A free, self-paced introductory programming course from the University of Helsinki that teaches programming basics through Java. It combines written lessons with many practice exercises completed in an IDE with automated tests, and covers how things are done in professional settings.

Commenters call it a great free introduction to programming with a good first look at Java, and one says they know of no better free option for learning a programming language.

On Reddit (2)

1. Strongly recommendsCleverBunnyThiefr/learnprogramming2020in “Help me plan the next 5 years to make mine and my SO's dream come true”▲ 2

   I would recommend you start working on the Java tutorial offered by Helsinki University at mooc.fi . It's a great introduction to programming plus you get a nice intro to Java. It's self paced with written lessons and a lot of practice exercises. You have to type all the code in an IDE and run…

2. RecommendsNarcmager/learnprogramming2016in “Best way to learn programming?”▲ 23

   Terrible documentation: Annoying to navigate, but it's usually all there, you just have to read the entire doc sometimes to find what you're actually looking for. The JSON entry is one that used to frustrate me before I got the hang of it. Bad community: I don't agree with that statement at all…

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