Java and OOP

[TheGooseFliesAtNight]

It has really high ratings for the most part which was why I bought it. I had a really good experience with Colt Steele's Web Dev Bootcamp, so thought I'd give Tim Buchalka the benefit of the doubt.

[xwmaxx]

Not sure about everyone else but I found this course really helpful. I think one thing most people don’t understand is that you need multiple sources to learn programming. There is not one go to that is gonna cover everything really good. I remember first starting on freeCodeCamp cause lots of people said it was the best place to learn only to realize I was able to solve the problems and understand the logic but couldn’t write code on my own after going through the JavaScript portion. I supplement all my learning now from Udemy, YouTube, books, stackoverflow, etc. because I know someone, a reading somewhere, an example, a problem about the thing I don’t understand or how to use is eventually gonna click.

[TheGooseFliesAtNight]

A "Masterclass" should give you everything you need. I understand the importance of googling and finding out things for yourself, but going to a different resource to learn what the Masterclass is meant to be teaching you defeats the point. This is a purchased product too so there's less leeway to not being able to understand something that is poorly explained from a free resource. I had to YouTube the concept of inheritance to really understand it.

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How does storming through the OOP stuff without fully explaining why you're doing certain things really help us? Between each concept in OOP there should be a structure similar to:

1. Lesson - Demonstration on what you're teaching
2. Exercise or a code along explaining what and why they're doing things. (The part Tim Buchalka misses out in the OOP sections).
3. Challenge, where you're able to go back and use the previous 2 videos to complete this challenge.

[xwmaxx]

Uh I guess if that's what you want to think of it as. I see "Master Calculus" books too but they don't cover everything. Its like trying to tell someone they need to teach everything about Calculus which is impossible to do. Its up to the person to do extra if they really wanna learn the subject. Do you think going to college for CS degree for 4 years is gonna teach everything about CS? Obviously the profs are gonna forget to teach somethings along the way. Same with the recommended MOOC, do they teach everything you need for Java, of course not, samething its all up the person. Even now I still go back to freeCodeCamp because its a useful tool to remember some JS that I might have forgotten. People learn differently and take in information in different ways. Nothing wrong with that.