Elements of the Java Platform

CS 161 - Java

Road Map

E-mail: jdoughty@cs.gmu.edu

Times: Monday Evenings: 7:20 - 10:00 PM

Place: Classes will be held in S&T I, Room 124

Each week lecture materials will be found at:
http://cs.gmu.edu/~jdoughty/cs161/

Topics this week:

• Course Description
• Grading Policy
• Honor Policy
• Expectations for This Class
• Textbook
• Syllabus
• Programming Assignment Road Map
• Program Development Environment
• IDEs
• Programming
• Some Keys to Java Programming
• What Does Java Look Like?
• Running a Java application
• A Better First Java program
• Do it!
• What the MyName Class demonstrates
• Assignment for Next Session
• Installing and running the JDK

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