This lab introduces you to JShell, an interactive REPL Java utility. You will be required to complete the following guided coding exercises:

• Exercise 1 - Starting and Stopping: Learn how to start and stop JShell 
• Exercise 2 - Feedback Modes: Learn how to configure different feedback modes to help with your interaction with JShell
• Exercise 3 - Snippets: Declare and use Java statements, variables, methods, expressions, and class definitions
• Exercise 4 - Commands: Learn to use the various JShell commands to control the session

Lab Objectives

Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:

• Confidently use the JShell for exploratory Java coding and prototyping

You should:

• Be comfortable with using a browser-based IDE
• Be comfortable with using the integrated terminal

Lab Environment

This lab will start with the following AWS resources provisioned automatically for you:

• A single EC2 instance, named ide.java.platform.instance, which will have a public IP address attached. This instance will host a web-based Java IDE (based on the Visual Code editor).

To achieve the lab end state, you will be walked through the process of:

• Using your local browser, access the web-based Java IDE served from the ide.java.platform.instance
• Completing the 4 lab exercises:
  • Exercise 1 - Starting and Stopping
  • Exercise 2 - Feedback Modes
  • Exercise 3 - Snippets
  • Exercise 4 - Commands 

Updates

June 16th, 2018 - Optimized creation of lab resources to reduce the time it takes to access the browser IDE by 60%.