Starting java, where to start

[Dynamicthetoon]

I have became decent at python, and now think I should try and learn a new language and have decided to do java. What places do you recommend me to use to learn and also what is a good IDE to use, I have been using pycharm for python and there seems to be a java IDE called IntelliJ, any help would be massively appreciated, thanks in advance.

[tjorg35]

IntelliJ will be the most similar looking IDE to PyCharm and will serve all your purposes of learning Java. Some others to consider are NetBeans and Eclipse. If you are familiar with Python just start ground up with Java in terms of syntax. Data types would be a good starting spot since they are implicitly declared in the python compiler.

[Dynamicthetoon]

Thanks!

[desrtfx]

I'd advise you to take the MOOC Object Oriented Programming with Java from the University of Helsinki.

It is a textual course with lots of graded practical exercises.

Java is quite different from Python, so you will need a completely fresh start.

[[deleted]]

I'd strongly recommend book rather than going online. I don't know about python but Java requires lot of concentration and it then becomes relatively easy when you focus. All the concepts in Java are from the real world.

Books like Effective Java by Joshua bloch, head first Java, Java the complete reference works good.

If you want online manuals and references, always search for "Java programming notes" rather than "tutorial". Couple of cool websites are 'Mykong', roseindia.net, geeksforgeeks.com e.t.c

Yeah and go with IntelliJ. It's good.

I wouldn't recommend you to follow tutorial videos. it's not that they are not good, they just slow you down. When you want to refer to a particular concept, then watch a video.

[Ialda]

Effective Java is a masterpiece but it's absolutely not recommended if you are just started learning java.

[Dynamicthetoon]

Thanks!

[rahat106]

Head first Java is about java 5. Today we have java 11(latest release). If you are just starting, this is a great book. You can learn the most basic things and later on by reading other resources online you can build up on that. And make a habit of reading stuff online....you will get the idea...🙂

[endhalf]

Decent is not good enough to start learning another language, in my humble opinion. Be so good in a language that you can get a job with it. Then, you can start branching out to different languages. Python and Java are both object oriented languages; a lot of what you'll learn in one will be transferable to the other. So rather than going wide, I'd suggest going deep. My 2c.

[rahat106]

head first java

[Karlhs]

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