Basic HTML version of Foils prepared Sept 21 1998

Foil 12 The Simplest Java Application: Hello,World!

From Introduction to Java Tutorial Aimed at Scientific Users NAVO Tutorial -- Sept 23 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox

The HelloWorld Application for Foil 12
Since Java is object-oriented, programs are organized into modules called classes, which may have data in variables and subroutines called methods.
class HelloWorld
{ public static void main (String[] args)
{ System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
}
Each program is enclosed in a class definition.
main() is the first method that is run.
The notation class.method or package.class.method is how to refer to a public method (with some exceptions).
Syntax is similar to C - braces for blocks, semicolon after each statement. One difference: upper and lower case matter!



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