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Introduction to Programming

By : Nick Samoylov
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Introduction to Programming

By: Nick Samoylov

Overview of this book

Have you ever thought about making your computer do what you want it to do? Do you want to learn to program, but just don't know where to start? Instead of guiding you in the right direction, have other learning resources got you confused with over-explanations? Don't worry. Look no further. Introduction to Programming is here to help. Written by an industry expert who understands the challenges faced by those from a non-programming background, this book takes a gentle, hand-holding approach to introducing you to the world of programming. Beginning with an introduction to what programming is, you'll go on to learn about languages, their syntax, and development environments. With plenty of examples for you to code alongside reading, the book's practical approach will help you to grasp everything it has to offer. More importantly, you'll understand several aspects of application development. As a result, you'll have your very own application running by the end of the book. To help you comprehensively understand Java programming, there are exercises at the end of each chapter to keep things interesting and encourage you to add your own personal touch to the code and, ultimately, your application.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Executing and unit testing an application

There are several ways to execute our new application. In the Building the application section, we saw that all of the compiled classes are stored by IntelliJ IDEA (using the built-in Maven) in the target folder. This means that we can execute the application by using the java tool and listing the folder target with the -classpath option.

To do that, open a Command Prompt or Terminal window and go to the root directory of our new project. If you are not sure where it is, look at the top line of the IntelliJ IDEA window that shows the full path to it. Once you are in the project root directory (it is the folder where the pom.xml file is located), run the following command:

In the preceding screenshot, you can see that the -classpath option (we used the short version, -cp, instead) has listed the directory where all of the classes are compiled...