Good place to learn coding? java
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I say this every time, yet nobody seems to listen. Hopefully, you're different.
The best way to learn any full programming language is by reading. To be honest, I hate to read, yet I learned everything I know from reading books. I'm not talking about "Java for Dummies" although that is a decent source, but rather about the books that were made by LONG time programmers. You can easily find these books online, and some of these people actually helped write the language, therefore you will learn all the best habits and most efficient methods. If you truly want to get good a programming with any language you will read a developers book or guide.
I hope this helps.
The way I learned java and html was I literally just went out and bought a book on both of them. I bought the book on Friday and the spent the entire weekend reading and coding with a couple youtube videos I managed to teach myself the basics of Java in a weekend.
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thanks for the help, i appreciate it
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I disagree with books and tutorials, and thenewboston is an awful way to learn Java imo.
The only way to learn something is to learn it and understand what it does so you understand every scenario it could be used. Or else you can't apply it to other things. YouTubers and books tend to do an overview, then go into depth which just added more confusion for me - I can't learn if I don't understand.
Why do you want to learn Java?
Edit: To clarify, books are a good way to learn programming, I just do not find them effective as a starting base. I did try them. Books will give you a wider perspective on the science behind programming, helping with understanding. I think they're a good way to extend your knowledge, not to initially pick up the basics though
The only way to learn something is to learn it and understand what it does so you understand every scenario it could be used. Or else you can't apply it to other things. YouTubers and books tend to do an overview, then go into depth which just added more confusion for me - I can't learn if I don't understand.
Why do you want to learn Java?
Edit: To clarify, books are a good way to learn programming, I just do not find them effective as a starting base. I did try them. Books will give you a wider perspective on the science behind programming, helping with understanding. I think they're a good way to extend your knowledge, not to initially pick up the basics though
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i want to code my own plugins but also just to learn something and have a new skill which i could use for potential jobs in the future.
Then do that. Make plugins you're interested in. If you always wanted to make a kit plugin, make that. Read tutorials, documentation, little snippets of code (and understand them) and code your own kit plugin. In the process, you'll have learnt lots of skills and not get bored (which is a common problem with me, I get bored reading books and never using the knowledge).
The best way to learn is by applying it to something you like. Make the plugins you want to make and the skills will come.
After that, read books when you begin to enjoy the language for a wider understanding to apply it to more complex, non-plugin applications. Bukkit makes Java look easy - it is not that easy in complex applications. Books will help with the science in computer science.
Follow that advice and it'll keep you occupied forever.
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Thank you for the advice, i really appreciate it. i think i will try what you said i try and start coding my own plugin and browse the web for code snippets and learn them and understand them. thanks.
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I'll be purchasing it after my exams and I would suggest that you try it out as most of the students of the course are satisfied and the course is meant for the purpose of developing minecraft plugins as well as having a handful knowledge of Java.
I'll be purchasing it after my exams and I would suggest that you try it out as most of the students of the course are satisfied and the course is meant for the purpose of developing minecraft plugins as well as having a handful knowledge of Java.
Wouldn't recommend to purchase a book. However, this is based on my own personal preference of learning. CodeAcademy teaches some of the basics. A lot of YouTube tutorials do as well. However I found that searching ''Java for beginners'' on Google or YouTube actually does the trick. A combination of beginner websites and YouTube videos in combination of some self exploring and reading things off of this website for more detailed explanations did the trick for me. (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html)
To conclude: Google things, watch various videos and just do whatever you feel is right.
To conclude: Google things, watch various videos and just do whatever you feel is right.
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