I'm taking an introductory course right now (computer science major) and the language we are being taught right now is Java. I have a feeling that the homework assignments that I'm getting is not giving me enough experience with Java or I need to do more (a lot more).

I think what will help me learn Java faster will be if I come up with some projects that I'm able to do on my own and that interest me. Unfortunately, we really haven't gotten that far into it yet for me to think of small programs or methods that I could write. We've basically have only gotten as far as loops and arrays.

My question is, do you guys know of any sites that have *really* good tutorials on Java that include some sample assignments and include the suggested solutions to those assignments?

Well for a while, I was teaching java at the local university so I suppose I could dig up some of my old class notes and programs .... god only knows where they are ... try any one of these sites :

http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/

(From the horse's mouth, as it were)

A great source for Java problems and solutions is ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) and their regional competition websites. They also have an excellent archive (http://www.acm.inf.ethz.ch/ProblemSetArchive.html) of previous problems and solutions.

Good luck :)

ACM! That's right, why didn't I think of them?

Thank you! :)