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Java Programming I
University of Helsinki
6 recommenders · 6 threads · recommended in 4 years, 2015–2022 · score 7.2
A free, self-paced introductory Java programming course from the University of Helsinki's MOOC platform (mooc.fi), built around many automatically graded exercises with minimal reading. It covers core Java and object-oriented concepts and has a follow-up part 2.
Commenters call it a free, exercise-heavy intro that gives a solid grounding in Java and OOP, with one saying it beats even a front-end certificate for becoming a better programmer.
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The University of Helsinki's mooc.fi has really great java courses. I started with no experience and am just about to the final part of Java II. I highly recommend it
It is useful since its popular and gives you challenges with decent progression difficulty. But FCC really makes light of the difficulty in getting a job by just learning with FCC though. I think the biggest problem is there is no peer review of project code. Even if you post on the forums most…
if you want to learn more, I HIGHLY suggest you take the University of Helsinki Java MOOC Java course. Codecademy does have some lapses in its teaching so this will give you an amazingly solid understanding of java and will also teach you OOP concepts. There is also a [part 2]…
I’ve done it a few times. I did CS50x right when lockdown started because a friend was doing it and I suddenly had a whole bunch of newfound free time and though “why not?” It was an absolute blast! (Except the web development track, which I found less interesting). I was job searching at the time…
Yeah, Bloch's book is not for beginners but for more experienced Java types. Always be careful with recommendations on Reddit as people don't particularly care what background you have. Sometimes you want a "dummies" book and you get a Ph.D. thesis as a recommendation (an exaggeration). Search for…
Yes it's very hard for an intro course and I agree that it needs more exercises by I think that's the nature of Harvard courses. I usually recommend Java course from Helsinki university as intro course (part 1 is enough) because it has many exercises and you can switch to C in cs50 easily after.
https://programming-21.mooc.fi/ A lot of people recommend their Java course so this might be worth a look. Otherwise would definitely check out the Harvard one mentioned earlier