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Chap1 - Intoduction To Java Programming

This document provides an introduction and overview of Java programming. It discusses that Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. It has a compiler and Java Virtual Machine. The document then discusses installing Java, different Java applications, main components of Java like classes and packages, and basics of Java programming including variables, methods, and compiling Java programs. It provides examples of a simple Java program, variables and methods without arguments, and methods with arguments.

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Chap1 - Intoduction To Java Programming

This document provides an introduction and overview of Java programming. It discusses that Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. It has a compiler and Java Virtual Machine. The document then discusses installing Java, different Java applications, main components of Java like classes and packages, and basics of Java programming including variables, methods, and compiling Java programs. It provides examples of a simple Java program, variables and methods without arguments, and methods with arguments.

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Java Programming

By
Mr. Silas Majyambere
University of Rwanda
College of Science and Technology
School of ICT
Computer Science

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020, Trimester 2


Chap1: Introduction
• Java is a high level programming language developed
by James Gosling from Sun Microsystem in 1995
• Java has a compiler (Javac) and Interpreter named Java
Virtual Machine(JVM)
• Java is a pure Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
language
• Java Runtime Environment(JRE) has required software
tools to run Java Programs
• JRE and JVM are components of Java Development
Kit(JDK) which has built-in classes and libraries called
packages
Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,
Trimester 2
Java Installation
• First we install JDK (1.8 will be installed)
• Java Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) for this Module we will use NetBeans 8
as Java IDE
• We then set environment variables correctly
• MySQL Server will installed in order to
connect Java Programs to Database

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,


Trimester 2
Java Application
• Java2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition) is a computing
platform for development and deployment of small
scale software for desktop and server environment
• Java2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) used for
developing, building and deploying Web-based
enterprise applications online. Java2EE is used to
develop large scale enterprise applications
(Distributed, Concurrent, Web)
• Java2ME(Java 2 Micro Edition) is Java programming
for hand held devices such as smart phones and
PDAs
Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,
Trimester 2
Main Components of Java
• Application Programming Interface (API), An API
includes classes, interfaces, packages and also
their methods, variables, and constructors.
• User defined classes
• Methods and Variables
• Interfaces
• Packages
• Frameworks

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,


Trimester 2
Basics in Java Programming
Simple Java Program:
public class MyClass{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(“Hello World");
}
}
▪ Every Java program must have at least one class
▪ Execution of Java Program is done in main method
▪ Java is case sensitive: main=Main
▪ Our simple program displays Hello World on Screen

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,


Trimester 2
Variables and Methods
• Variables are used to store values in memory
• There are 2 types of variables: Global and Local variables
• Global variables are declared before any method (even
main method) and are accessed throughout the whole
program
• Local variables are declared inside the method and are
accessed only the method in which they are declared
• A method defines a group of statements that can be
executed together
• There are 3 types of methods: Method with arguments,
Method without arguments and Constructor

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,


Trimester 2
Example of Variables and Method without arguments

public class Mymethod{


public static int a,b;//glogal variables a and b
Public static void int sum() {
//Method without argument Variables and Methods that
are not defined in a User
a=5; defined class must be static
b=10; as they are accessed in main
int c=a+b;//local variable c method which is static
System.out.println("Sum="+c)
}
Public static void main(String args[]){
sum();
}
}
Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,
Trimester 2
Example of Method with arguments

public class MethodArg{


public static double c;
public static double quotient(doouble a, double b)
{
c=a/b;
System.out.println(“Quotient"+c); ▪ When data type of a method is not
return 0; void we must use return keyword,
Variable b should not be zero, we use
}
+ for addition and concatenation
public static void main(String args[]){
quotient(20.5,2.5)
}
}

Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,


Trimester 2
Compiling a Java Program
• A Java program is called Java Source Code
with a .java extension
• After compiling a Java Program we create a
.class file called Java Bytecode
• Java is a platform independent which means
Java bytecode can run on any patform
• The Java Bytecode is a binary file, to run it we
need JVM which can interpret it
Year 2, Academic Year 2019-2020,
Trimester 2

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