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I. CosminaJava 17 for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7080-6_3

3. Getting Your Feet Wet

Iuliana Cosmina1  
(1)
Edinburgh, UK
 
This chapter covers the fundamental building blocks and terms of the Java language. Although it could be considered yet another introductory chapter, it is quite important. The previous chapter left you with a complete development environment configured for writing Java code. It is time to make use of it. The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • Core syntax parts

  • Using JShell

  • Java fundamental building blocks: packages, modules, and classes

  • Creating a Java project with IntelliJ IDEA

  • Compiling and executing of Java code

  • Packing a Java application into an executable jar

  • Using Maven ...

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