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About the Course

Learn to code in Java and improve your programming and problem-solving skills. You will learn to design algorithms as well as develop and debug programs. Using custom open-source classes, you will write programs that access and transform images, websites, and other types of data. At the end of the course you will build a program that determines the popularity of different baby names in the US over time by analyzing comma separated value (CSV) files. After completing this course you will be able to: 1. Edit, compile, and run a Java program; 2. Use conditionals and loops in a Java program; 3. Use Java API documentation in writing programs. 4. Debug a Java program using the scientific method; 5. Write a Java method to solve a specific problem; 6. Develop a set of test cases as part of developing a program; 7. Create a class with multiple methods that work together to solve a problem; and 8. Use divide-and-conquer design techniques for a program that uses multiple methods....

Top reviews

FA

Oct 7, 2017

Excellent explanations and amount of course work for practice, the tests made good use of the examples and work given, I am satisfied with what I learned in this course and see it's real world usage.

AS

Dec 10, 2020

Excellent explanations and amount of course work for practice, the tests made good use of the examples and work given, I am satisfied with what I learned in this course and see it's real world usage.

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By KOUTILYA B

Jul 19, 2020

In the middle, it seemed hard as I was not able to debug one of my programs but this course is great at it covers a wide variety of topics.

By Abu R O

Aug 1, 2019

Although the course was a bit difficulty in the beginning but with determination and focus, in the end you will be happy for not have given

By Eugeny K

Nov 7, 2018

This course presents some very interesting and challenging tasks. For a newbie like me it takes some time to solve the course assignments.

By Rasod M K A

May 26, 2021

Great Java course for beginners!!! Now I can comfortabily code solve problems in Java without stressing. Their 7 step method is great!!!

By Riaan F V

Apr 1, 2017

The Java Programming Course is helping me learn this imperative language and one that is very often used in large enterprises. Thank you!

By MARTHA N

Jul 29, 2023

I enjoyed this course so much. I had looked for a course this rich for so long. I can literally see myself improving. Thank you so much!

By Tshegofatso M

Jul 17, 2021

Great introduction to Java and insightful problem solving techniques. The structured approach can be scaled up to more complex problems

By Deleted A

May 11, 2020

in some quises answer gets wrong due to round of misunderstandings.Other than that everything was very good and very interesting.Thanks

By chetan k

Apr 5, 2020

This course allows me to build my JAVA concepts and it allowed me to think and analyze code which gave me the confidence to learn more.

By Jeff H

Mar 30, 2020

Extremely well put together and easy to follow. This went a long way in supplementing my online degree program! Thanks to all involved!

By DILEEP K

Feb 3, 2020

This is really great course, and very hard to crack some problem anyway Thanks All Dear Instructors, Duke University and Coursera Team

By Trần C L

Oct 5, 2019

I have been struggling a lots with code that works but not as expected. Taught myself how to debug my code. Thanks for a great course!

By Crystiane M

Sep 9, 2016

This course was really awesome!

I enjoyed doing the assignments and the way how the content was being taught was impressive. Very good!

By Hina N

Aug 13, 2022

This course is very Amazing and informative. this course help me in learning the java programming and solving problems with software.

By SULEYMAN Y

Jan 6, 2020

Quiz questions was really great. I learned much more to solve those questions. I would like to thank to Duke university and Coursera.

By Pranav L

Jul 19, 2020

Fantastic Course. Cleared Most of my Concepts and I also many of the new concepts and methods of object-oriented programming in java

By Peng Y

Aug 7, 2016

I join this course without no java programming experience. This course is really helpful and also challenging. It is worth the time.

By abdelrahman M

May 11, 2021

Amazing course , tho i had to use Github to get some codes . but i learnt alot and understood more about problem solving and coding

By Vamshi D

Mar 29, 2020

The course has explained everything from the scratch and the practise assignments are enough for what we learn through the course.

By Digvijay K

Jan 23, 2020

Nice course, but library that we are practicing is of duke and I'm not sure how can we use that in our project.

Is it open source.?

By Varshith K

Nov 12, 2021

Learnt a lot...but it would have been better if some other IDE or Notepad were used instead of Bluej....Great course for novices!

By Anant S

Jan 16, 2020

Simply amazing course cleared my many doubts and i guess helped me building my main foundation which is required for programming.

By Frank S

Dec 11, 2017

Great course with challenging assignments. If you want learn Java seriously, you may consider take this one. Strongly recommend.

By Yiran Z

Jun 24, 2017

Great course, walk through several examples and let you work with some real tasks on your own. Learned a lot as a Java beginner.

By Paul H

Feb 13, 2016

Another great selection of topics and problems. I enjoyed this course. Very good balance in terms of concepts and test problems.