This unit expands students’ Java programming skills by focusing on object-oriented design and implementation of classes, methods, constructors, and subclasses, alongside arrays and collection classes. Students will also apply file input/output, event-driven GUI interaction, conditional logic, and software development considerations to store, manipulate, and present data in preparation for advanced game programming topics.
Learning Objectives
- apply object-oriented design to define classes, methods, constructors, and subclasses that model program entities and encapsulate behavior
- implement Java file I/O, arrays, and collection classes to persist, retrieve, and manage object data and compute aggregates (e.g., team averages)
- develop event-driven behaviors and populate GUI components (such as tables), using conditional logic and comparisons/logical operators to control program flow
- evaluate software development and business considerations, including the use of interfaces, libraries, and ethical practices, to design maintainable Java applications
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 24 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 2 — Objects, Methods, and I/O24
- 1.1Count On Me20 mins
- 1.2Defining a Method within a Class (Displaying an Account)20 mins
- 1.3Working with Disk Files (a Brief Detour)20 mins
- 1.4Doing Something about the Weather20 mins
- 1.5Making Static (Finding the Team Average)20 mins
- 1.6Arrays of Objects20 mins
- 1.7Collection Classes to the Rescue20 mins
- 1.8The Buck Stops Here, Except When It Doesn’t20 mins
- 1.9Classes and Their Members20 mins
- 1.10The Java Interface20 mins
- 1.11Some Events Aren’t Button Clicks20 mins
- 1.12Putting Data in the Table20 mins
- 1.13For Business Issues Related to This Book20 mins
- 1.14Which of Your Books Should I Read?20 mins
- 1.15Gaining Perspective: Where Java Fits In20 mins
- 1.16Developing Software20 mins
- 1.17Understanding a Simple Java Program20 mins
- 1.18What Happened to All the Cool Visual Effects?20 mins
- 1.19Forming Conditions with Comparisons and Logical Operators20 mins
- 1.20You Can Always Get What You Want20 mins
- 1.21Sending Values to and from Methods (Calculating Interest)20 mins
- 1.22Defining Subclasses (What It Means to Be a Full-Time or Part-Time Employee)20 mins
- 1.23A Constructor That Does More20 mins
- 1.24Experiments with Variables20 mins
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