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Back in the 1990's, Anini robbed a lot of banks. When asked why, he responded, “Because that’s where the money is.” Anini may have been a criminal, but it’s hard to argue with his logic. If at this stage of internet buzz/popularity your business have no online presence, then you are being naïve because 'online! that's where the money is' (to put it in Anini's words).

In our country, the internet has become synonymous with the term "Yahoo Yahoo" with most of us being apprehensive of financial transactions over the internet. But the truth is that at this age and time, if your business have no online presence, then you are loosing thousands if not millions of naira as a result of your lack of foresight.
I am not here to argue why you should build a website for your business, or why you should have a Facebook page, I just want to tell you my story. A few years ago, I co-founded Autopin.net, an online education scratch card retailer, although our work on the 'Autopin.net project' goes far back when I was nineteen.
After Autopin.net went live online, I was faced with the tremendous task of making the ecommerce site go viral. My stint with online advertisement began first with Google ads.

My experience with Google ads was one of frustration. I was lucky to get out without holes in my pocket. During my google advertising campaign, we got 223 to visit the site, but not a single soul registered into Autopin.net, talkless of buying a scratch card. This advertising campaign left with a debt of $115 (more than N40, 000) in debt to Google.

After the failed Google advertising campaign, I tried advertising on educational blogs. I called Myschool.com.ng to advertise on their site, but it seems that the guys over their where actually millionaires, so I had to run for my dear life after they sent me their advertising quote. I continued to search for affordable blogs and after a few days I found Efukikata..com. The guy charged me a few thousand naira for a week's advertisement which I gladly paid. My experience advertising on his blog was one of failure and success, all thanks to my learning from my errors with google campaign.

My ad went live on that same day I made payment, so did my advertising problems. The ad was poorly implemented at first. But on the fifth day after making changes to the ad, we began to see users trooping into Autopin.net and registering on the site. It was a great experience even though no one bought any pin.

Lacking money to pay for more ads, I switched to online directories and Nairaland. To my amazement, my skit with Nairaland and online directories paid off. We sold our first scratch card online, and my mobile phone was abuzz with people calling me all over Nigeria requesting for more information about Autopin.net. Then we had a 24 hours customer care policy, people where calling me after mid night. It was quite annoying but my joy surpassed the fact that my sleep was disbursed so I always answered the phone with enthusiasm and happiness. And yes we finally began making money.
Right up till now after I founded my own company Alphikka Technologies, I still receive calls from people enquiring about Autopin.net.

For free advertising consultation, call me on 08160288961. Please call during work hours only and on Saturdays from 12:00pm - 4: 00pm. This days I don't play with my 8 hours sleep schedule.

Writing Your First Programming Language

What you need to wite Programs
Just to refresh you, you need NetBeans and JDK (Java Development Kit) to learn Java within 24 hours.

Lets progress:

The first Java program that you create is an application that displays a traditional greeting from the world of computer science: “Saluton mondo!” To prepare for the first programming project in NetBeans, if you haven’t already done so, create a new project called Java24 by following these steps:
1. Choose the menu command File, New Project.

2. Choose the project category Java and the project type Java Application , and then click Next.

3. Enter AlphikkaTech as the project’s name. You see the error message “Project folder already exists and is not empty” if you created this project already.

4. Deselect the Create Main Class checkbox.

5. Click Finish.

Beginning the Program NetBeans groups related programs together into a project. If you don’t have the AlphikkaTech project open, here’s how to retrieve it: . Choose File, Open Project. . Find and select the NetBeansProjects folder (if necessary). . Choose AlphikkaTech and click Open Project. The AlphikkaTech project appears in the Projects Pane. To add a new Java program to the current project, choose File, New File. The New File Wizard opens.

The Categories pane lists the different kinds of Java programs you can create. Click the Java folder in this pane to see the file types that belong to this category. For this first project, choose the Empty Java File type, and click Next. In the Class Name field, enter Saluton and click Finish to create the new Java program. An empty file named Saluton.java opens in the source code editor.

Type the following into the white page. Remember Java is case sensitive, so type using lower or upper case as i have written below. example where you see the uppercase letter 'S' do not type the lower case letter 's', as we progress, you will understand why. Now type.

class Saluton {
public static void main (String[] args) {
String greeting = “Saluton mondo!” ;
System. out .println(greeting);
}
}

STEVE1996:
following!! but boss i av no idea in programming.do u think i can learn it?

Yes of cause! I hope you have your computer with you and you have downloaded Netbeans and JDK.

Gurusarenna:
Lmao... U mean 24 hours..? Java..? u just made my day, when not html...
even a print statement will take 24 hours for some to understand...

Quite easy, don't be pessimistic. Java is not as difficult as many claim it to be.

JAVA SET UP
Before you can start writing Java programs, you need Java programming software. Several programs are available for Java, including the Java Development Kit, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and NetBeans. Whenever Oracle releases a new version of Java, the first tool that supports it is the Java Development Kit (JDK). To create the programs in TUTORIAL THREAD, you must use version 7 of the JDK or another programming tool that can work in conjunction with it. The JDK is a set of free command-line tools for creating Java software. The JDK lacks a graphical user interface, so if you have never worked in a nongraphical environment such as DOS or Linux, you’re going to be shocked—and not in a good way—when you start using the JDK. Oracle offers another free tool, the NetBeans integrated development environment, that’s a much better way to write Java code. NetBeans offers a graphical user interface, source code editor, user interface designer, and project manager. It works in complement to the JDK, running it behind the scenes, so you must have both tools on your system when you begin developing Java programs. The programs in this book were created with NetBeans, which you can download and install in a bundle with the JDK. You can use other Java tools as long as they support JDK 7.
Visit: http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/jdk-7-netbeans-download-432126.html to download the latest version of NetBeans and JDK if you do not have them

Follow the installation guide on http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/jdk-7-netbeans-download-432126.html although you can install your JDK and Netbeans without the guild...........Goodluck

HISTORY OF JAVA
James Gosling initiated Java language project in June 1991 for use in one of his many settop box projects. The language, initially called ‘ Oak ’ after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office, also went by t he name ‘ Green ’ and ended up later being renamed as Java, from a list of random words. Sun released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1995. It promised Write Once, Run Anywhere (WORA), providing no- cost run- times on popular platforms. On 13 No vember , 2006, Sun released much of Java as free and open source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). On 8 May , 2007, Sun finished the process, making all of Java's core code free and opensource, aside from a small portion of c ode to which Sun did not hold the copyright.

We will be teaching Nairalanders how to program in Java language in Just 24 hours time.
I will be your instructor, you can ask me any question and I will reply you immediately. If you don't get a reply in a minute simply ring me on 08160288961.

NOW LETS START!

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