The course builds on procedural programming:

• expressions
• datatypes and variables
• control structures (conditions, branching and looping)
• functions and function calls
• program flow

The course covers:

• Classes and instances
• Encapsulation and object interaction
• Interfaces
• Unit testing
• Inheritance
• Abstract classes
• Exception handling
• Java Collection API

Some standard object-oriented techniques are also presented:

• observer-observed pattern
• events and listeners in GUI programming

We recommend the following book:

Y. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, comprehensive version, Sixth edition or newer, ISBN: 0-13-222158-6

See the book's home page, for more information.