Searching for Java Development Lessons

[ComboCity]

Alright, today i'm searching for a Java teacher / Developer that can teach me JAVA, i've done this before but I have lost contact with my old teacher because my skype got hacked, but yea, if you are interested in teaching me then pm me and we can negotiate a price per lesson.
I'm trying to learn java to develop plugins with (Spigot)

 

[ElegantDashes]

Ammar T

 

[Jugtej]

Alright, today i'm searching for a Java teacher / Developer that can teach me JAVA, i've done this before but I have lost contact with my old teacher because my skype got hacked, but yea, if you are interested in teaching me then pm me and we can negotiate a price per lesson.
I'm trying to learn java to develop plugins with (Spigot)

just buy yourself a book. Head first java is a really great book.

 

[SlyTheLord]

just buy yourself a book. Head first java is a really great book.

You won't succeed with just a book lol. I learned java through school for 3 years. The best way of how to use java is to practice all the time which I lacked that , that's why I am not the best at making plugins unfortunately

 

[LordOfTime]

You won't succeed with just a book lol. I learned java through school for 3 years. The best way of how to use java is to practice all the time which I lacked that , that's why I am not the best at making plugins unfortunately

I've heard lots of similar experiences. There are two very general types of methods for learning a language. The most common in "beginners classes" is "look at this code. Now let's go through it, talk about what it does, and then you can write it out yourself". For most people, that will eventually sink in, and usually give you a solid understanding of dos and don'ts, but often it's boring as heck and you don't accomplish anything for yourself for a while. The other way to learn it is the practice it. This method will bring a lot of frustration ("Why doesn't it work!!!" x1000), but this is often a great way to go. However, in order to be able to practice it, you'll need some basic understandings of the language. It sounds like you (directed to OP here) have some basic understanding, and so this method would work for you. Now, doing this by yourself, using primarily the internet as a guide / helper, will result in lots of frustration and confusion along the way, as you'll be running into new stuff a lot, but that is basically how I learned to code (I found a textbook for C++ on a bookshelf when I was 9, and taught myself C++ using it, then discovered the internet coding community and learned from there the rest of the way).

That all being said, a teacher is a great middle ground way to go. A lessons format may tend a tiny bit closer to the "copy this code" side of things at times, but if done well it can give you great hands-on experience and give you a solid theory background too, which is one of the things that self-taught coders can often lack (myself included), because they learn by trying and failing until it works, and often get solutions that don't 100% make sense, or the reasoning behind why to do something (or not do something) can often not be included in the code snippet they use to fix their problems . I can personally say that having somebody to help me walk through more of my "but why can't I just do it this way" moments would've made me a lot better coder a lot faster, as opposed to me having to work out how to optimize bad code, write more efficiently, etc as times demanded later on.

 

[Jugtej]

You won't succeed with just a book lol. I learned java through school for 3 years. The best way of how to use java is to practice all the time which I lacked that , that's why I am not the best at making plugins unfortunately

Head first java is a book that promotes practice. look it up. it great

 

[SlyTheLord]

Head first java is a book that promotes practice. look it up. it great

Thanks for your information than. Might look it up!

 

[GentleFPS]

learning java itself is the ezpz part, after that all you need to do is become a good problem solver and see what solutions work best towards your goal. This is especially easy these days, considering the vast detailed documentation and video tutorials on almost any/everything.

 

[Ammar T]

Alright, today i'm searching for a Java teacher / Developer that can teach me JAVA, i've done this before but I have lost contact with my old teacher because my skype got hacked, but yea, if you are interested in teaching me then pm me and we can negotiate a price per lesson.
I'm trying to learn java to develop plugins with (Spigot)

PM me.

 

[Ammar T]

Don't get lessons from anyone, There is literally no point when you have an unlimited amount of resources such as Udemy, CodeCademy, TeamTreeHouse, TheNewBoston, Youtube and resources on spigot to explain how to do certain things.

The problem with these resources is that they're either lacking in content (CodeCademy) or promote bad programming practices that can be hard to shake (TheNewBoston / YouTube to an extent). There's also, on the other hand, the benefit of a teacher is that you can ask questions in real-time and get a response in real-time as well.

 

[Ammar T]

True but thats what you also have a discord full of active devs waiting to help the first guy who joins the servers asking a question but you do you, And while most teachers on youtube barely know what they're talking about, I've took this course named Java Master Course on Udemy and its literally the best i've seen imo,

My lessons are pretty cheap, £90 for a full course.