Before we get started
Hey there future programmer! Congratulations on taking your first step into learning Java! I really hope you enjoy this course. Before we get started will need two things: The latest version of Java JDK (Java Development Kit)An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) To download the latest version of Java you can visit the oracle website at…
Lesson 1: Lets make our first Java program!
It is customary for all programmers to create a Hello World program as their first program. We shall honor this tradition and make our very own! Step 1: Open up your Integrated Development Environment (I will be using JGrasp.) Step 2: Lets create a class to hold our program! To do this, lets write the…
Lesson 2: Understanding our HelloWorld program – Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
After writing our first Java program in Lesson 1, it is important to go over our code and make sure that we are familiar with what we have written. If you don’t understand everything by the end of this lesson, that is alright. Some of what we go over will make more sense with time.…
Lesson 3: Understanding our HelloWorld program – Methods
After going over classes and Object-Oriented Programming in Lesson 2, we will look at another important aspect of our code – methods. Nested within the brackets of our class “HelloWorld” (that we created in Lesson 1,) we have our main method: In order to execute our code, we need this main method. It is worth…
Coding Challenge 1
Now that we have a couple of basic concepts under our belt, I want you to make your own program! Using our HelloWorld program from lesson 1 as a template, I want you to do the following: Create a public class with the name “codingRocks”Implement the main methodUse the system method to print out “Coding…