#Which sites have reliable Java information?

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maiden dawn
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I use the Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results Chrome extension to filter Google searches (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/highlight-or-hide-search/ilopipickdimglkalhckioobifbiinbk).

Current setup:

Highlight:

Oracle
Baeldung
Stack Overflow

Hide:

GeeksForGeeks
Javatpoint
Tutorialspoint
W3schools

Do you agree with these categories?

What do you think about the following sites?

https://www.programiz.com/java-programming
https://www.delftstack.com/howto/java
https://www.educative.io

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steady knotBOT
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<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

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maiden dawn
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I wonder if I should hide the last 3 sites I linked.

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There's so much SEO spam on Google nowadays.

willow halo
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Personally I like using GeeksForGeeks here and there, the layout of the site is nice and they give good examples (from what i've seen)

maiden dawn
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This Google alternative gives 50 free searches/month: https://kagi.com

Kagi Search

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Great search experience starts with Kagi!

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I read a bunch of negative comments about the content of G4G on Reddit.

willow halo
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I guess it depends on what exactly you're looking for

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Basic stuff I imagine are correct for the most part on g4g

maiden dawn
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Some topics are overcomplicated or missing in the official docs.

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So I need a site with a more beginner-friendly explanation.

willow halo
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Honestly I'd recommend youtube as well if you want beginner friendly explanations

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Theres a lot of resources about Java on there alone that simplifies a lot of topics

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But again they may not cover everything

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The current sites you have highlighted seem fine

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I don't think it would be a bad idea to occasionally check the hidden sites you have, sometimes they might have exactly what you're looking for

maiden dawn
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I don't like YouTube for coding, I want to be able to scroll up in text for code examples.

willow halo
maiden dawn
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And it isn't possible to skim videos to make sure it's what I'm looking for.

willow halo
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Have you checked out this site before

maiden dawn
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I bookmarked their Java roadmap a while ago.

willow halo
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Alright

maiden dawn
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Thanks anyways.

willow halo
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Np

silk pewter
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dev.java is very subpar^

maiden dawn
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It's the updated version of the official Oracle Java tutorial, what's wrong with it?

silk pewter
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here is an exercise

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read it through, from the beginning, as if you did not know java

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keep the question in your head of "who is this for"

maiden dawn
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It's geared towards people with some exposure to programming, but not to Java. I will go through it when I'm done with my JetBrains course.

silk pewter
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seriously

maiden dawn
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Which sites do you use then?

silk pewter
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I am past that. I used my college and word of mouth + working with people directly

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I am convinced there are no truly good free resources for java

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dev.java is just particularly bad

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(and depressingly since it could be a new tutorial. it has the right domain and right backing. it just is not)

maiden dawn
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I started with the MOOC.fi, it's a great free resource to start with. After that, I did the 3 months free trial of JetBrains Academy and I bought the yearly plan.

silk pewter
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I bought the yearly plan.
And there it is^

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mooc is decent enough. not ideal, but pretty decent.

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but it only goes so far, and it doesn't do as good a job of laying "conceptual fundamentals" as it does "mechanical fundamentals"

maiden dawn
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I agree, the JBA Java Backend Developer track takes it to the next level.

silk pewter
maiden dawn
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After that, I will start applying for junior positions.

silk pewter
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lol what

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apply now my man

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the bar is lower than you think

maiden dawn
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I could, but I want to build on strong fundamentals. To get to a level, where I can tell if some practice is bad at the job. I don't want to pick up bad practices at my first job.

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So I will finish this course, it will take me 6 months at least.

silk pewter
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how old are you?

maiden dawn
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39

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So dev.java is the terrible book, I will use it that way then. 😄