I was trying to give my GoKart constructor a name, but it won't allow me.. Why is this?

Ohh.. I thought I read somewhere that you could use multiple constructors for a single class. Like a constructor which returns an int in addition to one that returns a String. Guess I've misinterpreted it..

Well you can create multiple constructors that take in different values. In the example you have above, you are taking in a String. You could also do this:

public GoKart (int number) { 
mNumber = number; 
}

And depending what you pass into the constructor, the approriate constrcutor will be called. But at the end of the day, they always have the same name. Just their parameter values can change

I think I've gotten it right. So when you're declaring a method which takes a parameter, you don't need to give it a return type if it's declared in the parameter. Like you have to if its parameter holds nothing, like this:

public void nothing(); public something(String str, int number);

And since a constants name is also its type it has to hold something in its parameter? Or could it hold nothing even if it's type is not void?

Constructors and methods are two different things. Constructors have no return type (like void, String, int, etc) whereas methods always have a return type (like void, String, int, etc). If you declare a method which takes a parameter, you have to always specify a return type no matter what. It's just that when we are dealing with constructors, we dont have to.

Also only construcotrs have the class name when naming constrcutors. It's mandatory. Such as the other examples above. If it's a method, you shouldn't include the class name.

I see, thanks for clearing that up.