Students will learn to develop applications and applets using the Java language, including the use of interactivity and animation. The course begins with a review of object-oriented programming concepts. Language specifications, multi-threading and other topics are covered.

1. The Java Environment
   • Introduction
   • Uses for Java
   • The World Wide Web (WWW)
   • HTML
   • Competing Technologies
   • CGI vs Java
   • How Java Achieves Portability
   • Advantages and Disadvantages
   • Applications vs Applets
   • Developing Java Applications
   • Developing Java Applets
   • The javadoc and jdb Tools
   • The package Statement
   • The import Statement
   • Packages, Classes, Files and Directories
2. Java Basics
   • Introduction
   • Java vs C++
   • Comments
   • Native Data Types
   • Declaring Variables
   • Identifiers
   • Literals
   • Expressions
   • Floating Point Operations
   • Java Function Calls
   • Simple Statements
   • Control Structures
   • Local Variable Scope
   • Simple Output
3. Classes in Java
   • Java is Object-Oriented
   • Instantiating a Class
   • Class-Type Variables
   • Operations on Class-Type Variables
   • The null Value
   • Member Access
   • Class Definitions
   • Method Overloading
   • Constructors
   • Encapsulation
   • Access Specifiers
   • Comparing Objects
   • Class Variables
   • Class Initialization
   • final Variables
   • Class Methods
   • Finalization
4. Arrays and Strings
   • Java Arrays
   • Array Constant
   • Using Arrays
   • Copying Array Elements
   • String Objects
   • String Methods
   • String Concatenation
   • Converting to String
   • Class StringBuffer
5. Inheritance
   • Introduction
   • Example of Inheritance
   • Derivation Syntax
   • Effects of Inheritance
   • Protected Access
   • Overriding Methods
   • Constructor Chaining
   • Inheritance and Finalization
   • Abstract Classes
   • Casting Between Class Types
6. Writing Java Applets
   • What is an Applet
   • A ?Hello World? Applet
   • The Applet Class
   • The paint () Method
   • The Graphics Class
   • Invoking an Applet
   • Java Fonts
   • Selecting a Font
   • Drawing Lines and Shapes
   • Drawing with Color
   • The Color Class
   • Getting Applet Parameters
   • Specifying Applet Parameters
   • Foreground and Background Colors
   • Events
   • Intercepting Events
   • Mouse Events
   • The repaint () Method
   • The update () Method
   • Using Images
   • Locating Images
   • Loading Images
   • Displaying Images
   • Getting the Size of an Image
   • Animation and Multi-Threading
   • Creating a Thread
   • Controlling a Thread
   • Animating an Applet
   • The start () and stop () Methods
   • Audio Clips
7. The Abstract Windowing Toolkit
   • Introduction
   • AWT Components
   • Labels
   • Buttons
   • Action Events
   • Text Components
   • Lists
   • List Events
   • Choice Menus
   • Checkboxes
   • Checkbox Groups
   • Scrollbars
   • Scrollbar Events
   • Layout
   • Layout Managers
   • Class FlowLayout
   • Class GridLayout
   • Class GridBagLayout
   • Nested Panels
   • Extending Class Panel
   • Nested Panels and Events
   • Absolute Layout
   • The Canvas Component
   • Frames
   • Class BorderLayout
   • Menus
   • Dialog Boxes
   • Standalone Window Applications
8. Exceptions
   • Traditional Error Handling
   • Creating an Exception Class
   • The throw Statement
   • Defining an Exception Handler
   • The finally Statement
   • Exception Types
   • The throws Clause
9. I/O Streams
   • Introduction
   • Class InputStream
   • Class OutputStream
   • Using InputStream and OutputStream
   • File I/O
   • Class FileOutputStream Example
   • Memory Stream
   • Filter Stream
   • Buffered I/O
   • Data Input
   • Data Output
   • Printed Output
   • The LineNumInputStream Example
   • The Applet File I/O
10. More of the Java API
    • Cloning an Object
    • Making a Class Cloneable
    • The Vector Class
    • Object Wrapper Classes
    • Class Stack
    • Class Hashtable
    • Class Thread
    • Thread Synchronization
    • Using wait () and notifyall ()
    • Extensions to Java API
    • Layered Java APIs