us. XD

Read a book, take evening lessons, study programming, watching youtube tutorials, actually making script on your own and being interested in it also helps a lot! 

Read a book, take evening lessons, study programming, watching youtube tutorials, actually making script on your own and being interested in it also helps a lot! 

Yes scripting on my own has actually helped alot! 

I read the first few chapters of Head First Java and now I have a good background of how coding works.

I have created 3 scripts so far. 

 

2 of them that make over 200k/hour with no requirements and no other bots

I am trying to expand my knowledge and will start on a new project this week.