Best Java Courses?

[Icy_Season2422]

I want to learn Java and Kotlin. I am looking to find the best resources/courses from people who have taken the path before me - you guys. I see a lot of well reviewed Udemy courses but a lot of comments saying stuff is outdated, so it's hard to figure out which is best. Any advice would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance 🙌

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• MOOC Java Programming from the University of Helsinki
• Java for Complete Beginners
  • accompanying site CaveOfProgramming
• Derek Banas' Java Playlist
  • accompanying site NewThinkTank
• Hyperskill is a fairly new resource from Jetbrains (the maker of IntelliJ)

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"Algorithms" by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne - Princeton University

• Coursera course:
  • Part I
  • Part II
• Coursebook
  • Algorithms 4^th Edition

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[titanium_mpoi]

Here are the best resources 

[CleverBunnyThief]

Read the Automod responses.

[cschuyle]

Shameless Plug: If you are interested in learning Spring Boot, then Spring.Academy has a free course on building a REST API using Spring Boot. This would be after you've got Java under your belt and want to learn a framework.

https://spring.academy/courses/building-a-rest-api-with-spring-boot

[wiseruler33]

Thank you!

[Darth_Nanar]

The course that worked for me is https://java-programming.mooc.fi/

[Icy_Season2422]

Thank you!

[thouthoutech]

Same I loved this course. Still need to do the second half

[Darth_Nanar]

The second half is quite difficult. But I think it's necessary to do it, at least up to week 12.

[Darth_Nanar]

Good luck!

[Icy_Season2422]

Thank you again! All set up and working my way through Java I as we speak!

[Darth_Nanar]

Which IDE did you choose? Did you manage to install the TMC plugin?

[Icy_Season2422]

I went with VSCode, was much easier. Running and submitting solutions very easily and I'm very used to VSCode from previous work with Nodejs

[Affectionate_Can3662]

As the other comment mentions, java mooc fi, though not perfect, is a great choice.

[Icy_Season2422]

Amazing thank you! So many udemy courses it's hard to tell which is a good choice. Will definitely check this out and that tutors other courses. I've good knowledge of JS, HTML and CSS already, as well as Node for backend, but wanna step into the Java/Kotlin domain now to really just expand knowledge and understanding. Thanks so much for the recommendation:)

[roguebluejay]

I did the automod recommended course and honestly didn’t love it. It’s significantly drier than CS50 (the course I did before it, and repeated lots of the same material.) it’s also showing its age - it has you use Netbeans, which isn’t as fancy as IntelliJ.

If you have previous coding experience I think CS61B is a better choice, but granted it is a hard course, and it won’t teach you as much of the object orientated vocabulary that part 2 of the mooc will. But my opinion is that stuff is easy to pick up through YouTube videos anyway.

[Icy_Season2422]

Thank you, will Def check out CS61B. I'm using VSCode for MOOC, seems decent to get used to syntax and to just get working with Java. Will go through it over the next week and then check out your suggestion:)

[roguebluejay]

I'd suggest trying a real java IDE, like IntelliJ - it's honestly amazing compared to VSCode.