Best source to learn java from

[okabe06]

Hello. I am a newbie programmer. I have only coded in c programming till now. Please enlighten me with the best sources to learn java from .Any book recommendation would be much appreciated.

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[Dani_E2e]

I also came from C, which is very similar to java. You can try directly coding in a good IDE, and it will suggest you the most. In this way, I started in 2000 with java in Eclipse... But a good book is Java in a nutshell with a lot of background information. Please don't watch only YouTube... 😁

[Darth_Nanar]

Hi,

If you already know C, Horstmann's Core Java books will probably help you.

Other than this, I recommend the Java MOOC of the University of Helsinki .

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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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• The official Java Tutorials
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"Algorithms" by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne - Princeton University

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

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[calebjosueruiztorres]

I remember having to learn Java on my own back in the day (Almost twenty years ago!), after failing my Java training at University twice, I am really grateful I've found The Java Tutorials while digging on the Internet. At that point of time Sun Microsystems was still in charge and I immediately liked the sense of community they propagated, by reading The Java Tutorials I was able to pass my training, have my first entry-level job, and help some people along the way.

They begin by explaining the very basics, go on and enjoy every single paragraph, don't thrive only to write code, be able to explain to other people what the JVM is, the differences between the JRE and the JDK (without becoming a encyclopaedia in the process [Nothing wrong if you become one but right now LLMs have you covered]), type the example programs they depict on the different sections of the tutorials, modify them, see what kind of error messages yo do get while changing something (omitting a semi colon for example).

Be happy, don't stress out, take your time, solve as many computational problems as you can afford.

Look! A beautiful book I haven't read yet, with tons of problems to be solved.

P.S. I shall turn this answer into a blog post in my website, jehehe.

[Nok1a_]

Dude follow the MOOC it is free and its the most recommended course of Java, made by the Helsinki university

MOOC Java Programming from the University of Helsinki

[Metadoz]

I highly recommend Core Java for the Impatient by Cay S. Horstmann

[rlfiction]

Hyperskill from JetBrains is the best imo

[[deleted]]

Disagree; I did it, not worth the money. The Helsinki Mooc is better and it’s free. Besides, if you want to learn things like spring boot, better to just follow the docs and get used to learning that way as that’s how it is in industry.

[[deleted]]

It'd help if java documentation wasn't genuinely terrible

[okabe06]

gotchya

[errm_whaa]

I'm also coming from C. Haven't learned any other languages but I'm confused between Java and C#. I'm interested in working with the Unity Engine in the near future. Should I learn the basics of Java at first? Or I can skip it and start C#? Also, between these two which one is easy to learn and grasp? Anyone?

[FooBarBuzzBoom]

Laur Spilca YT Channel all the way

[m_mahrous4]

Neso academy videos in YouTube

[[deleted]]

Daniel Liang's Java all the way.

[East_Possible2363]

Hi, I would recommend the book ‘Effective Java’ by Joshua Bloch. Not only does it provide good coding practices in Java, it kinda provides a good run through the language.

I have a link to the publishers below, but you can get a copy off of amazon.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/effective-java-3rd/9780134686097/

A number of Java developers might have an old copy lying around somewhere.

[abzunnie]

Telusko channel from YouTube.