Fundamentals of Programming

Web developers, system administrators, technical managers, and anyone wanting to develop programming skills

In this course you will write, compile, and debug programs in Java.

This hands-on course provides a comprehensive introduction to programming, and builds a solid foundation of programming skills that can be used to master additional programming languages like C, C++, or Java.

BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

* What is a Program?
* "Hello, world!"
* The Programming Process
* Program Files and Program Execution
* System Programs vs. Application Programs
* Input - Process - Output
* Programming Languages
* Compiler Errors vs. Runtime Errors
* Development Environments

WRITING SIMPLE PROGRAMS

* Reading Input
* Performing Numeric Calculations
* Formatting Output
* Decision Making
* Iteration
* Commenting Your Source Code
* Good Programming Style

DATA TYPES, CONSTANTS, AND VARIABLES

* A Program's Purpose is to Process Data
* Computer Memory
* Data Can Be of Different Types
* Named Data: Variables
* Literal Data
* Assignment
* Printing Variables

SCREEN OUTPUT AND KEYBOARD INPUT

* Writing to the Screen
* Characters That Have Special Meaning
* Some Simple Formatting
* Reading from the Keyboard
* Prompting and Validating

EXPRESSIONS

* Expressions: Where the Work Gets Done
* Expression Evaluation: The Result
* Arithmetic Expressions
* Relational Expressions
* Where are Relational Expressions Used?
* And? . . . Or?
* Precedence and Associativity

DECISION MAKING

* Sequential Execution
* What is Decision Making?
* Simple Decisions: if
* Two-Way Decisions: else
* Code Blocks
* Nesting Control Statements
* Multi-Way Decisions: switch

LOOPING

* Kinds of Loops
* Iterative Loops
* Code Blocks and Loops
* Nested Loops
* Conditional Loops
* Infinite Loops

SUBROUTINES

* Programming Without Subroutines
* Reusable Code in a Subroutine
* The Starting Point
* Variable Visibility: Scope
* Parameters
* Returning a Value
* Method Stubs
* Libraries

DEBUGGING

* What is Debugging?
* Commenting Out Code
* Simple Debugging with Print Statements
* Making Debugging Print Statements Conditional
* Programs that Help You Debug Programs

DATA COLLECTIONS - ARRAYS

* Scalar Data vs. Data Collections
* What is an Array?
* Accessing Array Elements
* Multidimensional Arrays
* Array Initialization

DATA COLLECTIONS - CLASSES

* What is a Class?
* Object vs. Class
* Accessing Object Members
* Using Arrays with Classes

WORKING WITH FILES

* Terminal I/O and File I/O
* Opening Files
* Opening a File for Writing
* Opening a File for Reading
* Checking for File Open Errors
* Closing a File
* Text Files vs. Binary Files