Welcome to Microsoft's Java for Beginners series! We hope you'll enjoy this collection of videos, which are meant to inspire you to learn more about Java and share our passion for the language and platform.

Check out the series at https://aka.ms/javaforbeginners, or dive into a specific topic from the list below.

We also have Microsoft Learn modules that allow you to learn about Java in the cloud specifically via our Azure portal. You can obtain credentials and certifications as well through these modules.

We would also appreciate your feedback. We have a lot of experience with Java at Microsoft, but we have limited experience from a beginner's point of view. So please let us know what you think! If there's anything we can improve upon or any topics you'd like to see covered, please tell us.

Here's a current list of topics. Check back as we're always updating topics based on your feedback!

Java for Beginners Series

Introduction to Java for Beginners by Brian Benz

What is Java? by Mark Heckler

Prototype your Java with Jshell by Ed Burns

Working with Java in Visual Studio Code by Rory Preddy

Working with Strings in Java by Brian Benz

Formatting Java Strings – Part 1 by Brian Benz

Formatting Java Strings – Part 2 by Brian Benz

Working with Numeric Data Types in Java by Sandra Ahlgrimm

All about Java Records – Part 1 by David Grieve

All about Java Records – Part 2 by David Grieve

Conditional Logic in Java by Rajsa Savant

Arrays in Java by Kirk Pepperdine

Java collections by Kirk Pepperdine

Working with Java maps by Kirk Pepperdine

Working with Loops in Java by Rajsa Savant

Maven and other Build Tools for Java by Julien Dubois

Java Classes and Packages Part 1 by Kirk Pepperdine

Java Classes and Packages Part 2 by Kirk Pepperdine

Java Classes and Packages Part 3 by Kirk Pepperdine

Java Methods part 1 by Brian Benz

Java Methods Part 2 by Brian Benz