This document provides an introduction to the Java programming language. It outlines the objectives of learning Java as understanding basic programming concepts, object-oriented principles, Java APIs, and exception handling. It then defines Java as both a programming language and platform, describes Java's syntax and how it is compiled and interpreted, and explains the Java virtual machine and application programming interface that make up the Java platform. It also gives examples of primitive data types, operators, control flow structures, and how to use arrays and strings in Java.