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In this chapter, we meet our first Java applications. These short programs consist of classes that contain some simple code that displays output on the screen. The main purpose of this chapter, however, is to gain an understanding of the Java compiler and runtime environment and learn how to use packages and the classpath. In the early examples, we will be exploring how to use Java from the command line to help gain a deeper understanding of what is going on. At the end of the chapter, we introduce the Eclipse Java Integrated Development environment (IDE), where many of the low-level processes are taken care of for you.
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Parsons, D. (2012). Compiling and Running Java Programs. In: Foundational Java. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2479-5_2
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