Lesson Wrap Up

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This lesson looks at methods, which are named, self-contained blocks of code that you can call upon to help solve problems for you. We'll then take a look at some projects which will put methods into practice.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the fundamentals of writing your own methods
  • Learn how to classify methods by their return types as well as their parameters
  • Learn about parameter passing schemes that are used by programming languages to determine how methods treat their parameters
  • Explore method overloading and two-dimensional arrays

Intended Audience

  • Beginner coders or anyone new to Java
  • Experienced Java programmers who want to maintain their Java knowledge
  • Developers looking to upskill for a project or career change
  • College students and anyone else studying Java

Prerequisites

This is a beginner-level lesson and can be taken by anyone with an interest in learning about Java.

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