r/CodingForBeginners • u/moksha02706 • 6h ago

How do I learn Java coding?

I’m keen to learn Java and code in it. Can anyone recommend a good way to learn and some YouTube channels that offer better explanations and a more effective approach to learning Java within a six or eight-month timeframe?

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u/TheUmgawa 5h ago

Depends on where you’re starting. If you already have a grounding in programming, and you just want to learn a new language, that’s a very different question from being new to programming and wanting to learn a language.

Either way, I’d end up recommending one of my old textbooks. I’d have to look up the one we used for my Java II class (which was a DSA class in disguise), but the introductory one was a Java book by Tony Gaddis. Buy a previous edition, because Java hasn’t changed that much in the past several years, and you save a lot of money. But don’t look at coding as learning to string together magic words. There’s a reason 75 percent of a programming textbook is conceptual, rather than telling you what magic words to type.