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11 Best Methods Courses for Beginners

We compared 11 Methods courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $9.99 to $199.99. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
11
Price range
$9.99 – $199.99
Providers
Coursera, Udemy
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "methods" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Apply Java Programming Fundamentals and Modern Features

    Offered by EDUCBA

    By the end of this course, learners will be able to write, debug, and structure Java programs using core syntax, control flow, object-oriented principles, GUI components, and modern Java language features. They will conf...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    The Complete C# Programming Course for Beginners

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Fundamentals of Java Programming

    Offered by Board Infinity

    This fundamentals of Java programming course gives you the complete core Java skills that software development and Java developer roles demand - covering JVM architecture, Java syntax, OOP principles, and hands-on lab pr...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Java School 1: Basic Programming for Students and Beginners

    Welcome to Java School, the perfect course for anyone looking to learn programming from the ground up! This course is designed for:High school students who are approaching coding for the first time.First-year university...

    $24.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Ruby Fundamentals and Basic Programming Concepts

    Offered by Packt

    Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    C# Fundamentals For Complete Beginners

    If you want to develop a thorough understanding of:why you should choose .Net as a platform and C# as the main programming language for your applications;the ideas behind namespaces and their practical use in project dep...

    $19.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Ruby Programming From Scratch : No Experience Required

    2024 Update: My Udemy courses are not being updated anymore.I have joined Droidcon Academy and leading the platform. I will continue my passion for teaching by working with thousands of instructors and helping them creat...

    $199.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy Bootcamp Grade C

    Java Programming with DSA & LEETCODE for Absolute Beginners

    “This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.” This course is designed for absolute beginners who want to learn Java programming from scratch and gradually master Data Structures, Algorithms, and LeetCode pro...

    $79.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Microsoft Applied Skills: Get started in C# (for beginners)

    Welcome to my course on "Get started with classes, properties, and methods in C#".Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft.I’ll show you how to download Visual Studio C...

    $99.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    Fundamentals of Java with NetBeans

    This is a mini-course about the programming language Java. You will learn about how to install the NetBeans IDE together with Java, create your first project and start this project. The course will introduce you into com...

    $19.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C Lowest price here

    Programming in C#: A comprehensive approach to C# Fundamentals

    Offered by Coursera

    In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to start in your computer programming path using one of the most relevant programming languages: C#. You will get a good understanding on the basics of how Vis...

    $9.99
    listed price

Best Methods Courses for Beginners compared

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 11 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $190.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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