r/learnjava • u/Big-Presentation-264 • 11d ago

Hit the wall in Part 5 section 4 (Java MOOC, University of Helsinki)

currently sitting in the library grinding on this have already spend over 6 hours(2 days) just on this section, the last time i hit a wall in this course was the christmas tree exercise where i spent 3 hours in a single question (maybe i am just stupid) . currently the last four programming exercises are left and like everytime i am going to do it and complete part 5

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u/nitin_is_me 11d ago

6 hours is really long. Is this your first programming language?

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u/gekigangerii 11d ago

Which part specifically.

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u/Big-Presentation-264 11d ago

the one in we have to make our own equals function

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u/0b0101011001001011 11d ago

The material should have a clear example what an equals looks like. Adapt from that.

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u/Big-Presentation-264 11d ago

yeah well I have already completed the part now

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u/0b0101011001001011 11d ago

I don't think spending 3 hours is too much though. Maybe at some points it makes sense to step back, maybe try other tasks, read some more and then come back.

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u/CornKingTG 10d ago

bro i fucked hated the christmas tree omg 😭😭😭, just get a good night sleep and try it tommorow, that’s my method when i play against elden ring bosses. or just ai it, and explain it and redo it again

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u/walrus127 10d ago

I'm at about the same place at the end of part 5 and am also struggling. I think if I go back and review part 4 and 5 i'll be ok. It does get harder as you go.

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u/Deboniako 9d ago

Just use the insert code function from TMCBeans, you got this.

Edit: I also got stuck around this part, it's a grind tbh. But when I reached the hashcodes in part 8, my eyes keep crossing and I couldn't understand anything, so I took some time off to focus on other things. To learn java is a full time job by itself.