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An Intro to Java

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Workshop Objectives

  • A high-level understanding of how different languages work
  • De-mystify what a compiled language is
  • How to set up your environment for Java
  • Use docs and stackoverflow to learn a new language
  • How to create, compile and run Java programs

What's in here?

  • Terminology & Resources
  • What is Java and how does it work
  • Setup instructions
  • An intro to some of Java's data types
  • An intro to loops
  • Fizzbuzz in Java
  • An intro to TDD in Java using JUnit
  • bonus: random links to interesting things

What's not in here?

  • lots
  • this workshop has a fairly narrow scope

Disclaimer 🚧

This is the first iteration of this workshop aka, if you spot typos, find great resources to add, simply make the change, open a PR, and slack me the link.

Feedback

Please give me loads of constructive feedback:

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