Java Language Basics

This part of the tutorial covers the basics of the language, including: variables, operators, expressions, statements, blocks and control flow statements.

1. Creating Variables and Naming Them
   

   Rules to name variables.

2. Creating Primitive Type Variables in Your Programs
   

   Syntax to create and initialize primitive type variables.

3. Creating Arrays in Your Programs
   

   Creating fixed-length containers of objects with arrays.

4. Using the Var Type Identifier
   

   Defining Variables with Var.

5. Using Operators in Your Programs
   

   Computing things with operators.

6. Summary of Operators
   

   Wrapping up the Java operators.

7. Expressions, Statements and Blocks
   

   Understanding expressions, statements and blocks, and how to group statements into blocks.

8. Control Flow Statements
   

   This section describes the decision-making statements, the looping statements, and the branching statements supported by the Java programming language.

9. Branching with Switch Statements
   

   How to use switch statements to control the flow of your program.

10. Branching with Switch Expressions
    

    Extend switch so it can be used as either a statement or an expression.

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