Am I the only one who finds these videos hard to follow?

I have the same issue. I feel like certain concepts could be explained better if at all. I find a lot of "ok so were gonna type this here and this here" but not really explaining what the logic is behind it. I end up wasting so much time pausing the video and studying the code to figure it out myself. I also use google. I found this amazing Java guy on you tube who actually goes through everything and explains it clearly and whenever he's done he goes through it one more time just to make sure you got it. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTjHmuuvJs

When I first started learning Java at TreeHouse, the vids were hard for me as well. Now I am into Java for almost an year and I understand what is going on in the vids. I would suggest, you guys read all the links posted in the Teachers notes and write your own code all the time! The more you write code and the more you read, the better you will understand :)

It depends what you are finding hard to follow. Is it the terminology? If you don't understand what words like 'method', 'class', and 'parameter' mean in the world of programming these videos would be difficult to follow. I first learned these from a book I bought for another language, Python. I found I didn't really understand what many things really meant until I started actually using them when trying to write some programs. I found it a difficult concept to understand how each file is communicating with each other. My suggestion is to slow down and in some ways trust that as you use the language, it will become clearer. This is my first time learning from videos as I've only used books before. I found programming to be very frustrating learning on my own. So this is nice to have a video to explain things more than just reading.

I agree. I use Caveofprogramming.com to better understand the topics.

I think there might be few more along with you.. Let me help you all out.. In the beginning I was not into online learning.. A Simple Solution - "Immerse Yourself into The Topic" Open the video tab (google chrome) and keep it in half screen and open up the workspace and keep it in other half.. Follow the experts as the teach.. in the end - go through what you typed.. <b>GRAB THE CONCEPT</b> Its the best method.. Try it for a series of videos.. You would get acquainted and YES .. Do Google.. And Feel free to ask the community as our expert teachers always suggests..

David I was just about to ask the exact same question!! Craig is a great teacher but he sometimes goes way too fast like he is doing these videos for advanced programmers! I didn't get anything from this video because he introduced many new terms which to me I think is an overload information. Like Steve suggested is to use Google and Youtube for further videos and articles to break down whatever code that we don't understand. Every time I was new video I get more frustrated and thinking of quitting and have this voice inside me telling me that "Java is not for you... find something else to learn" but I'm just gonna keep on going and see how far will I get.

Good luck for both of us :)

I have also found them fairly difficult to comprehend. Granted, I am only 15, but I almost always end up watching the videos twice. I guess I will just finish my 2-hour course in 4 hours.