Unit 1 - Computer Concepts and
Introduction to Java
Java Textbook - GET A COPY OF THIS! YOU NEED IT!
Please read pages 6 to 16 of the Java Textbook - There is testable content in this section.
Computing Hardware Concepts Presentation
Video lecture of this presentation
How CPUs work - Youtube Video - 10 minutes
Computing Software Concepts Presentation
Video lecture of this presentation
You are responsible for the material on these two presentations.
Build your first Java Project
Video demonstration of the activity
My Working Java Program Won't Run! HELP!
What is ASCII? "American Standard Code for Information Interchange" - the way the computer represents characters as codes.
Example of an ASCII Table
What is Unicode? - a more up to date way to represent characters with codes. Based on ASCII
Table of Unicode Characters and their code values - for when you want to print special characters in the console.
Examples of ASCII Text Art
How is Java different from other programming languages? Read PDFs 8 and 9 of the JavaText2013 textbook.
Every assignment you submit in this course MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM information:
// You Name Due Date
/* Brief written description
of how your program works and what is produces.
*/
Please read pages 6 to 16 of the Java Textbook - There is testable content in this section.
Computing Hardware Concepts Presentation
Video lecture of this presentation
How CPUs work - Youtube Video - 10 minutes
Computing Software Concepts Presentation
Video lecture of this presentation
You are responsible for the material on these two presentations.
Build your first Java Project
Video demonstration of the activity
My Working Java Program Won't Run! HELP!
What is ASCII? "American Standard Code for Information Interchange" - the way the computer represents characters as codes.
Example of an ASCII Table
What is Unicode? - a more up to date way to represent characters with codes. Based on ASCII
Table of Unicode Characters and their code values - for when you want to print special characters in the console.
Examples of ASCII Text Art
How is Java different from other programming languages? Read PDFs 8 and 9 of the JavaText2013 textbook.
Every assignment you submit in this course MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM information:
// You Name Due Date
/* Brief written description
of how your program works and what is produces.
*/