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| Week | Major Topics | Deliverables |
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PREFACE Software Installation |
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| 1 | Introduction Course Introduction Intro to Java, IDE, Style Guide, and Commenting Expectations |
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| 2 | Java Concepts 1 Java Concepts Java program structure - Variables and constants - Data types - Casting - Math - arithmetic operators - Strings - Basic input and output - Formatted output - Operators - Packages |
Quiz 1 |
| 3 | Version Control GitHub - Other Version Control Tools - Use of GitHub with Java and the IDE |
ICE 1 |
| 4 | Control Structures Java Concepts: Control Structures - Relational expressions - Selection (if, switch) - Iteration (for, while, do) - Nested control structures |
Assign 1 |
| 5 | Arrays Java Concepts: Array initialization - Using arrays with iteration - Multi-dimensional arrays - Searching and sorting arrays |
Quiz 2 |
| 6 | Modularity Function/Method definitions - Parameters - Return statements - Variable scope - Function calls - Overloading - Recursion |
Assign 2 |
| 7 | Classes Classes and objects - Class definitions - Constructors - Instantiation - Static class members - Encapsulation - The java.util.Date and Calendar classes |
ICE 2 |
| Study Week | ||
| 8 | OOP Principles Class inheritance - Abstract classes - Access specifiers - Polymorphism - Virtual functions |
Assign 3 |
| 9 | Exception Handling Exception types - Try..Catch structure - Validation vs. exception handling |
Quiz 3 |
| 10 | Enums and Collections Simple Data Structures - Enumerations - Interfaces Collections - Lists - Stacks - Queues |
ICE 3 |
| 11 | File IO, HTTP Requests, JavaDocs File Interaction in Java - File input/output - http requests as input - Javadoc |
Assign 4 |
| 12 | User Interfaces 1 User Interfaces in Java - Swing |
Quiz 4 |
| 13 | User Interfaces 2 User Interfaces Continued |
ICE 4 |
| 14 | Review and Wrap-up |
Assign 5 |