Course Content

Introduction

• Overview of Java How to Program, 8/e
• Java Standard Edition (Java SE) 7
• Tools for programming in Java

Introduction to Java Applications

• A First Program in Java: Printing a Line of Text
• Modifying Our First Java Program
• Displaying Text with printf
• Another Java Application: Adding Integers
• Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators

Introduction to Classes and Objects

• Classes, Objects, Methods and Instance Variables
• Declaring a Class with a Method and Instantiating an Object of a Class
• Declaring a Method with a Parameter
• Instance Variables, set Methods and get Methods
• Primitive Types vs. Reference Types
• Initializing Objects with Constructors
• Floating-Point Numbers and Type double

Control Statements: Part 1

• if Single-Selection Statement
• if … else Double-Selection Statement
• while Repetition Statement
• Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition
• Formulating Algorithms: Sentinel-Controlled Repetition
• Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements
• Compound Assignment Operators
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• Primitive Types

Control Statements: Part 2

• Essentials of Counter-Controlled Repetition
• for Repetition Statement
• Examples Using the for Statement
• do … while Repetition Statement
• switch Multiple-Selection Statement
• break and continue Statements
• Logical Operators

Methods: A Deeper Look

• static Methods, static Fields and Class Math
• Declaring Methods with Multiple Parameters
• Notes on Declaring and Using Methods
• Method-Call Stack and Activation Records
• Argument Promotion and Casting
• Java API Packages
• Case Study: Random-Number Generation
• Generalized Scaling and Shifting of Random Numbers
• Case Study: A Game of Chance (Introducing Enumerations)
• Scope of Declarations
• Method Overloading

Arrays

• Declaring and Creating Arrays
• Examples Using Arrays
• Case Study: Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation
• Enhanced for Statement
• Passing Arrays to Methods
• Case Study: Class GradeBook Using an Array to Store Grades
• Multidimensional Arrays

Case Study: Class GradeBook Using a Two-Dimensional Array