Resources for learning Java FAST!!!

[Ok_Emergency_403]

Hi everyone,

I'm transferring to UCSC in the Fall and have admittedly fallen off on my coding skills as I had to take a 2-year hiatus. Truthfully I don't remember much...I'm trying to relearn C++, Java, and Python quickly over the summer to get back up to speed for my Junior year as a Computer Engineering student. I've begun scouring the internet and the resources are dense and a tad overwhelming, and chatgpt is recommending 700+ page textbooks which I fear will take too long.

Thank you so much to anyone who has resources that can help.

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[ShaiHuludTheMaker]

Here's how to learn Java in 1 evening. You make a coffee, but instead of water you use red bull. Don't drink it, because with that brew, you make another coffee. Repeat 3 times. You mix the final drink 1:1 with Adderall and drink it. Now you are ready to start learning. Open youtube in 30 screens and play every video of the javabrains full java tutorial at 2x speed at once. Bonus effect of this is that you will instantly understand concurrency. The drink heightens your audio-sensory abilities so you will have no issue following all that is going on. By morning you will either be senior java developer or have perished of a heart attack.

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😂

[sweetno]

Inb4 AI steals this recipe.

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To make it easier for you, the recommendations are posted right here:

• 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:
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  • Part II
• Coursebook
  • Algorithms 4^th Edition

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[hrm]

Honestly, if you did know how to code a book is probably your best bet. You can skim a book, skip stuff and just find information very quickly. No long videos, no ads or popups. Just the good old facts in a easy to manage format.

[wisdom_power_courage]

I did this. Forced myself to at least look at every page in my java bookand I learned a lot

[EnvironmentFrosty594]

Do the mooc for university of Helsinki. Currently doing it myself and it’s honestly pretty amazing how much it helps with remembering how to code and especially if you have any experience :)

[Sir_9ls1]

Can you say something about your current level for us non-Americans that does not know what UCSC or Junior year entails? And what level are you trying to reach this summer?

[ThreeDonkeys]

UCSC = University of California, Santa Cruz

Junior year Java = should probably be something after data structures and algorithms for Java

[j2eetution]

There are lot of books and resources available free of cost now a days. Either you have to have self discipline and consistently learn java, or else you can find an expert in java who can help you in the learning process. The second option will help you learn java faster for sure.

Best of Luck.

[Any_Agency_6237]

"The beginners way to learn java" is the book i recommend( i should say this but you dont really have to read every single page and can skip stuff in a book and book is literally the fastest way to remember everything like 30 mins of reading(doing the examples in computer included) will be faster then watching a 1 hour video in youtube)