• Name the producer of the Java system.
• Describe the capabilities/tools provided by the Java system.
• Explain how the Java system implements the "write once, run anywhere" strategy.
• Name the producer of Eclipse.
• Explain what an IDE is and describe the capabilities of an IDE.

• Name the basic components of object-oriented programming
• Differentiate classes and objects.
• Differentiate class and instance methods.
• Differentiate class and instance data values.
• Draw program designs using UML for classes and objects.
• Explain the use of inheritance in object-oriented programs.
• Name and describe the stages of the software lifecycle.

• Declare a class in Java.
• Be able to use the JOptionPane class to create programs that interact with a user.
• Create three different types of comments in a Java program.
• Explain the significance of the main method in a Java program.
• Use the Java String class to create and manipulate character data.
• State several Java source code naming conventions.

• List the three properties of a variable (name, memory location, type).
• List several Java primitive data types.
• Declare arithmetic variable types in Java.
• Select the proper data type for a variable.
• Write arithmetic expression in Java.
• Understand and apply the arithmetic precedence rules in Java.
• Describe how memory allocation works for reference data types and primitive data types.
• Be able to create programs that interact with the user using console input/output.
• Convert a String object to a numeric value.
• Use the type cast operator to do explicit type conversions on data.
• Declare a constant data value in Java.
• Describe the capabilities of the Math class.

• Define and use classes with multiple methods and data members.
• Define and use value-returning and void methods.
• Properly use accessibility modifiers in defining methods and fields.
• Create and use class constructor methods.
• Understand and apply accessor and mutator methods.
• Define and use methods that have primitive data types as parameters.
• Define and use methods that have reference data types as parameters.
• Explain how parameters are passed to called methods under Java's pass-by-value scheme.
• Overload the class constructor method.
• Understand the importance of information hiding and encapsulation.
• Define and use class constants.
• Declare and use local variables.
• Call methods of the same class.
• Make an instantiable class the main class.

• Use an if-then-else selection statement.
• Use an if-then selection statement.
• Create and interpret Boolean expressions using relational operators: <, >, ==, !=, <= and >=.
• Use braces (i.e., { }) to correctly group Java statements in else and then blocks of selection statements.
• Write methods with a return type of Boolean for use in selections statements.
• Use nested if statements.
• Identify and correct the dangling else problem.
• Use an if-then-else-if construct.
• Create and interpret complex expressions that use Boolean operators: &&, || and !.
• Correctly compare primitive and reference data types in selection statements.
• Use a switch statement to control program flow.

• Implement repetition control in a program using while, do-while, and for statements.
• Select the appropriate repetition control statement for a given task.
• Identify common pitfalls in looping constructs, e.g.,
  • Infinite loops;
  • Off-by-one error;
  • Test and increment with a real number.
• Nest looping constructs within one another.

• Declare and use an array of primitive data types in writing a program.
• Declare and use an array of objects in writing a program.
• Use the public constant length for the size of the array.
• Define a method that accepts an array as its parameter and a method that returns an array.
• Describe how a two-dimensional array is implemented as an array of arrays.
• Search a one-dimensional array of numeric type to find the minimum and maximum values and calculate the average of the values.

This page was based on a similar set of pages developed originally by Dr. Pat Schroeder.

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