Welcome to this Java course for absolute beginners. Regardless if you want to build applications with Spring Boot or write API or E2E tests, you still need to know the basics. If you ever get stuck, drop a message in the comment section below, and we will try to help you out. 🎥 Course created by Matt Speake (Java Technologist and Trainer) Check out his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7zPsQMhlU5LtEeMKpk8yxw Java courses from Matt https://courses.javaeasily.com/ 📚 Course notes https://gist.github.com/vdespa/742deed93670251a6d970801b0239286 ⭐️ Course Contents ⭐️ Section 1- Introduction ⌨️ (0:00:00​) Lesson 1 - Introduction to Java ⌨️ (0:03:37​) Lesson 2 - How popular is Java ⌨️ (0:06:13​) Lesson 3 - Platform Independence in Java ⌨️ (0:12:28​) Lesson 4 - Acronyms and Abbreviations in Java Section 2 - The Java Development Kit (JDK) ⌨️ (0:14:31​) Lesson 1 - Instaling the JDK ⌨️ (0:20:42​) Lesson 2 - JAVA_HOME environment variable for Windows Section 3 - The IDE (Integrated Development Environment) ⌨️ (0:25:59​) Lesson 1 - Which IDE to use? ⌨️ (0:27:57​) Lesson 2 - Installing Eclipse ⌨️ (0:30:20​) Lesson 3 - Creating a new project Section 4 - Java Programming Syntax Basics ⌨️ (0:33:52​) Lesson 1 - Java classes ⌨️ (0:38:23​) Lesson 2 - IDE features ⌨️ (0:41:55​) Lesson 3 - Java methods ⌨️ (0:50:27) Lesson 4 - Running a Java program ⌨️ (0:53:30​) Lesson 5 - Creating a new method ⌨️ (0:59:25​) Lesson 6 - Debugging a Java program Section 5 - The next step in your Java journey ⌨️ (1:05:44​) Lesson 1 - Where to learn more about Java