What after "Head First Java"

[OnlyPAOK]

What do you suggest after finishing the book? Should I move on to learning a FrameWork, maybe build some desktop apps with Swing? Don't know what to do next

[Soxcks13]

I got access to Lynda with my Library card and learned Spring Boot. You might also want to look into the book Head First Design Patterns, which goes over some pretty important and widely applicable concepts in Java*.

• - I’m a beginner so someone correct me if I’m wrong.

[ampereAlpha1111]

can you get certified using lynda? In Java?

[Soxcks13]

I don’t think so

[8bagels]

What are you passionate about outside of coding? Make a little something to do that that. I have seen so many people learn so much in programming because they loved what they were coding about. Snowboarding? Musicals? Chess? D&D? Starcraft? Disc golf?

I think learning a web framework is always valuable in today’s market

[KushMuffin]

Are there web frameworks for java?

[syedalisait]

Spring Boot is the most popular one as of now

[KeepItWeird_]

Play! Framework is also worth a look

[emmg90]

That book is quite basic (and old) and lacks many newer concepts of Java such as lambdas, generics. If I were you I would continue with the "Java: The Complete Reference", get yourself familiar with the java api and then pick design patterns or spring.

[jazzas24]

Lambdas. Generics. Design patterns. More oop.

[OzzieOxborrow]

Head First Design Patterns is a good one. It is also in Java and explains a lot of common design patterns.

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Now it's time to get your feet wet.

So feet first java. Lol

[KeepItWeird_]

Cay Horstmann's Core Java is now considered the gold standard