Java Programming is designed to give students the ability to program in a new object-oriented programming language designed for portability and simplicity. Students will be able to construct both stand-alone programs and applets capable of being run inside an HTML browser.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand the principles of object-oriented programming and decompose simple real-world situations.
• Apply basic language fundamentals, including:
  • Declaring Variables
  • References
  • Operators
  • Flow Control
  • Classes
  • Overloading
  • Inheritance
  • Packages
  • Structured Error Handling
• Be familiar with the core Java libraries that provide the following capabilities:
  • System interaction
  • Fundamental Classes for Inheritance and Primitive Wrapping
  • String Creation and Manipulation
  • Console I/O
  • File I/O
  • Multiple Threaded Execution
  • GUI Interface Message Handling
  • Graphics, including Simple Animation
  • Network Programming
  • Math, Vector, and Date Utilities
• Write applications that can be downloaded via the World-Wide Web.

Course Prerequisites