Beginning Java Game Development with LibGDX

APPENDIX A

Review of Java Fundamentals

This appendix briefly reviews the core Java concepts that you should be familiar with to understand the material presented in this book. This is not a complete introduction to Java programming, so if any of the topics are unfamiliar, you may want to consult a textbook or tutorial series on Java¹ to learn more about the corresponding material.

Data Types and Operators

Let’s begin by listing some of the basic, or primitive, data types available in Java:

• * int: Integers (numbers with no decimal part)
• * float: Decimal values
• * double: Decimal values, stored with twice the precision of a float
• * char: A single ...