Fundamentals of Programming with Java
– All programming languages share common traits
– Java in particular is an Object Oriented programming language
– Everything can be represented as an Object (think of of nouns in the English language)
– a Chair, a Desk, a Person, a User etc.
Variables
– What is a variable?
– In computer programming, a variable is a storage location and an associated symbolic name which contains some known or unknown quantity or information, a value.
– cryptic, here's what it really means:
– Store information for later use, and store it in a way that you can reference it
– this is known as a variable name!
– variable name is just a word, a word that represent's what you're storing
– if you go to a website, website asks for your name, you type it in, boom that's a variable
Variables have Types
– String – store a regular sentence (alphanumeric – numbers and letters)
– Integer – Whole numbers on (no decimals)
– Double – Number with decimals (about 16 significant figures)
– Float – Number with fewer decimal places than Double (about 8 significant figures)
Rules for Creating Variables
- Variables should start with a lower case letter
- Variables shouldn't have spaces in their names (it's not allowed)
- If you absolutely HAVE to simulate a space in a variable name, use an underscore (_)
- If your variable has multiple words in it, just use camel casing, for example:
String thisIsMyVariableNameWithoutSpacesAndItUsesCamelCasing- Note: as a rule of thumb, variable names should be no more than 4 or 5 words stuck together
- You can't begin a variable name with a number, it has to be a letter or an underscore (_)
Your Homework
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