Michael: continue to develop a syllabus for COP3804 that introduces the
     student to Java, assuming that the student has learned to use Python
     with lists and arrays.


The Basics
    What is Java?
    Creating Java programs 
    Eclipse 
    NetBeans 
    Using command line/terminal mode  
    What is compiling in Java?

Getting Started
    What are imports? 
    Creating a class 
    Creating a method 
    Print Commands 
        print
        println  
        printf  

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    Numerical Operators 
    Other Operators 
        Operators >  and  < 
        Operators >= and <= 
        Operators =, ==, != 
        Operators && and || 
        Operator % 
    Math using primitives 
    Wrapper Data Types 
    String Class Data Types 

Topic Four: Building a program
    Primitive Data Types 
    Wrapper Data Types 
    Calling Methods 
        Methods that do not pass any data 
        Methods that pass data 
        Methods that return data 
    Variables 
        Global Variables 
        Private – Final Variables 
        Local Variables 
    Reading The Keyboard Using Scanner Class  
 
SHOW SYNTAX:
    if command 
        Plain if
        Other Plain if example
        if_else 
        if else if  
        nested if 
        ternary If 
    
SHOW SYNTAX:
    Loops 
        for loops 
        while loop
        Boolean conditions in while loops 
        Endless while loop 
        do while loops 
        Enhanced for loops (summary)
    switch 
        Limitations of the switch command
      switch Command Using int as Input 
      switch Command Using char as Input 

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    Arrays 
        One dimension array 
        Declaring/Creating one dimension arrays: 
        Allocating space to declared arrays: 
        Declare and allocate at the same time: 
        Create, allocate and load data into arrays: 
        Load data to a declared array: 
        Print all values inside this array 

        Multi Dimensional arrays 
        Two Dimension Arrays 
        Two dimensional int arrays 
        Two dimensional String arrays (Using array's length)
        Three Multidimensional Arrays 

        Parallel Arrays
   Enhanced for Loops 
   String Tokenizer 

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Topic Eight: ArrayList 
    ArrayList 
    Iterator
    Using Iterator in an ArrayList    
    Copying Arrays into an ArrayList Modify and Back
    Object Data Types

Files
    Files
    What is a file
    What is a record  
    Catching Errors Exceptions In Data Files
    Text Files 
         Text Files using: 
              FileWriter, PrintWriter, FileReader and BufferedReader 
         Text Files using the File Class
         Exceptions Handling
         Text Files using the Formatter Class 
         Text Files using the Scanner Class 
         Large Files. Writing and Reading
    Binary Files 
    Printing numbers using decimal format 

External Classes, Methods, This, Constructors  
    External Classes
    Final Variables 
    toString
    What is this?
    What is a Constructor? 
    Simple Constructors
    What is Variable-Length Argument List in Methods?
    What is the meaning of main(  String arg[]  )?
  
Sorting and Recursion 
    What is Sorting?
    Swap - Placing Data in Order
    Bubble Sort
    Recursion

Inheritance and Polymorphism
    What is Inheritance?
    Polymorphism
    Final Methods
    Final Classes
    Protected Classes Methods and Variables
 
Interfaces and Abstraction 
    What is an Interface?
    Data abstraction
    Data Abstraction vs Interfaces

Data Structures Implementations
    LinkedList
    Overloading
    Stacks
    Queue