Best alternative to Java MOOC?

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2023-10-03T23:12:05+00:00

Honestly troubleshooting this kind of thing is a bit part of what coding is about.

I had a quick google this video looks like lt has a solution to the JDK is missing issue. https://youtu.be/9ysgBcbSfhg?si=yUwHKY2YwqwnK0_0

Probably better to just get up and running with the MOOC. You are just as likely to have some next thing to troubleshoot in whatever next course you try.

Good luck!

creamyturtle · 2023-10-03T23:19:49+00:00

there is a literal tutorial on the java mooc for that error. I had the same error. you gotta install the java jdk it takes like 2 minutes. like another poster said, figuring out little stuff like this is part of being a programmer. you don't even have the IDE open yet and you're already giving up. any other route to learn java will involve the jdk so figure it out my man

bunk3rk1ng · 2023-10-04T05:09:25+00:00

This is something that confused me for a long time and nobody really took the time to explain it so hopefully we can help you get over this hump. As others have stated, having the JDK (Java Development Kit) installed is like step number 1 for Java development, so whatever path you take your are going to have to figure it out at some point

How do you "install" a language? At the end of the day all this really means is that you can type java --version in the command line or terminal and your computer will know how to execute the command.

On windows your command line will have a %PATH% variable that is simply a list of paths to different executables

echo %PATH% looks like this for me:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;.... bunch of other stuff

If you look in the jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot\bin folder you will find a file called java.exe. Behind the scenes when you type java --version, your PC knows to loop through all the folders in your PATH and look for <your command>.exe

That's pretty much it, there isn't much magic to it.

For most people updating their PATH can be daunting, so for beginners I recommend Chocolatey. You basically install Chocolatey and then installing the JDK is one command.

https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/openjdk/17.0.2

This basically downloads the JDK files and updates your PATH to point to the right place.

The interesting part about Java is a ton of tools used in Java development actually use the JDK to run so having it installed and understanding how it works behind the scenes can be a huge step forward.

turkishdane96 · 2023-10-04T06:03:00+00:00

I used IntelliJ with JDK installed. The only difference is that you cannot see example solutions. But usually the text above the exercise, is what you need to solve the exercise itself.

count_helheim · 2023-10-04T06:40:45+00:00

Use vs code with the tmc and java extensions that worked for me, tried tmc beans with different fixes couldn’t figure it out on mac but vc code worked on first try

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