The next edition of the bestseller, updated with all the new Java Platform, Standard Edition 9 (Java SE 9), will allow readers to start programming in Java as soon as possible. The most experienced author Herbert Shildt at the beginning of the book will acquaint readers with how programs written in Java are created, compiled and executed. The following discusses the keywords, syntax, and language constructs that form the basis of Java. Topics of increased complexity will also be considered, including multithreaded programming, generalizations, lambda expressions, Swing, JavaFX and the key innovation of Java SE 9 - modules. As a bonus, readers will be introduced to JShell, a new interactive Java shell.