A video-based introductory Java programming course by John Purcell, where learners watch lessons and code along. Commenters note it is theory-focused with few built-in tasks or projects.

Commenters call it a well-regarded video option for learning Java by coding along, with one saying it was the best tutorial series they could find for beginners.

On Reddit (2)

1. Strongly recommendsBroughtToYouByMtDewr/learnprogramming2018in “Just turned 34 and I'm interested in trying a career in computer programming. How much of an uphill battle do I face?”

   John Purcell is great, I remember following his java for beginners course a few years back and it was the best tutorial series I could find. I'll throw something interesting into the mix http://ai.berkeley.edu/home.html

2. Recommendsnats_tech_notesr/learnprogramming2022in “Am I the only person who thinks W3schools isn't a great resource to learn?”▲ 1

   First of all, I haven't done any Java courses myself, but I did do some research because I like helping a fellow developer out lol. The MOOC Java course (as mentioned in the comment below) seems to be a highly suggested course. The text is completely in English, however, the videos are not. It…

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