PUBLIC MARKS from borik

Beginners who are learning programming make many mistakes. This is because they have little experience and don't always get good guidance. If they look at a lot of programs we hope they will emulate the style, but they don't always do this, and they don't always see programs that should be emulated in any case. This is an attempt to provide advice to novices learning Java. Not everything here is Java specific, however. Some of the patterns have been written for this paper. Others have been collected from the literature. The latter have been adapted to Java perhaps, but their originators are referenced. Near the end we tell a story that can help you use these together.