Beginning Java 9 Fundamentals: Arrays, Objects, Modules, JShell, and Regular Expressions

Learn the basics of Java 9, including basic programming concepts and the object-oriented fundamentals necessary at all levels of Java development. Author Kishori Sharan walks you through writing your first Java program step-by-step. Armed with that practical experience, you'll be ready to learn the core of the Java language. Beginning Java 9 Fundamentals provides over 90 diagrams and 240 complete programs to help you learn the topics faster.
The book continues with a series of foundation topics, including using data types, working with operators, and writing statements in Java. These basics lead onto the heart of the Java language: object-oriented programming. By learning topics such as classes, objects, interfaces, and inheritance you'll have a good understanding ofJava's object-oriented model.
The final collection of topics takes what you've learned and turns you into a real Java programmer. You'll see how to take the power of object-oriented programming and write programs that can handle errors and exceptions, process strings and dates, format data, and work with arrays to manipulate data.
This book is a companion to two other books also by Sharan focusing on APIs and advanced Java topics.
What You’ll Learn

• Write your first Java programs with an emphasis on learning object-oriented programming in Java
  
• Work with data types, operators, statements, classes and objects
  
• Handle exceptions, assertions, strings and dates, and object formatting
  
• Use regular expressions
  
• Work with arrays, interfaces, enums, and inheritance
• Take advantage of the new JShell REPL tool