Chapter 1: Introduction

• 1.1 Journey into Java: History and Evolution
• 1.2 Why Java? Unpacking its Core Features and Buzzwords
• 1.3 Java vs. C++: A Comparative Analysis
• 1.4 The Java Environment: Understanding the Ecosystem
• 1.5 Setting Up Your Java Development Toolkit
• 1.6 Your First Java Program: Hello World!
• 1.7 Making Sense of Your Code: Java Comments
• 1.8 Storing Information: Java Data Types
• 1.9 Variables in Java: Containers for Data
• 1.10 Constants in Java: final Variables
• 1.11 Organizing Data: Arrays in Java