• Preliminaries (chapter 1)
• high-level programming languages
• history of Java
• object-orientation
• the Java Virtual Machine
• errors: syntax vs. logical
• Using Objects (chapter 2)
• types and variables
• assignment operator
• strings (from chapter 4.6)
• objects and classes
• methods parameters and return values
• constructing objects
• accessors and mutators
• the API documentation
• using graphics classes
• Implementing Classes (chapter 3)
• access specifiers
• Javadoc
• instance fields
• constructors
• parameters and local variables
• the implicit parameter
• implementing objects that draw themselves
• Data Types (chapter 4)
• number types
• constants
• arithmetic operations
• static methods
• reading input

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• Decisions (Chapter 5)
• if and if-else statements
• the equals operator
• boolean expressions
• Looping (Chapter 6)
• while and do loops
• for loops
• nested loops
• random numbers and simulations
• using the Netbeans debugger
• Designing Classes (Chapter 8)
• cohesion and coupling
• immutable classes
• static methods and fields
• side effects
• scope and shadowing
• Linear Arrays and Array Lists (Chapter 7)
• linear arrays
• the ArrayList class
• wrappers and auto-boxing
• the enhanced for-loop

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