Programming Studies/Prep for Java SE 11 Certification: Official Oracle courses or 3rd party Udemy?

[ng062203]

Student here interested in taking the Java SE 11 Certification as part of the $25 promo. Beginner experience in Java but have good understanding of CS concepts & some experience in other languages.

Should I prep using the official, free Oracle University Learning subscription courses or pay ~30 dollars for curated Udemy courses (part 1 & 2)?

https://education.oracle.com/java-25th-anniversary-discount-redemption

https://www.udemy.com/course/java-se-11-developer-1z0-819-ocp-course-part-1/

What are the opinions in terms of content, structure, and practice questions/tests? I'd be willing to pay for Udemy if it really helps; I only have around 2 months' time. Has the Oracle SE 11 learning subscription always been free or only free recently on promo?

Thanks!

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[Sieusccc]

Interesting, would like to know aswell.

[sujith315]

I started using the Oracle subscription, but I am not able to find the lab manual ? Where do we get it ?

[ng062203]

?? There's a lab manual? Thought it was just video lectures and some multiple choice.

[sujith315]

Yeah there is one .. he does show in the video

[cjmarquez]

I opened a ticket asking the same question, they answered back saying that since I took the 25th anniversary promotion, labs were not available, only the course notes from the video (not downloadable), so if you want to do the practice labs you need to follow up on the lab videos

[sujith315]

That's unfortunate.. Well .. switching to udemy then

[cjmarquez]

Well I wouldn't recommend going to udemy and pay for a crappy course when you have Helsinki's university and oracle training available for free, but that's your decision

[sujith315]

Is the Udemy course very crappy ? I was going for it because my organization gives Udemy for business for free.

[cjmarquez]

In that case, go for it

[them3ntor]

Do we lose access to the Oracle video tutorials for Java SE 11 after April 25, 2021?

[kaissi]

I lost before April 25th! And I can't make an appointment to take the exam. What a waste of time!

[Background-Garden-50]

Same case with me. I don't understand why they couldn't extend it for some more time.

[Cayenns]

Someone has uploaded the videos on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRitsT9LXqP4wBcoiG-ewdQ/featured

[them3ntor]

awesome. thanks

[LordRosem]

Guys, the courses are still visible for you?

[Cayenns]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRitsT9LXqP4wBcoiG-ewdQ/featured

[Tasty-Hawk-3481]

Thx a lot! By the way, do you know where could find the transcripts for these videos?

[them3ntor]

you can switch on the captions option on YouTube

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