In just 21 lessons, you can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop applications on your computer for use on web servers and mobile devices. With this educational material, you will quickly learn the basics and then move on to more advanced features and concepts.

This book, fully updated with Java versions 11 and 12, teaches you the Java language and how to use it to create applications in any computational environment. By the time you finish the book, you will have a comprehensive knowledge of Java and its class libraries. No prior programming experience is required.

By following the 21 carefully organized lessons in this book, anyone can learn the basics of programming in Java. Learn at your own pace. You can work through each chapter sequentially to ensure that you fully understand all concepts and methodologies, or you can focus on specific lessons to learn the techniques that interest you the most.

Test your knowledge. Each chapter ends with a section containing questions, answers, and exercises for further study. There are even practice questions for certification acquisition.

Rogers Cadenhead is an experienced programmer who has written over 30 books on programming and web publishing topics. He creates applications on the ServiceNow cloud platform using Java and JavaScript.

A fully revised, updated, and expanded edition covering the latest features of Java 11 and 12. You will learn to develop Java applications using NetBeans – an excellent programming platform.

Easy-to-understand, practical examples clearly demonstrate the fundamental principles of programming in Java. You discover how you can quickly create programs with a graphical user interface. You learn about JDBC programming with the Derby database. You learn how to use Inner Classes and Lambda Expressions. You learn about rapid application development with Apache NetBeans. You create a game using Java.