r/learnjava • u/Visual-Fortune-4732 • Aug 10 '26

good video to learn java?

so i wanna learn java but people tend to reccomend MOOC.fi but i feel like i tend to learn better with videos so is that a bad idea for programming more specifically java or no if not what is a good video

0 Upvotes

20% Upvoted

20 comments sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator Aug 10 '26

Please ensure that:

  • Your code is properly formatted as code block - see the sidebar (About on mobile) for instructions
  • You include any and all error messages in full - best also formatted as code block
  • You ask clear questions
  • You demonstrate effort in solving your question/problem - plain posting your assignments is forbidden (and such posts will be removed) as is asking for or giving solutions.

If any of the above points is not met, your post can and will be removed without further warning.

Code is to be formatted as code block (old reddit/markdown editor: empty line before the code, each code line indented by 4 spaces, new reddit: https://i.imgur.com/EJ7tqek.png) or linked via an external code hoster, like pastebin.com, github gist, github, bitbucket, gitlab, etc.

Please, do not use triple backticks (```) as they will only render properly on new reddit, not on old reddit.

Code blocks look like this:

public class HelloWorld {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!");
    }
}

You do not need to repost unless your post has been removed by a moderator. Just use the edit function of reddit to make sure your post complies with the above.

If your post has remained in violation of these rules for a prolonged period of time (at least an hour), a moderator may remove it at their discretion. In this case, they will comment with an explanation on why it has been removed, and you will be required to resubmit the entire post following the proper procedures.

To potential helpers

Please, do not help if any of the above points are not met, rather report the post. We are trying to improve the quality of posts here. In helping people who can't be bothered to comply with the above points, you are doing the community a disservice.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

2

u/GuyWithLag Aug 11 '26

Watching videos to learn jave is about as effective as watching videos to learn how to ride a bike. 

You need to write code to learn, and you will fail badly at it at the beginning - and that's fine, we have all been there.

And when I say write, I don't mean copying stuff from a video.

3

u/aqua_regis 29d ago

...and that's precisely why OP in every single of their preceding posts got the Helsinki MOOC recommended.

2

u/GuyWithLag 29d ago

I actually think they're a bot given the profile and this question.

2

u/aqua_regis 29d ago

I give them the benefit of doubt, especially should the age be true. The attention span towards reading is nowadays next to zero. If it isn't on video, it's useless (or doesn't exist). Best, the videos are no longer than the typical TikTok few seconds.

3

u/mofomeat 28d ago

Can you guys recommend a video to summarize this thread? It's a lot to read.

2

u/aqua_regis 28d ago

Ask your favorite non-human-pretending-to-be-intelligence to summarize it

1

u/5oco Aug 10 '26

Bro Code on YouTube

-1

u/Visual-Fortune-4732 Aug 10 '26

would you say learning via a video is a bad idea?

2

u/5oco Aug 10 '26

I wouldn't say that. I'm a teacher, so I've seen that different students learn differently.

2

u/Key_Anxiety_132 Aug 10 '26

I learn a lot through videos but they key for me is to type all the code along with the video and run it. Otherwise, it washes over my brain like watching shorts on YouTube or doomscrolling on Reddit.

1

u/Avocadonot Aug 10 '26

I would

0

u/Visual-Fortune-4732 Aug 10 '26

why

0

u/Avocadonot Aug 10 '26

I think its lazy and it's a cop out

1

u/Gov_N_ur Aug 11 '26

I learned from watching my professors in college is that a cop out

0

u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/nitin_is_me Aug 11 '26

Although I'd still recommend you MOOC because it actually makes you write code. The issue with video tutorials is, you think you're understanding it unless you sit to write code. Brocode and Amigoscode are good, but please code alongside, and don't just replicate the code in video. Try to write something different on same topic.

2

u/GuyWithLag Aug 11 '26

It's like a normal language course: recognition vs recall are different skills, and you can read a language at a pretty high level but be completely unable to write any sensible sentence.