Students who can benefit from this course are individualswho have basic mathematical, logical, and analyticalproblem-solving skills and who want to begin learningthe Java programming language. These students areencouraged to have had some programming experience,whether with a scripting language such as Perl ora third-generation language (such as Basic or C) priorto attending this course. These students include: *Technical writers, Web developers, technical managers,and individuals with a technical, non-programmingbackground, such as system administrators*Novice programmers, and those programmers who prefer tostart learning the Java programming language atan introductory level

• Create and edit text files using a text editor
• Use a World Wide Web (WWW) browser
• Solve logic problems
• Describe the concept of a variable
• Execute commands using a command-line interface

• Demonstrate knowledge of Java technology, the Java programming language, and the product life cycle
• Use various Java programming language constructs to create several Java technology applications
• Use decision and looping constructs and methods to dictate program flow
• Implement intermediate Java technology programming and object-oriented (OO) concepts in Java technology programs

Module 1 - Explaining Java Technology

• Describe key concepts of the Java programming language
• List the three Java technology product groups
• Summarize each of the seven stages of the productlife cycle

Module 2 - Analyzing a Problem and Designing a Solution

• Analyze a problem using object-oriented analysis
• Design classes from which objects will be created

Module 3 - Developing and Testing a Java Technology Program

• Identify the four components of a class in the Javaprogramming language
• Use the main method in a test class to run a Javatechnology program from the command line
• Compile and execute a Java technology program

Module 4 - Declaring, Initializing, and Using Variables

• Identify the uses for variables and define the syntaxfor a variable
• List the eight Java programming language primitive datatypes
• Declare, initialize, and use variables and constantsaccording to Java programming language guidelines andcoding standards
• Modify variable values using operators
• Use promotion and type casting

Module 5 - Creating an Using Objects

• Declare, instantiate, and initialize object referencevariables
• Compare how object reference variables are stored inrelation to primitive variables
• Use a class (the String class) included in the JavaSoftware Developers Kit (SDK)
• Use the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2EE)class library specification to learn about other classesin this application programming interface (API)

Module 6 - Using Operators and Decision Constructs

• Identify relational and conditional operators
• Create if and if/else constructs
• Use the switch construct

Module 7 - Using Loop Constructs

• Create while loops
• Develop for loops
• Create do/while loops

Module 8 - Developing and Using Methods

• Describe the advantages of methods and define workerand calling methods
• Declare and invoke a method
• Compare object and static methods
• Use overloaded methods

Module 9 - Implementing Encapsulation and Constructors

• Use encapsulation to protect data
• Create constructors to initialize objects

Module 10 - Creating and Using Arrays

• Code one-dimensional arrays
• Set array values using the length attribute and a loop
• Pass arguments to the main method for use in a program
• Create two-dimensional arrays

Module 11 - Implementing Inheritance

• Define and test your use of inheritance
• Explain abstraction
• Explicitly identify class libraries used in your code