What do Google, YouTube, Twitter, Amazon and eBay all have in common? They all run on Java. In this introductory course, students will learn the most flexible and extremely powerful programming language that was designed to be easy to use, and thus easy to write, compile and debug. The tutorials in this section will include a wide variety of Java topics including printing text, working with variables, loops, strings, creating classes, instantiating objects, accepting user input, and much more. Students will combine their creativity, imagination and programming skills to design and produce their own computer games that run on Java.
Week One Focus: Java Foundations
- Computer architecture concepts, Java basics, environment setup, syntax
- Variables, operators
- Input/output, conditionals (if/else, switch)
- Loops iteration
- Arrays, array manipulation
Week Two Focus: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Methods, functions, parameters
- OPP basics, classes, objects, constructor
- Java Math, random libraries
- Final project, review, apply all concepts
Laptop required (no iPads or other tablets).
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