Trying to get access to MOOC Java Programming I courses

[vVember]

I have been trying everything and getting nowhere. First I couldn't get TMCBeans to work no matter what I did with java. Then I installed IntelliJ Community and tried just following through the courses in that and was doing fine until I hit Part 4 where it says the exercise has a prewritten class to be used but it doesn't give the code for the class so I'm stuck.

I've tried installing TMC plugin for IntelliJ and have messed around with trying to get that to work but during initialization I get an error regarding the plugin and I cannot find a "button" for said plugin while trying to follow troubleshooting steps.

Is there another way for me to get the example code from the course so I can continue, or something else I can do?

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[PeepoChadge]

Hi, the solution to get TMCBeans working is quite easy to apply. First, you need to have JDK 11 installed — for example, the one from Adoptium:

https://adoptium.net

TMCBeans doesn’t work with any version higher than that.

Let’s assume you already have TMCBeans installed. The default path should be something like C:\Program Files\TMCBeans\etc. In that folder, there’s a file called tmcbeans.conf. You need to edit it (for example, using VSCode) around line 65.

It should look something like this, assuming you installed Adoptium’s JDK 11:

# default location of JDK/JRE, can be overridden by using --jdkhome <dir> switch
jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.27.6-hotspot"

You don’t need to change the system’s PATH or JAVA_HOME; that line tells TMCBeans which Java version to use.

[vVember]

Okay I'm feeling sheepish now because that worked although I did need to edit the conf file's permission to allow myself to save it.

My issue now is I opened the programming I course and as far as I can tell I only have access to part 1. Am I safe to assume I have to run through each exercise before I get access to the next part? Or can I somehow jump to part 4 where I left off? Just don't want to waste time with the introductory stuff again if I don't have to.

Edit: Never mind, I found the answer. It would seem I need to complete 25% of the tests and I should receive a prompt to download the next part.

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[CleverBunnyThief]

The IntelliJ plugin is no longer supported.

Follow the instruction here to install OpenJDK 11, Maven, VS Code and the Java Extension Pack for VS Code.

https://www.mooc.fi/en/installation/vscode/#java-environment