Vasilis Souvatzis wrote:Yes, indeed my question was too broad and I managed to confuse you Joe I meant the Java API, and I was referring to things that we do "manually" but instead can be done more easily with existing methods.
Unfortunately, many of these things just come with familiarity (as, for example, with when to use "+", or maybe something else like a
StringBuilder).
One good rule to remember though, is:
Don't re-invent the wheel.
So, if you even
think that what you're doing might have been written already, try a Google search for it first. Very often, it will throw up a tutorial page (or possibly even a
thread on this site or stackoverflow).
Just one tip: always include the
word "Java" in the search; otherwise you may get solutions/techniques from other languages.
HIH
Winston