Getting Started with Java
Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 10 minutes and 49 seconds
Students: 3,456
Rating: 3.9/5
This training lesson introduces you to the basic principles of creating Java classes. We’ll review in depth the coding requirements to create a new Java class, detailing things like constructors, fields, methods, instance variables vs static variables, etc.
Learning Objectives
- Be able to code a simple Java class
- Understand instance variables and static variables
- Be able to create object instances
- Understand the differences between Primitives vs Object References
- Be able to Implement the main method to create an instance of the defined class
- Write a class with accessor methods to read and write private instance variables
- Write a constructor to initialize an instance with data
- Write a constructor that calls other constructors of the class to benefit from code reuse
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of software development
- A basic understanding of the software development life cycle
Intended Audience
- Software Engineers interested in learning Java to develop applications
- Software Architects interested in learning Java to design applications
- Anyone interested in basic Java application development and associated tooling
- Anyone interested in understanding the basics of the Java SDK
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