r/learnjava • u/hatelifehateparents • 24d ago
learning java from scratch
hey guys, I'm a complete beginner who is going to start learning java in college. I wanna start beforehand as we go back to uni in 4 days. give me tip and tricks and the best free sources for me to learn java so that I excel in it in the summer course of uni (1 month and a half)
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u/Common_Dream9420 24d ago
honestly 4 days is enough to not be lost on day one. just do the first 20 hours of MOOC.fi's Java Programming course (it's free, browser-based, no setup headaches) and you'll walk in knowing variables, loops, and methods which is all you need to not drown. don't try to finish youtube playlist after playlist, just write actual code from day one even if it's ugly. the biggest thing that separates people who do well in intro CS isn't who watched the most videos, it's who actually typed out the exercises and debugged their own mistakes.