Java Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER 1
Getting Started with Java 8
In this chapter we present a handful of recipes to help programmers who are new to the
Java language, as well as those having experience in other languages, become accus-
tomed to Java 8. You will learn to install Java 8, and also install an Interactive Develop-
ment Environment (IDE) from which you'll develop applications and experiment with
the solutions provided in this topic. You will learn basics of Java such as how to create a
class and how to accept keyboard input. Documentation is often overlooked, but in this
chapter you will quickly learn how to create great documentation for your Java code.
Note
Java 8 Recipes
is not intended as a complete tutorial. Rather, it covers key con-
cepts of the Java language. If you are truly new to Java, we recommend buying and read-
ing one of the many
Beginning Java
topics that are also published by Apress.
1-1.
Creating
a
Development
Environ-
ment
Problem
You want to install Java and experiment with the language. You'd also like a reasonable
IDE to use with it.
Solution
