This article is a guide for beginners in the early stages of their Java learning journey. It explores an introduction to JUnit using a minimal set of tools. Exploring a non-JDK API shouldn't be much harder to write and run then the typical "Hello World" Java program.
In Paving the on-ramp Brian Goetz explains the goal and role of Java's on-ramp in great detail. You may want to read that design document first.