1. Background of Java -

2. platform-independent language; can create both applications & Applets

3. Translator programs - compilers, interpreters - what's the difference?

4. source code

5. object code

6. Java - compiled to byte code (javac)

7. JVM - interprets byte code at execution time (java)

8. Programming - what is

a. traditional

b. procedural

c. object-oriented (encapsulation, inheritance,

polymorphism)

9. What is a class? object?

10. Naming rules for classes & variables

11. Access modifiers - public, private

12. qualifier - static

13. main() syntax of header line

14. comment styles

15. Variables - primitive data types & how to declare, initialize & assign values

16. Output to screen - using println() and print() methods

17. Arithmetic operators & their precedence

18. Casting - implicit - when is this done?

19. explicit - when is this required?

20. Unicode

21. class methods - static methods

22. return type, arguments

23. how to define/declare; how to call

24. formal vs. actual parameters

25. overloading

26. calling a method in another class

27. class - how to define

28. attributes - fields, instance variables

29. access - generally private, why?

30. methods - behavior, instance methods (non-static)

31. can only be called for an instance of the class

32. access - generally public, why?

33. getter & setter methods - what is their purpose?

34. Object - what is it? how to declare

35. instantiate - allocate memory using the new operator

36. how to access methods of a class

37. constructors: when are they called?

38. what is their name? return type?

39. what is a default constructor?

40. what is the primary purpose of a constructor?

41. overloading constructors

42. Interactive processing -

43. prompts,

44. echoing inputs