Java for Beginners

This course is designed for beginners - those without any prior programming knowledge. The author-cum-instructor for this course is a Professor of Computer Science in the University of Maryland system and also a full-time Java developer in an e-procurement company in the USA with more than a decade of real world corporate programming experience. All important topics in Java are covered, with plenty of hands-on practical exercises at each step to reinforce the concepts learned. The course is a pre-requisite for taking other advanced courses such as Advanced Java, Java Server Pages (JSP), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), and Sun Java Certification Examination, to be offered soon by the same author exclusively to JJUG members.

This course is offered every month. The available dates for 2008 are: May 7, Jun 11, Jul 9, Aug 6, Sep 10.

Requirements:

Internet access, e-mail, and Netscape or Internet Explorer Web browser. Syllabus:
The duration of this course is three weeks. Two lessons are released each week for the three-week duration of the course.

Week One

Wednesday - Lesson 01

Using the JDK, and Writing Your First Java Program

Friday - Lesson 02

Data Types, Arithmetic Operators, and Expressions

Week Two

Wednesday - Lesson 03

Relational and Logical Operators, Expressions, Casting, and Escape Sequences

Friday - Lesson 04

Controlling Program Flow, and Looping

Week Three

Wednesday - Lesson 05

Arrays, Strings, Methods, and Variable Scope

Friday - Lesson 06

Classes and Objects

Week Four

Final Exam, Assignments & Quizzes due

Author-cum-instructor:

Dr. Prabhakar Metlapalli worked as an Adjunct Asst Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland University College in College Park, Maryland, and as a full-time Java Developer with an e-procurement company in USA. He has also worked as a C++ consultant at a leading USA-based automobile insurance company, and as a satellite launch vehicle scientist. He currently works full-time as a Guidance and Control Engineer. Dr. Metlapalli earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from West Virginia University and Master of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Kanpur.