Java for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Program the Fundamentals the Java 9+ Way

© Iuliana Cosmina 2018

Iuliana CosminaJava for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3778-6_3

3. Getting Your Feet Wet

Iuliana Cosmina¹ 

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Edinburgh, UK

 

This is the last introductory chapter in the book. After this one, we get to the serious business. 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:

• Using JShell

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

• Creating a Java project with IntelliJ IDEA

• Compiling and executing Java classes

• Packing a Java application into an executable jar

• Using Gradle to automate compiling and test execution

Using JShell

Introduced in Java 9, the Java Shell ...