Update #4 – Another one off the list
The title is a poor word joke, as I am finishing up on chapter 8 with Arrays, Lists, ArrayList and LinkedList. Not too complex I think, although the LinkedList has some quirks for sure. I do get how it works in code, but I am not sure yet why you need a separate iterator to be able to iterate through the elements. Well, I probably have to practice some more to get used to it.
Not much to say about lists, so maybe a small update on the course and the learning experience. I still like the structured manner the topics are presented. What I do see now: doing the challenges yourself before checking out the solution is maybe one of the most valuable parts. I am still somewhat frustrated that the teacher often has another take on the solution, but usually there is a lot to learn on how to efficiently solve certain standard problems.
Earlier I was positive about the exercises, for which you have to copy your code to the website where it runs and checks the output. I am less positive now. In last chapters the challenges were quite large (several videos), but at the exercise it turns out the you almost literally have to create the code from the challenge. That is not much of an exercise.
Anyway, still like the learning and the (almost) daily progress I make. Next Topic: Inner- and Abstract Classes & Interfaces.