About this course

This course provides an introduction to the Java programming language. It gives students a foundational overview and history of Java, and students will learn about the language’s basic syntax. At the end, they will be able to develop interactive console programs with basic data processing and formatting capabilities.

At a glance

Institution:GTx
Subject:Computer Science
Level:Introductory
Prerequisites:None

Language:English
Video Transcript:English
Associated programs:
Professional Certificate in Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java
Associated skills:Java (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

What you'll learn

Learn the history of Java
Learn the basic elements of a Java program
Learn how to execute Java programs
Understand the motivation behind object-oriented programming
Understand how to think of solutions in terms of classes and objects
Understand how whitespace, commenting, errors, variables, types, expressions, and casting manifest in Java
Learn how to create objects of existing classes
Learn how to invoke methods of existing classes
Create objects and invoke methods of the String class
Learn how to take inputs from the terminal
Learn how to specify formatting requirements for text printed to the terminal
Learn three kinds of decision-making statements (if, if-else, switch)
Learn three kinds of iteration statements (while, do-while, for)
Learn how to instantiate one- and two-dimensional arrays
Learn how to access, change, traverse, and search for data in arrays
Explore modularity and reusability in the context of methods
Learn how to define static methods
Understand when and how to overload methods

Syllabus

Introduction to Java
Why Object-Oriented Programming?
Basics of Object-Oriented Programming
Using Predefined Classes
Basic Console Input and Output
Programming Decision-Making Statements
Developing Iterations and Loops
Creating and Using Arrays
Writing Methods

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