Java Tutorial

The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons. Groups of related lessons are organized into "trails".

The Java Tutorials primarily describe features in Java SE 7.

What's New in java
The Java Tutorials are continuously updated to keep up with changes to the Java Platform and to incorporate feedback from our readers. Apart from fixing typos and errors, this update includes the following:
 * Lambda expressions, a result of the work of Project Lambda, are a feature being added to the JDK 8 release of the Java platform. Lambda expressions support programming in a multicore environment by adding closures and related features to the Java language. An early access page on Lambda Expressions is part of this tutorial release. As part of this work, the information on Nested Classes, Anonymous Classes, and Local Classes have been updated and a new page on When to Use Nested Classes, Local Classes, Anonymous Classes, and Lambda Expressions has been added. All of this new material is available online only.
 * The Annotations page has been moved and expanded to be a full Annotations lesson. The new lesson includes information on Java SE 8 features: Type Annotations, which can be used in conjunction with pluggable type systems for improved type checking, and Repeating Annotations. This early access lesson is available online only.
 * The lesson Service Providers for Internationalization includes the new section Installing a Custom Resource Bundle as an Extension, which shows you how to load resource bundles with service provider interfaces (SPIs). These interfaces enable you to create applications that you can extend, through plug-ins or modules, without modifying their original code base. See the new section Creating Extensible Applications for more information. These new pages are currently available online only.

Trails Covering the Basics
These trails are available in book form as The Java Tutorial, Fifth Edition. To buy this book, refer to the box to the right.
 * Getting Started — An introduction to Java technology and lessons on installing Java development software and using it to create a simple program.
 * Learning the Java Language — Lessons describing the essential concepts and features of the Java Programming Language.
 * Essential Java Classes — Lessons on exceptions, basic input/output, concurrency, regular expressions, and the platform environment.
 * Collections — Lessons on using and extending the Java Collections Framework.
 * Deployment — How to package applications and applets using JAR files, and deploy them using Java Web Start and Java Plug-in.
 * Preparation for Java Programming Language Certification — List of available training and tutorial resources.

Creating Graphical User Interfaces

 * Creating a GUI with Swing — A comprehensive introduction to GUI creation on the Java platform.
 * Creating a JavaFX GUI — A collection of JavaFX tutorials.

Specialized Trails and Lessons
These trails and lessons are only available as web pages.
 * Custom Networking — An introduction to the Java platform's powerful networking features.
 * The Extension Mechanism — How to make custom APIs available to all applications running on the Java platform.
 * Full-Screen Exclusive Mode API — How to write applications that more fully utilize the user's graphics hardware.
 * Generics — An enhancement to the type system that supports operations on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety. Note that this lesson is for advanced users. The Java Language trail contains a Generics lesson that is suitable for beginners.
 * Internationalization — An introduction to designing software so that it can be easily be adapted (localized) to various languages and regions.
 * JavaBeans — The Java platform's component technology.
 * JDBC Database Access — Introduces an API for connectivity between the Java applications and a wide range of databases and a data sources.
 * JMX— Java Management Extensions provides a standard way of managing resources such as applications, devices, and services.
 * JNDI— Java Naming and Directory Interface enables accessing the Naming and Directory Service such as DNS and LDAP.
 * JAXP — Introduces the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4 technology.
 * JAXB — Introduces the Java architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) technology.
 * RMI — The Remote Method Invocation API allows an object to invoke methods of an object running on another Java Virtual Machine.
 * Reflection — An API that represents ("reflects") the classes, interfaces, and objects in the current Java Virtual Machine.
 * Security — Java platform features that help protect applications from malicious software.
 * Sound — An API for playing sound data from applications.
 * 2D Graphics — How to display and print 2D graphics in applications.
 * Sockets Direct Protocol — How to enable the Sockets Direct Protocol to take advantage of InfiniBand.