r/learnjava • u/Substantial-Art7747 • 7d ago

i want to learn java

I have zero prior knowledge of programming and i have decided to start my journey with java. i have JDK and IntelliJ ide installed on my computer. i am looking for free courses out there that can help me. i have seen everyone here recommending MOOC's course but i think they use a different ide not intelliJ. what do i do

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u/whiterhino8 7d ago

Java is good language to learn the basics . Just Take in account that It has some learning curve compare to other popular languages. learn the basic a while and than push your self to write actual projects so you don't waste your time.
Personally I found the official books superior to others like the "Java: The Complete Reference" and "Java: A Beginner's Guide" .

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u/Substantial-Art7747 6d ago

okay thanks for your advice

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u/denerose 5d ago

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u/consciousness_dev 4d ago

Are you learning for fun (self-entertaining) or for get a job?

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u/FreeLogicGate 3d ago

You can write java using any text editor. Jetbrains IntelliJ is by far the most used commercial Java IDE, so you've started with it, there's no reason to worry that the MOOC course utilized a different editor/IDE.

You will still be able to learn java from the course.

Eclipse and Netbeans are two well known alternatives to using IntelliJ, and if either of those are being used with the course, you could install whichever one the course used if that makes you more comfortable, but you would still be able to create new projects, open your code in either one, debug code, modify, and add to it so you really don' t have to commit to one IDE over the other.