Java Programming Introduction: Level 1

• 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES
• 1.1 Introduction to Databases
• 1.2 What is an RDBMS?
• 1.3 Why are RDBMSs Used?
• 1.4 RDBMS Choices
• 1.5 Structure of a Relational Database
• 1.6 Tables
• 1.7 Related Data
• 1.8 Structured Query Language
• 1.9 SQL Language Types
• 1.10 Proprietary SQLs
• 1.11 IDEs with Database Support
• 1.12 RDBMSs and Java

• 2.0 GETTING STARTED IN JAVA
• 2.1 Java Development Platforms
• 2.2 System Requirements
• 2.3 Obtaining the SDK
• 2.4 Installing the SDK
• 2.5 SDK Directory Structure
• 2.6 Development Environment
• 2.7 The Compiler and Interpreter
• 2.8 Program Requirements
• 2.9 Common Problems

• 3.0 BLUE JAY TUTORIAL
• 3.1 What is BlueJ?
• 3.2 Obtaining BlueJ
• 3.3 Installing BlueJ
• 3.4 Using BlueJ
• 3.5 Compiling a Class With Errors
• 3.6 Configuring BlueJ
• 3.7 Java Documentation

Java Programming Introduction: Level 2

• 1.0 JAVA FUNDAMENTALS
• 1.1 Styles
• 1.2 Comments
• 1.3 Identifiers
• 1.4 Reserved Keywords
• 1.5 Separators
• 1.6 Literals
• 1.7 Escape Sequences

• 2.0 VARIABLES OC SI
• 2.1 What is a Variable?
• 2.2 What is a Data Type?
• 2.3 Declaring Variables
• 2.4 Initializing Variables
• 2.5 Accessing Variables
• 2.6 Constants
• 2.7 Automatic Conversion
• 2.8 Explicit Conversion

• 3.0 OPERATORS
• 3.1 What are Operators?
• 3.2 Arithmatic Operators
• 3.3 Comparison Operators
• 3.4 Assignment Operators
• 3.5 Conditional Operators
• 3.6 Bitwise Operators
• 3.7 Bit Manipulations
• 3.8 Boolean Operators
• 3.9 Operator Precedence

• 4.0 CONTROL STATEMENTS
• 4.1 The IF Statement
• 4.2 Code Blocks
• 4.3 Variable Scope
• 4.4 The ELSE Statement
• 4.5 The ELSE IF Statement
• 4.6 Conditional Operators
• 4.7 The SWITCH Statement
• 4.8 The WHILE Statement
• 4.9 The BREAK Statement
• 4.10 The CONTINUE Statement
• 4.11 The DO Statement
• 4.12 The FOR Statement

• 5.0 METHODS OC SI
• 5.1 What are Methods
• 5.2 Method Header
• 5.3 Method Body
• 5.4 Calling Methods
• 5.5 Return Values
• 5.6 Method Arguments
• 5.7 Passing Arguments
• 5.8 Overloading Methods

Java Programming Introduction: Level 3

• 1.0 OVERVIEW OF OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
• 1.1 What is OOP?
• 1.2 OOP vs. Procedural
• 1.3 What is a Class?
• 1.4 Inheritance
• 1.5 Relationships
• 1.6 What is an Object?
• 1.7 Development Cycle
• 1.8 Analyzing a Card Game
• 1.9 Class Examples
• 1.10 Using GUI Classes

• 2.0 BUILDING CLASSES
• 2.1 Class Template
• 2.2 Defining Fields
• 2.3 Automatic Initialization
• 2.4 Object References
• 2.5 Instantiating Classes
• 2.6 Using Object References
• 2.7 The . {Dot) Operator
• 2.8 Accessing Fields
• 2.9 Defining Methods
• 2.10 Calling Methods

• 3.0 WORKING WITH CLASSES
• 3.1 Data Encapsulation
• 3.2 Access Control
• 3.3 The THIS Keyword
• 3.4 Constructors
• 3.5 Using Constructors
• 3.6 Why Use Constructors
• 3.7 Chaining Constructors
• 3.8 Class Variables
• 3.9 Accessing Class Variables
• 3.10 Class Methods
• 3.11 Initialization Blocks
• 3.12 Passing and Returning Objects
• 3.13 Garbage Collection
• 3.14 Finalize Method
• 3.15 Object Life Cycle

• 4.0 PACKAGING CLASSES
• 4.1 Packages
• 4.2 Creaing Packages
• 4.3 Directory Structure
• 4.4 Package Access
• 4.5 Compiling with Packages
• 4.6 Executing Classes and Packages
• 4.7 Using Classes and Packages
• 4.8 Importing Classes
• 4.9 Java Archives
• 4.10 The Jar Utility
• 4.11 Creating a Java Archive File
• 4.12 Creating an Executable Java Archive File
• 4.13 Manifest.mf
• 4.14 Executing a Java Archive File
• 4.15 Viewing and Extracting Java ArchiVe Files
• 4.16 Managing Packages with BlueJ

Java Programming Introduction: Level 4

• 1.0 WORKING WITH STRINGS
• 1.1 Overview of Strings
• 1.2 Creating Strings
• 1.3 Using Escape Characters
• 1.4 String Concatenation
• 1.5 String Length
• 1.6 Case Toggling
• 1.7 String Comparison
• 1.8 Sorting Strings
• 1.9 String Extraction
• 1.10 Searching Strings
• 1.11 Modifying Strings
• 1.12 StringBuffer Class

• 2.0 FORMATTING STRINGS & NUMBERS
• 2.1 Formatting Strings in Java
• 2.2 Using a Formatter
• 2.3 Formatting a Number
• 2.4 Customizing a Number Formatter
• 2.5 Eliminating Commas
• 2.6 Right Alignment
• 2.7 Left Alignment
• 2.8 Rounding
• 2.9 Formatting Currencies
• 2.10 Formatting Percentages

• 3.0 ARRAYS
• 3.1 What is an Array?
• 3.2 Creating an Array Variable
• 3.3 Creating an Array
• 3.4 Default Values
• 3.5 Accessing Array Elements
• 3.6 Inserting Values
• 3.7 Array Length
• 3.8 Multi-Dimensional Arrays
• 3.9 Creating a Multi-dimensional Array
• 3.10 Multi-dimensional Array View
• 3.11 Multi-dimensional Array Length
• 3.12 Accessing Array Elements

• 4.0 USING VECTORS OC SI
• 4.1 Overview of Vectors
• 4.2 Vector Constructor
• 4.3 Adding Elements
• 4.4 Inserting Elements
• 4.5 Changing an Element
• 4.6 Obtaining Capacity and Size
• 4.7 Ensuring the Capacity
• 4.8 Setting the Size
• 4.9 Retrieving Objects
• 4.10 Removing Elements
• 4.11 Searching in a Vector

• 5.0 DOCUMENTING YOUR CODE
• 5.1 Documentation Comments
• 5.2 Standard Documentation
• 5.3 Documentation Example
• 5.4 Generating Documentation