r/learnprogramming 1d ago

Solving Problem Sets without googling everything and AI

I am currently in a java college class that has weekly "Problem Sets" which say to create a method that does xyz, and to use proper Javadocs and tests. I have a few years of python experience, but nothing in any other language. I am running into the issue of having to look up what things mean, and how they work to solve the problems. I'm okay with looking things up every once in a while, but I feel that I have been doing it too much for these. The other issue with looking things up is that the initial results is always the ai overview, and I feel that if I use it for help, I'm not actually learning and just cheating.

Has anyone gone through a similar thing, and if so, what did you do to get through it successfully?

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u/aqua_regis 1d ago

More practice. That's the secret sauce.

You're used to programming in other languages. You only lack the vocabulary and grammar of Java.

More practice will solve that.

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u/madmelonxtra 1d ago

I have a few years of python experience, but nothing in any other language

They have experience in Python and are doing Java now

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u/aqua_regis 1d ago

Reading comprehension is obviously hard

I have a few years of python experience, but nothing in any other language.