This series of articles is designed to teach Java programming to the complete beginner. Absolutely no programming background is assumed. There are 20 parts in the series.
Part 1 – This part, the one you’re reading, introduces the series and briefly describes what you can expect to find in each article.
Part 2 - Java: Data, Variable And Algorithm Explained: we explain the foundation concepts of data and variable and then show how to write an algorithm for solving a sample problem.
Part 3 – Java Example: Algorithm And Program For Area Of Square: we show you how to write a program from an algorithm. As our example, we write a program to calculate the area of a square. We introduce the technical terms class, syntax, declaration, input, output and comments.
Part 4 – Test, Debug, Document, Maintain: we discuss the last three stages of the program development process - testing and debugging, documentation and maintenance.
Part 5 – JDK Java Compiler: How to Acquire One: we tell you how to acquire a Java compiler by downloading the Java Development Kit, more popularly known as the JDK. We also tell you how to prepare your program for compiling and execution.
Part 6 - How To Compile And Run Java Programs: we show you how to compile and run your Java program using the Command Prompt window. For convenience, we tell you how to set the Path variable in Windows.
Part 7 – What Are Data Types? we discuss the concept of data types—a fundamental building block of almost all programming languages. The most common data types are numbers and strings. Each data type defines constants of that type.
Part 8 – My First Java Program: we explain the notion of characters, the basic building blocks from which all programs are created, and we begin our programming journey by writing our first Java program.
Part 9 – Java Program Layout, printf and newline: we discuss the importance of program layout. We also introduce the newline character and show how to use it in producing output.
Part 10 – How To Print in Java Using Escape Sequences: we explore how to print the values of variables using printf. We also explain what an 'escape sequence' is and how to use one in printf.
