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Learn Java with Projects

By : Dr. Seán Kennedy, Maaike van Putten
5 (3)
Book Image

Learn Java with Projects

5 (3)
By: Dr. Seán Kennedy, Maaike van Putten

Overview of this book

Learn Java with Projects stands out in the world of Java guides; while some books skim the surface and others get lost in too much detail, this one finds a nice middle ground. You’ll begin by exploring the fundamentals of Java, from its primitive data types through to loops and arrays. Next, you’ll move on to object-oriented programming (OOP), where you’ll get to grips with key topics such as classes, objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, and more. The chapters are designed in a way that focuses on topics that really matter in real-life work situations. No extra fluff here, so that you get more time to spend on the basics and form a solid foundation. As you make progress, you’ll learn advanced topics including generics, collections, lambda expressions, streams and concurrency. This book doesn't just talk about theory—it shows you how things work with little projects, which eventually add up to one big project that brings it all together. By the end of this Java book, you’ll have sound practical knowledge of Java and a helpful guide to walk you through the important parts of Java.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Java Fundamentals
9
Part 2: Object-Oriented Programming
15
Part 3: Advanced Topics

Screen output

As we know, System.out.println() outputs what is inside the (). To do the exercises, we want to expand on that. Firstly, here’s some code:

String name = "James";    // line 1int age = 23; // line 2
double salary = 50_000.0; // line 3
String out = "Details: "  +  name  +  ", "  +  age  +  ", "  +  salary;//line 4
System.out.println(out);  // line 5

Line 1 declares a string literal "James" and initializes the name variable with it. A string literal is a sequence of characters (including numbers), enclosed in double quotes. We will discuss the String class in detail in Chapter 12.

Lines 2 and 3 should be fine. We are declaring an int type called age and a double type called salary and using literal values to initialize them. The underscore used in line 3, enables us to make large...