Java Programming
class 1
What is a program?
● Set of Instructions ● Directions
● Ingredients ○ Statements
○ Variables ○ Execution
■ Numbers
■ Text
Anatomy of a class
Every program must have…
- At least one Class
- At least one main Method
public class MyProgram{
Public → public so everyone can
access it
Anatomy of a Class → it’s a class
class MyProgram → name of the class
{ → opening curly brace of the
class
Public static void main (String[] args)
Static → covered later
Void → return type
Anatomy of a
Main → name of the method
main method
String[]args → arguments, covered
later
{ → opening brace of the method
System.out.print(“Hello World”);
System.out.print → print command
Print Statement (“Hello World”) → the string you want to
print
; → every statement must end in a
semicolon
Complete Program
public class MyProgram {
public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.print(“Hello World”);
}
Variable Types
Integer → Number (1, 2, 3, -1, 40, 526)
Float → Decimal Number (2.25, 0.56, 29.48)
Boolean → True and False
String → Text (“Hello”, “this is a string”, “NASA”)
Character → Single Character ( ‘A’, ‘b’ )
Creating Variables
int apples = 5;
int oranges = 3;
Usage:
System.out.print(apples);
int fruits = apples + oranges;
Creating Variables
Other Examples:
String town = “Cupertino”
boolean isRaining = true;
float waterAmount = 4.2;
int hours = 12;
Concatenation → combining
multiple strings to form a new string
String power = “Bat”;
Concatenation String person = “man”;
String superhero = power + person;
System.out.println(superhero);
// prints out Batman
String superhero = “Bat” + “man”
Punctuation
String first = “New ”;
Concatenation
String second = “York”;
System.out.print(first + second);
// prints out New York
Comments
● Notes for ourselves
○ To describe the usage of the code
// calculate total profit for the week
int profit = nickels + dimes + quarters + dollars;
Arithmetic Operators
+ Addition < Less Than
- Subtraction
> Greater Than
* Multiplication
/ Division
== Equal To
% Modulus != Not Equal To
Review
Homework
● Review Slides
● Assignment will be emailed to you after
class
○ Due before tomorrow’s class
