Core Java for the Impatient, 3rd Edition

Chapter 1

Fundamental Programming Structures

Topics in This Chapter

• 1.1 Our First Program

• 1.2 Primitive Types

• 1.3 Variables

• 1.4 Arithmetic Operations

• 1.5 Strings

• 1.6 Input and Output

• 1.7 Control Flow

• 1.8 Arrays and Array Lists

• 1.9 Functional Decomposition

• Exercises

In this chapter, you will learn about the basic data types and control structures of the Java language. I assume that you are an experienced programmer in some other language and that you are familiar with concepts such as variables, loops, function calls, and arrays, but perhaps with a different syntax. This chapter will get you up to speed on the Java way. I will also give you some tips on the most useful parts of the Java API for manipulating common data types.

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