A free, self-paced introductory Java programming course from the University of Helsinki, delivered through the mooc.fi platform. It uses small graded exercises checked by an automated system and is followed by a Part 2.

Commenters praise its structured, automatically tested exercises and say it is better than paid alternatives while being free.

On Reddit (4)

1. Strongly recommendshugthemachinesr/learnprogramming2018in “I have around 6 months of free time (only working 10 hours/week). I want to be able to learn programming so that I can get any type of experience and at least get a minimum wage job in the programming field. What should I be doing in this 6 month timeframe?”

   I recommend you begin with this: https://www.udemy.com/java-tutorial/ Then do this: http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/ followed by the second part: http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-2/ They are recommended by java subreddits and i have tried them both and I think they are…

2. Strongly recommendsRoboFroogsr/learnprogramming2017in “Pay What You Want: Learn to Code 2017 Bundle”

   I say do what works best for you... personally I've found that I function best in a structured learning environment and HIGHLY recommend the University of Helsinki's online self learning course to learn Java. http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/ It's a 12 week program that has a pretty…

3. RecommendsCodeTinkererr/learnprogramming2017in “Best way to learn programming and which language?”

   I would check the programming language being used at the university you intend to go to. For you, I think it's Java. Here's an online course in Java: http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/ It's from a university in Finland, but they do have an English version of the course. It's a series…

4. Recommendseru_melkorr/learnprogramming2017in “One year reddit programmer challenge”

   step 1: get the basics of a programming language: http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/ step 2: solve some problems using programming * project euler (since maths is one of your strength) * codeforces.com * https://uva.onlinejudge.org/ here is a list of problems and some tips I gave…

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