This book is intended for software developers who want to step into the world of software quality assurance and perform automation testing using testing frameworks. This book assumes Java programming experience for writing tests.

Chapter 1, First Programming Steps in Java, will introduce Java to you, along with the steps for installation and writing a small program to get started.

Chapter 2, Understanding Classes, Objects, and Their Usage in Java, will cover the basic concepts, such as strings and variables, and how they are different from each other. We will also discuss objects and their importance.

Chapter 3, Handling Strings and Their Functions in Java, will show you how to define a string using the String class, using an example to demonstrate.

Chapter 4, Building Blocks for Java Programs – Loops and Conditions, will help you to understand important loops through examples.

Chapter 5, Everything You Need to Know About Interfaces and Inheritance, will cover some important concepts, such as interfaces, inheritance, function overloading, and function overriding.

Chapter 6, Learning Everything about Arrays, will cover one of the most important concepts in Java, arrays; we will look at a few examples to understand the working of arrays.

Chapter 7, Understanding Date Class and Constructors in Java 11, will dive into the Date class and constructors in detail.

Chapter 8, Importance of the super and this Keywords and Exceptions in Java, is all about two keywords: super and this. We will pick examples and explain how they are put to use in various situations while writing our Java code.

Chapter 9, Understanding the Collections Framework, will dive deep into the collections framework, which consists of interfaces and classes. We will have a look at the three major collections: List, Set, and Map. In addition, ArrayList from the List collection, HashSet from the Set collection, and HashMap and HashTable from the Map collection, will be discussed in this chapter.

Chapter 10, The Importance of the final Keyword, Packages, and Modifiers, will cover some important concepts, including the final keyword and importance of packages and modifiers in Java.

Any prior knowledge of Java would be helpful during the course of the book.

package coreJava;
public class finaldemo {
           public static void main(String[] args) {
               //TODO Auto-generated method stub

protected void abc() {
    //TODO Auto-generated method stub
  System.out.println("Hello");
}

$ import package.classname

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