LESSON DESCRIPTION

This course is a live, instructor led course, held every Monday evening from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time. This course is an introduction to Data Types and Operators, and is designed to provide students as understanding of these core fundamentals of computer programming. This knowledge is required for a strong foundation in computer programming and is necessary if students wish to take on more challenging content. This is the first course most students should be exposed to when they begin their journey in computer programming.

PREREQUISITES

No knowledge of programming is assumed. However, students should have Eclipse and Java installed on their computer, and they should have already verified that they are able to complete a “Hello World” project. If you have these things installed, but are unsure whether you can complete the “Hello World” project, please sign up for the free course Installing the Java JRE and the Eclipse IDE, and complete the Verify Eclipse Functionality section before signing up for this course.

SYLLABUS

• Primitives
• Literals
• Strings
• Escape characters
• Arithmetic Operators
• Variables
• Naming Conventions
• Variable Declaration
• Variable scope
• Constants
• Initialization and Assignment
• Shorthand assignment operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Type conversion

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand Java data types and how to use them
• Understand escape characters and how to use them
• Understand mathematical operators
• Understand different variable types, as well as how to declare and initialize variables
• Understand relational and logical operators and how to use them
• Understand and implement type conversion