Catalog Description: Self-paced course in Java for students who already know how to program. Applets; variables and computation; events and flow of control; classes and objects; inheritance; GUI elements; applications; arrays, strings, files, and linked structures; exceptions; threads.

Units: 2

Prerequisites: COMPSCI 9C, COMPSCI 9F, or COMPSCI 61A plus experience with object-oriented programming or C-based language.

Formats:
Fall: 2 hours of self-paced per week
Spring: 2 hours of self-paced per week

Grading basis: passFail

Final exam status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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Department Notes:

Course objectives: Students will learn constructs of the Java programming language, along with built-in facilities to create graphical user interfaces. In the process of learning the language, they will be applying knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering. As many of their projects require a fair bit of software engineering, they will also be making design decisions (algorithm, data structure, time-vs-space, etc) and considering various implementation trade-offs.

Topics covered:

• Applets
• Variables and computation
• Events flow of control
• Details about Java looping and testing constructs
• Paint, repaint, init, and HandleEvent methods of applets
• Classes and objects
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Details of defining classes and interfaces and using objects
• Public vs. private methods
• Static methods and data
• Arrays
• Strings
• Linked structures
• Files
• Exceptions
• Applications
• Threads