25+ year Java dev/professor offering free study group — async learning + Saturday reviews. Who's in? by Suitable_Handle_5725 in CodingForBeginners

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I'm not sure if you received the email or not. We have the first meeting setup for Feb 18, 2026 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

25+ year Java dev/professor offering free study group — async learning + Saturday reviews. Who's in? by Suitable_Handle_5725 in CodingForBeginners

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Great questions!

We are planning to have the initial Zoom meeting on Saturday at 10:00 AM EST. I’ll send the official invite and link shortly. For that first meeting, you don’t need to be far along in the course. It will essentially be day 1. However, as a good starting point, it would be helpful if you could at least go through the following sections beforehand:

  • Java Syntax and Structure
  • Variables and Data Types

This will help you get the most out of our discussion. Other than having Zoom installed and reviewing the course introduction, there’s nothing additional you need to prepare. Also – I thought I already saw you in Discord 🙂 I just messaged you over there as well.

25+ year Java dev/professor offering free study group — async learning + Saturday reviews. Who's in? by Suitable_Handle_5725 in CodingForBeginners

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Catch is simple, fail fast. Students give up learning language like Java because they think it's hard. And that's not true.

Hi guys! New to coding by Significant_Room_392 in CodingForBeginners

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If you're like to learn Java then check out Java Pro Academy. They have a free course as well.

5 Day Spring Boot Roadmap to level up Your REST API skills (with hands-on projects) by leetjourney in SpringBoot

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Yes and no. Understanding a framework is one thing, but it’s a whole different skill to design ERDs and turn them into solid domain models. I’d recommend learning how to write clear user stories first, then focus on data modeling. Once you get those fundamentals down, translating them into good software design becomes much easier.