Can someone explain what a Java class is?

Java classes are like blueprints for creating objects. Imagine you have a printer; it represents a class. The actual printer you own is an instance of that class, created based on that blueprint. Classes define properties and methods, while objects are the instances that use those properties and methods.

I'm glad this helped! Classes can be tricky at first, but once you see them as models for creating objects, it starts to make sense.

I think of classes as templates or models. They outline what data and behaviors the objects will have, but they aren't the actual objects themselves. Objects are the real-world instances that we can interact with in our programs.