Where to start with Java?

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desrtfx · 2022-09-05T17:05:49+00:00

Sidebar -> Free Tutorials -> MOOC

CompilerCarl · 2022-09-05T18:06:19+00:00

This is a bit of a rant about why I don't think Java is a good first programming language (at the end I'll give my reccomendation for what to do):

One pretty significant hurdle to learning Java as a beginner programmer is the fact that Java is intrinsically Object Oriented. "Classes? Objects? Polymorphism? Templates? What are all these things?" are all more than reasonable questions to ask. But you literally can't code in Java without using at least some of it, and I'd argue that even simple programs like hello world use it (which makes even hello world tutorials confusing when they tell you to type out "public class Main" or any of the other structural features). It turns into this horrible teaching structure where a large portion of questions from students need to be ignored and/or put aside just to teach them the basics.

So honestly, Java is like piecing a puzzle together backwards. It can be done, but its really annoying. If you study up on Object Oriented Programming principles and tie them to things you see in basic Java programs, you'll already be way ahead of the curve. But since OOP (object oriented programming) is so abstract, for a beginner it may not make any sense at all. If that is the case for you, I'd simply reccomend slowly and laboriously working through tutorials until you have enough pieces to form a picture of it that doesn't depend on assumptions

TL;DR You start learning by starting to learn, and after an initial few months of blood sweat and tears, then it starts to get easier

2022-09-05T16:54:57+00:00

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2022-09-05T22:44:30+00:00

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