I competed Bucky's Beginner Java course and have a question on what now

[FireAnt]

Hi, so about two weeks ago I decided that I will study Java and I thought that best way would be to watch videos from thenewboston and today I competed his beginner watch list. What I did is I watched videos of one project and tried to recreate it, and if I had problems I would watch that part of video again and try to solve my problems. Before proceeding I wanted to ask you what do you think I should do now? Start watching his intermediate tutorials, try to create some simple programs with what I know (and do you have any ideas about what should I create?), learn basics of C++ and see which one of this two languages I prefer or do something else. I'm thinking about learning basics of C++ my friend who is going to collage this year asked around and found out that he will be mostly learning Python and C++, and I already know basics of Python. I will most likely go to same collage as he is in 2 years (I would like to go to another, but even if I tried my hardest I don't think I'll have enough points to enter that one) and I don't know what would be a better idea, to know both Java and C++ or to be better at C++ and have easier time in collage? 

[seiny]

Why don't you get serious and do a course

 

Get some qualification under your belt - Then look for a job and study further.

[Guest]

Pick a project, while you figure out what to do next keep using that knowledge so it'll really stick.

[Freaky_spider]

just saying that watching a video and recreating what he did doesnt learn you how to code

 

you need to start some projects and see what you can do, copying someone isnt hard (thats what i think you did after reading your post)

[FireAnt]

Why don't you get serious and do a course

 

Get some qualification under your belt - Then look for a job and study further.

Are there any free courses that you could recommend and that are worth taking? I googled a bit and found one at udemy but I went through most of that already, and I can't get paid one as I'm 16 and can't buy it.

[FireAnt]

just saying that watching a video and recreating what he did doesnt learn you how to code

 

you need to start some projects and see what you can do, copying someone isnt hard (thats what i think you did after reading your post)

What I did is watch is videos, try to understand what each command does and when should I use it and then after the video was over I tried creating a program that did same thing myself. If I didn't understand something even after I wrote it I tried googling and learning about it on other sources (I had most trouble using objects and multiple classes). But I understand what you are saying, and I'll try to take make something myself. I think first thing I'll be writing is a GUI calculator.

[Freaky_spider]

What I did is watch is videos, try to understand what each command does and when should I use it and then after the video was over I tried creating a program that did same thing myself. If I didn't understand something even after I wrote it I tried googling and learning about it on other sources (I had most trouble using objects and multiple classes). But I understand what you are saying, and I'll try to take make something myself. I think first thing I'll be writing is a GUI calculator.

i would say keep on reading / watching about coding and try to do incorporate multiple episodes / chapters into one project 

[seiny]

Are there any free courses that you could recommend and that are worth taking? I googled a bit and found one at udemy but I went through most of that already, and I can't get paid one as I'm 16 and can't buy it.

So your still going to school? In that case finish school and go towards programming after, In the mean time you can continue watching and learning like others mentioned - The plus side is if you keep to it and do a real course after finishing school, you'll have a big head start.

 

I don't know of any free courses.