Need help with Java

[VuseD]

Hello there!

 

I have recently started learning Java using codeacademy. This is the first time I have started learning coding.So far I have finished 25 lessons but still I find my self surrounded by confusions. My question is that why do we write code with lots of brackets and spaces like this? 

public class Mouse extends Rodentia {

	String name;

	public Mouse(String name) {

		this.name = name;

	}

	public void eat() {

		System.out.println(name + " ate some cheese pizza!");

	}

	public void solveMaze(int minutes) {

		System.out.println(name + " solved the maze in " + minutes + " minutes!");

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		Mouse ratly = new Mouse("Ratly");
		ratly.eat();
		ratly.solveMaze(3);
		ratly.order();

	}

}

I will keep posting my questions in this thread. Thanks!

[Nineshadow]

Braces delimitate code blocks, compound statements. They are part of the language syntax. Each code block also defines a local scope which is available only inside it and not outside, but that's not really related to your question.

The spaces there aren't necessary at all. I honestly think they're overused in your example, but each to their own. They are used to format the code, to make it easier to read. It could have looked like this just fine :

public class Mouse extends Rodentia {
	String name;
	public Mouse(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
	public void eat() {
		System.out.println(name + " ate some cheese pizza!");
	}
	public void solveMaze(int minutes) {
		System.out.println(name + " solved the maze in " + minutes + " minutes!");
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Mouse ratly = new Mouse("Ratly");
		ratly.eat();
		ratly.solveMaze(3);
		ratly.order();
	}
}

 

[minibois]

You could write it all in a single line too, it wouldn't make much of a difference, other than that it would look like shit.

This is just someone's personal preference and it's helpful to keep your code organized. I personally like to do my code kind of like this:

function DoSomething()
{
 	//Do stuff 
}

but it's all up to you.

 

And the brackets are just the way the language works. It's like a quote mark in English, you open a quote with it and end a quote with it. Just like the bracket open and close the function.

 

[Guest]

You mean code academy doesn't explain what the brackets are for? Just confirms my view that it is a joke for learning how to code.