Each lecture in this course will walk the student through the Java language basics. Students will be asked to follow along and write the code in the lecture examples and exercises. Therefore, we recommend starting with our free introductory class covering the Java Development Cycle. This course provides a quick primer on Java essentials. We will focus on the basic steps to create a stand-alone application in Java, including the essentials of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), the Java JDK's usefulness, the Java class's basic structure, and the method used to tell the JVM where to begin processing code.