Continued learning?

Question

I've completed the Java course and I've made a few Java projects on GitHub, but I'm not really sure on where to keep going from here. Should I learn about Java 8+ features? Is there more necessary foundational knowledge? Should I look at Spring Boot? What would some good next steps be?

Answer 1

It all depends in what direction you wanna go. Do you wanna write code for electronic devices? Do you wanna make Android apps? Do you wanna work with websites? What ever is your goal move in that direction.

Answer 2

Java 8 features, absolutely. Streams and lambda functions are too powerful to ignore.

Spring boot is also a good direction, and you should get familiar with productivity / build tools like maven, gradle, junit...