This workshop engages participants with little or no programming experience to create Java programs. Participants are introduced to object-oriented programming concepts, terminology, and syntax, and the steps required to create basic Java programs using the Alice, Greenfoot, and Eclipse interactive development environments. Hand-on practices figure prominently throughout this workshop so participants can experience firsthand the power of computer programming.

CONTENT

Introduction

Alice 3

• Getting Started with Alice 3
• Add and Position Objects
• Procedures and Arguments
• Rotation and Randomization
• Declare Procedures
• Control Statements
• Functions
• IF and WHILE Control Structures
• Expressions
• Variables
• Keyboard Controls
• Develop a Complete Animation
• Java Variables and Data Types
• Java Methods and Classes

Greenfoot

• Getting Started with Greenfoot
• Methods, Variables and Parameters
• Source Code and Documentation
• Developing and Testing an Application
• Randomization and Constructors
• Defined Methods
• Sound and Keyboard Control
• World Animating and Game End
• Abstraction
• Loops, Variables, and Arrays

Java Basics

• • • Getting Started with Eclipse
    • Object and Driver Classes
    • Data Types and Operators
    • Strings

Program Structure

• • • Using Scanner and Conditional Statements
    • Using Program Control Statements

Arrays and Exceptions

• • • Arrays
    • Handling Errors

Java Classes

• • • Classes, Objects, and Methods
    • Parameters and Overloading Methods
    • The Static Modifier and Nested Classes
    • Inheritance
    • Polymorphism