Overview
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation in Java for programmers without syntax experience in a C-based language. Besides learning the basic structure and syntax of the language, students will also learn object-oriented principles and how they are applied in Java applications. In addition, this course covers more advanced features of the language such as abstract classes, interfaces, generics, packages, and exception handling. Finally, students will learn two foundational API libraries: I/O streams and collections. Additional appendices on threads, J2EE, and Eclipse are provided for further study.