Lecture 1 - Course Overview

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Java Basics is a computer programming course in which you will learn the absolute minimum information you need as a beginner Java developer.

Start your programming journey, by learning the essentials of the world’s most popular language to discover that:

Java can be learnt
Programming can be rewarding
You can make a living from this skill

Hi there, my name is Marius from AlefTav Coding and in this tutoral I will provide an overview of my course, Java Basics.

I am a software developer and teacher. In fact, I taught myself to program using Java. Having been a teacher for many years, I am now working full-time as an independent software instructor, making tutorials on programming. My passions are learning, teaching and programming in equal measure. It is my mission to help those who wish to learn programming.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

read and write Java code
develop simple Java applications
devise basic Java solutions

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The Lecture topics of this course are:

Introduction
Hello world
Primitive data types
Reference data types
The Scanner class
The ternary operator
The stream() method
Final remarks

This course comprises 15 lectures. Each lecture contains course notes and a coding exercise. This coding exercise is for you to practice what you have learnt.

Lectures start with a brief explanation of the lesson topic. This is followed by working through a problem statement with expected programming output and suggested solution. The lecture ends with a coding exercise for you to complete. In the next lecture I go on to explain the solution.

I designed this course for those who are completely new to computer programming. And you want a gentle introduction to this specialized field of study by: