I begin my journey with Head First Java (Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra). After reading a few chapters, I can understand why they named it what they did. The start of the book tells you that you should have a somewhat decent understanding of programming, which I don't. Its probably for that reason that I struggled to get through. At some stage in the book, it tells you that you're going to create a battleship game (bearing in mind, I hadn't touched an IDE or written any code yet). I tried my best to push through, but the logic just went over my head.
Even after giving up just a few chapters in, It definitely taught me the very basics of the language. For example, the difference between primitive and reference try variables + how Classes, Methods and statements work together. As well as the general syntax/layout of the code.
However, it was time to find something more friendly, something that didn't move so quickly through the fundumentals.
And so I moved onto a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) developed by the University of Helsinki.
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