Static?

Remember that the class is like the blueprint to create the objects with. So by declaring a variable static, it means you can access that variable before you even make an object. As in, you are reading the variable straight off the blueprints.

As for repl, normally (without repl) you compile your source code and then run at all at the same time. With repl you can run it line by line, or just type in the code line by line as you go.

Hey Philip,

A static variable is one that's associated with a class, not objects of that class. You can create a class with a static variable

public class Cool {
   public static String coolStaticVariable = "I'm a static variable of this very cool class "Cool"";
}

Somewhere in your programm inside your main method, you can call this "static" variable without creating a new object.

public class Application {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       System.out.println (Cool.coolStaticVariable);
    }

}

I hope it helps

Please more explanation on:

• static -private -public -object -class

couple examples on the different ways these things work?