Java Tutorial/Trail: Getting Started
Introduction
This trail does repeat some of the lessons found in the beginning tutorial with a different order and leaving out some content while also adding new lessons and links. You can use this trail as an alternative to the main introduction. This trail explains alternatives to the OpenJDK from Oracle in more detail and may also add some more information about the Eclipse and NetBeans development environments.
Installation and editing
- Installing Java
- Installing GNU GCJ
- Installing Apache Harmony
- Choosing the right text editor
Creating Your First Application
Alternative Java compilers
- Compiling Java source code with GNU GCJ
- Compiling Java source code with Apache Harmony
Basic Concepts
- Variables
- Control Structures I - Decision structures
- Control Structures II - Looping
- Methods
- Arrays
- String and Character Manipulation
External links
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