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Programming Part 1 (Java)

University of Helsinki

3 recommenders · 3 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2016–2017 · score 2.3

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A free introductory Java programming course from the University of Helsinki, delivered through its MOOC platform, covering the basics of programming in Java; it is the first part of a two-part series.

Commenters point to it as a free, structured way to start learning Java and programming in general, and suggest following it with part 2 and projects.

Programming Languagesbeginnerfreeinteractive MOOC#java#introduction to programming#self-paced#university of helsinki#mooc

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20162017

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  1. Recommendsrainhorse3r/learnprogramming2017in “What book should I get to score a 5 on AP Computer Science A?”

    It doesn't matter what book you get, but you should only need 1. Just keep up on your schoolwork, and after you finish the java udemy course, start working through the book. The book will get you a higher score, but if you want to get better at programming in general, you should do this java…

  2. Recommendseru_melkorr/learnprogramming2016in “A newbie asking; how can I get started with my plan of becoming a programmer in 5 to 10 years?”

    You don't need 5 years to put food on the table as a programmer. It should take about 1 year if you are willing to put in the hours and are genuinely interested in computer science. Start with java. It's a very popular language. Don't suffer from analysis-paralysis. Go through the following…

  3. Recommendsimaghostspooookyr/learnprogramming2016in “I highly recommend Harvard's free, online 2016 CS50 "Intro to CS" course for anyone new to programming”

    Yes, I was taking about my cc classes, but if you want to learn java, university of Helsinki has a [free course] ( http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/), you can audit UCSDs java course on coursera (they have others too), udacity has free java courses, so does mit ocw (6.092 I think…

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