Table of Contents

1.   Overview

1.1   Introduction to Object Oriented Programming using Java AWT

1.1.1   Introduction
1.1.2   The Idea - Background Research
1.1.3   Structure
1.1.4   References

2.   Syllabus
3.   Introduction to the course

3.1   Summary
3.2   Contents

3.2.1   What is this course about?
3.2.2   What is Programming?
3.2.3   Object Oriented vs. Procedural Programming
3.2.4   What is an algorithm?

4.   Introduction to UNIX

4.1   Summary
4.2   Contents

4.2.1   What is UNIX?
4.2.2   Some basic commands

5.   Introduction to the WWW and HTML

5.1   Summary
5.2   Contents

5.2.1   What is the WWW?
5.2.2   Why do we need to learn HTML for this course?
5.2.3   How to make a simple web page

6.   Basics of Programming

6.1   Summary
6.2   Contents

6.2.1   Data Types
6.2.2   Functions
6.2.3   Basic Statements

7.   Java Framework

7.1   Summary
7.2   Contents

7.2.1   Using the Java Framework of classes, functions, and methods (overview)
7.2.2   Compiling and running a Java Applet
7.2.3   Debugging errors when compiling

8.   Using pre-defined objects

8.1   Summary
8.2   Contents

8.2.1   Introduction to a few simple objects and their usage
8.2.2   Textfields, Textareas, Labels, Buttons, Canvases, Checkboxes
8.2.3   Methods vs. Functions

9.   Inheritance

9.1   Summary
9.2   Contents

9.2.1   What is inheritance; how does it relate to Object Oriented Programming? Why is it useful to separate common things into a separate unit?
9.2.2   What did Textfields, Textareas, Labels, Buttons, Canvases, and Checkboxes have in common?

10.   Using inheritance to create new objects

10.1   Summary
10.2   Contents

10.2.1   Use existing objects as superclasses: extends
10.2.2   Constructors
10.2.3   The bare bones of any object in a .java file

11.   The Java Applet as an object

11.1   Summary
11.2   Contents

11.2.1   Applet is an object to which other objects can be added
11.2.2   Layout Managers; BorderLayout, GridLayout
11.2.3   BorderLayout
11.2.4   GridLayout
11.2.5   Assigning a LayoutManager
11.2.6   Adding objects to a LayoutManager

12.   Events

12.1   Summary
12.2   Contents

12.2.1   What are Action Listeners?
12.2.2   Events are objects
12.2.3   How to implement Listeners

13.   Polymorphism

13.1   Summary
13.2   Contents

13.2.1   What is polymorphism?
13.2.2   How is polymorphism implemented in Java - Interfaces
13.2.3   How is a Mouse Event an Interface?

14.   Putting it all together

14.1   Summary
14.2   Contents

14.2.1   Creating a Java Applet with existing Objects, customized Objects, and Event Listeners

15.   Midterm

15.1   Summary
15.2   Contents

16.   Graphics

16.1   Summary
16.2   Contents

16.2.1   Graphics as an example of an object that is inherent to Components
16.2.2   Framework of a Graphics applet

17.   Kaleidoscope

17.1   Summary
17.2   Contents

17.2.1   Building a Kaleidoscope out of colored lines

18.   Using Graphics to make Applets

18.1   Summary
18.2   Contents

18.2.1   Paneled Applet where each panel is some extension of a Canvas or Panel
18.2.2   Mouse Listeners

19.   non-Graphical objects; data structures

19.1   Summary
19.2   Contents

19.2.1   The idea of an object was in-fact first thought of for data structures
19.2.2   What is a data structure
19.2.3   More complicated data structures, such as Vectors and Hashtables

20.   Building data objects

20.1   Summary
20.2   Contents

20.2.1   A data object consists of variables that hold data and methods that retrieve, save, and manipulate data
20.2.2   Introduction to private, public, and protected data types

21.   Putting it all together

21.1   Summary
21.2   Contents

21.2.1   Building an object that holds data, as well as representing something visual

22.   Exceptions

22.1   Summary
22.2   Contents

22.2.1   What are exceptions
22.2.2   A look at some example exceptions

23.   Javadoc

23.1   Summary
23.2   Contents

23.2.1   How to use Java documentation
23.2.2   How Javadoc can help in figuring out the relationships between objects

24.   Debugging

24.1   Summary
24.2   Contents
24.3   System.out / System.err

25.   Java Technologies

25.1   Summary
25.2   Contents

26.   Final Exam

26.1   Summary
26.2   Contents