Interested In Learning Java - Have Already Started Learning

[ChiefSmarties]

Hello, I am very interested in learning how to develop plugins using Java. I have thought about this seriously with developer friends of mine and I have decided that I really do want to take on this. A specific developer friend of mine has been "guiding" me with 6-7 minute tutorials that can be found in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE2CE09D83EE3E28 . So far I have finished 15 tutorials though I am not sure if I should continue with these tutorials or have someone actually tutor me. I do believe I am a faster paced learner if that should affect this decision at all. Thank you for anyone that can help me with this.

 

[ChiefSmarties]

I'll sadly admit that I watched about 80 of them when I was learning, or however many there are. They were great and taught me some good things, but I found that once I had started to code by myself at the same time, I was skipping a lot of videos because I had already learn it myself. And now that I am a lot better, I also see him breaking a LOT of conventions. So no, don't continue.

Edit: don't fucking pay. just no. Why pay for something that you can teach yourself for free?

Can you add me on discord @ChiefSmarties#9385? I'd like to talk about this more in private.

 

[Ambrosia]

Just a small point on that amazing minigame, he called a fucking class 'Runnable' smh. To the op, I would reccomend what somebody else said and just code yourself. As long as you have the basics down start coding something. Don't release it to the public as, expectedly, it won't be any good. But see how others solve problems that you have, look at github sources, go on a (cough) popular server software's forum and read the section called 'Plugin Development'. It shows people asking questions about their god awful code and people shouting at them for not adhering to proper practises, you may see that you're doing some of them. Also, read up on google about coding practices, I reccomend you start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID If you don't understand it yet, don't worry. Keep coming back to it, or google definitions to those things until you do understand it =) It's important to not just learn Java, but Object Orientated Programming.

If you just started, releasing your code to GitHub is a fantastic idea because people will give you constructive criticism.