Course: Welcome to Java

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	Welcome to Java Java is a programming language created by Sun Microsystems: http://www.java.sun.com and available for free download over the Internet. It has been available since the beginning of 1996 and has aroused huge interest both as a general programming language and for its Internet capabilities. It is one of the most highly sought after skills, both in industry and universities. Programs developed with Java can be sold (or given away) without paying anything to Sun Microsystems. This free Java course by Marcus Green is for people who want to learn about Java but have little previous programming experience. It is not aimed at the Sun Certified Programmers Exam, which is for people who already know how to program in Java. Origin and Legal Notes Resource Social Forum file Discuss The Course file Welcome sound file

1	An introduction to the origins and basics of the Java Programming language This course Resource What is Java? Resource Where did Java come from? Resource Java is not JavaScript Resource What is Java used for Resource What is Java used for audio sound file Why choose Java? Resource Why choose Java? audio sound file The Java Development Kit Resource The JDK audio sound file Getting Started Resource Graphical Development Tools Resource Object Orientation Resource Object Orientation audio sound file Inheritance Resource inheritance audio sound file Writing your first program Resource Flash movie of creating HelloWorld with the JDK file Line by line analysis of HelloWorld Resource Why was that program so ugly? Resource A Graphical "Hello World" Resource Line by line analysis of the Graphical HelloWorld Resource Hello world according to Sun file Summary Lesson Diversionary Video file

2	Data types and looping Java Syntax & Data Types Resource Flow Control Resource Flow statements according to the Sun Java tutorial file If/Else Resource The Assignment Operator Resource while/do while Resource The for loop Resource The break and continue statements Resource Data Types Resource Method and class variables Resource Primitive Types Resource Character Data Resource The String Class Resource Keywords Resource Swing ,AWT and the Plugin Look and Feel system Resource Applets and web browsers Resource Java Event Handling Resource Creating Events using Adapter classes Resource The Sun Java Tutorial on Data Types file The String class in the Sun Java Tutorial file Looping animation Resource Pluggable Look and Feel animation file

3	Layout Managers Layout Managers Resource FlowLayout Resource Flow, Border and GridLayouts compared Resource BorderLayout Resource GridLayout Resource Layout managers at the Sun Java tutorial file FlowApp html file Animation of the FlowLayout in action file Using multiple layout managers Resource Layout Managers Quiz

4	Arrays,Collections and I/O The idea of arrays Resource arrays according to the Sun Java tutorial file Creating your own arrays Resource Assigning array values on creation Resource The limitations of arrays Resource Collections Resource Input & Output (I/O) and Exceptions Resource Exceptions Resource Using the throws keyword Resource Chaining streams together Resource Sun on I/O file Sun on the subject of arrays file

5	Applets and more components What are applets? Resource Browser Wars Resource Applets & Security Resource Hello World Resource The Applet Lifecycle Resource The applet console Resource Data entry fields & Menus Resource Installing the plugin Resource Jar Files Resource Applets according to Sun file

6	More Objects OO Principles Resource What is an object? Resource Inheritance Resource Polymorphism Resource Constructors Resource Overriding and overloading Resource Interfaces Resource Abstract Classes Resource Encapsulation Resource Objects and references Resource A History of Objects audio sound file

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