Java for total beginners - Easy-to-follow Java programming

Start learning Java from scratch in an easy and entertaining way

Created byDuckademy IT courses

Last updated 2/2018

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What you'll learn

Essential programming basics
How to think like a programmer
Writing basic Java programs
You will also learn that learnig Java can be fun

Course content

2 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 44m total length

A quick introduction to Java7:33
Explore how Java’s platform independent, write-once, run-anywhere model powers Android and desktop apps. Understand how Java Virtual Machine, bytecode, and tools like Java Development Kit and IDEs support development.
Installing NetBeans3:45
Install NetBeans and the JDK by choosing the correct 32-bit or 64-bit version, downloading from the download page, accepting the license, and following the simple installer steps.
Creating our first project - Hello World!3:39
Create your first Java project in the editor, write a hello world program inside the main function of a class, then compile and run to view the output.
Variables and types2:57
Explore variables as data storage and primitive types in Java, including integral and real numbers, characters, and booleans. Learn how int, double, float, short, and long differ.
Value replacing exercise3:43
Learn value replacing exercise by changing two int variables, first and second, from 7 and 19 without adding numbers, and print their names and values in Java.
Glass exercise2:00
Use a third variable as a temporary placeholder to swap two values, moving the second into the third, then the first into the second and the third into the first.
Input, output and calculations - Temperature exercise7:40
Learn how to read a temperature value in Java using Scanner, perform the Celsius to Fahrenheit calculation, and understand how integer vs double division affects results.
Boiling exercise5:11
Read a temperature as an integer with a scanner, compare it to 100 degrees, and print whether the water is boiling or not using an if-else structure.
Boiling and freezing exercise5:05
Learn to implement a three-way if statement that classifies water as boiling, freezing, or normal based on temperature, using a renamed java project.
Logic operators0:41
Explore logic operators in Java basics: and and or combine two conditions to yield true when appropriate, while the not gate inverts true into false and false into true.
Conditions (if)2:21
Explore if statements and else branches in Java by modeling temperature ranges with a three-branch if-else structure, emphasizing complete conditions and proper boolean logic.
Review exercise - Fighting exercise10:24
Practice the fighting exercise by reading you and monster attributes, then resolve one round with a coin toss, two dice, attack, defense, life points.

Theory of loops1:38
Learn how loops repeat actions until a condition changes, and explore Java's post-test loops and pretest loops, including the while and for loops.
do-while loop - Check the value of a die exercise3:50
Demonstrates a Java do-while loop by building a die value exercise: read input with a scanner, repeat until the value is good, and compare with an if-based alternative.
Let's fight until death exercise8:10
Design and implement a fight until death loop in the Java project, repeating rounds while both life points stay above zero, handling user input and buffer reads.
while loop - Count dice rolls exercise6:46
Learn the while loop syntax in Java by building a dice rolls exercise that uses a random number generator to produce 1–6, counting rolls until six.
Interchangeability - while and do-while loop0:37
Explore whether while and do-while loops are interchangeable, compare their differences and similarities, and examine loop start, condition, and a semicolon at the end in a sample program.
switch statement1:44
Explore the switch statement in Java: select among states using a variable, branch with case labels and break, and handle default. See basic examples like calculator operations and age groups.
Run away exercise4:30
Explore a Java fight loop where a switch handles run commands, apply a four-point life penalty for running, and exit the fight when monster life falls or you run away.
Monster name generator exercise9:32
Create a Java program that generates monster and hero stats with a random number generator, assigns attack, defense, damage, and life, and prints the monster name.
for loop - Fight with three monsters exercise6:52
Follow a complete for loop walkthrough that initializes a counter, tests a condition, and increments to fight three monsters, using break to exit when either you or a monster dies.
break and continue - Multiplication table exercise5:28
Explore break and continue in Java loops and build a multiplication table from 1 to 9 using nested for loops, spaces, and printf formatting.

Requirements

Nothing special, basic fluency with computers.
No prior programming knowledge needed, only a desire and curiosity to learn to program.

Description

This Java programming course was made mainly for absolute beginners. If you are new to programming start learning Java with us in an easy and entertaining way.

These tutorials will give you a good introduction to Java and programming as well. We start at the very basics (from zero) and go through lots of interesting exercises and analogies that will take you to a level where you can write basic programs.

The videos and exercises are easy to follow and things are well explained. Furthermore, to make your learning easier and more enjoyable we will start developing a nostalgic, text-based fantasy game with monsters and heroes.

Who this course is for:

Absolute beginners – No programming knowledge needed
Newbies – New to Java, but did programming before
Restarters – To refresh their knowledge

Java for total beginners - Easy-to-follow Java programming

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Getting started - Basic concepts, writing our first programs12 lectures • 55min

Control structures10 lectures • 49min

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