Take your first step towards a career in software development with this introduction to Java—one of the most in-demand programming languages and the Android operating system’s foundation. Designed for beginners and advanced, this Specialization will teach you core and advanced programming concepts and equip you to write programs to solve complex problems. You will also gain the foundational skills a software engineer needs to solve real-world problems, from designing algorithms to testing and debugging your programs.

This course focus on projects. This Specialization will help you create a portfolio of work to demonstrate your new programming skills. In the capstone, you will create a recommender engine similar to those used by big enterprises. Additional projects in your portfolio will include an interactive webpage that applies filters to images, an analysis of CSV data files, an encryption program, and a predictive text generator.