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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