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Chapter 1: Background
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Computer organization; software; software engineering principles;
object-oriented software development; problem solving. |
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Chapter 2: Java basics
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Program organization; method main(); commenting and
whitespace; classes, keywords, identifiers, and naming conventions; methods;
program execution; SDK; constants; variables; operations; primitive types;
operators; precedence; interactive programs; primitive variable assignment. |
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Chapter 3: Using object
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String; reference variables; null; inserting,
extracting, and concatenating strings; reference assignment; String methods. |
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Chapter 4: Being classy
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Introduces user-defined classes; instance variables;
constructors; instance methods; inspectors; mutators; facilitators; simple
graphics. |
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Chapter 5: Decisions
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Boolean algebra and truth tables; logical expressions;
boolean type; Boolean equality and ordering operators; testing floating-point
values for equality; operator precedence; short-circuit evaluation; if
statement; if-else statement; string and character testing; sorting; switch
statement. |
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Chapter 6: Iteration
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While statement; simple string and character processing;
for statement; index variable scope; do-while statement. |
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Graphics Interlude I
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Graphical user interfaces; swing; awt; and event-based
programming |
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Chapter 7: Programming with methods and classes
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Parameter passing; invocation
and flow of control; class variables; scope; local scope; name reuse;
overloading; overriding; equals(); toString(); clone(). |
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Chapter 8: Arrays and collections
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One-dimensional arrays; definitions; element
access and manipulation; explicit initialization; constant arrays; members;
array processing; methods; program parameters; sorting; searching;
multidimensional arrays; matrices; collections framework; ArrayList;
collections algorithms. |
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Chapter 9: Inheritance and polymorphism
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Object-oriented design; reuse; base
class; derived class; single inheritance; super; is-a, has-a, and uses-a
relationships; controlling inheritance; default, protected, and private
members; polymorphism; abstract base class; interface hierarchies. |
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Graphics Interlude II
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Case studies in the design and implementation of
graphical user interfaces for personality typing and the smiley guessing game. |
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Chapter 10: Exceptions
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Abnormal event; exceptions; throwing; trying; catching;
exception handlers; finally; stream specialization. |
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Chapter 11: Recursive problem solving
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Recursive functions, sorting, searching,
visualization. |
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Chapter 12: Threads
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Multiple independent flows of control; processes; threads;
scheduling and repeating threads; Timer; TimerTask; Thread; Date; Calendar;
JOptionPane; sleeping; animation; systems software. |
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Chapter 13: Testing and debugging
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Software development; code reviews;
black-box and white-box testing; inspections; test harness; statement
coverage; unit, integration testing, and system testing; regression testing;
boundary conditions; path coverage; debugging. |
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Appendix A: Tables and operators
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Unicode character set; reserved words;
operators and precedence. |
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Appendix B: Number representation
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Binary numbers; decimal numbers; two’s
compliment; conversions. |
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Appendix C: Applets
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Applet programming. |
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Appendix D: Standard Java packages
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java.io; java.lang; java.math; java.net;
java. text; java.util. |
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Appendix E: Standard Java graphical packages
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java.applet, java.awt, and
javax.swing. |
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