Table of Contents

UNIT 1: Getting Started with Java. 1: Background. 2: First Java Programs. 3: Syntax, Errors, and Debugging. 4: Introduction to Control Statements. 5: Using Classes and Objects in Media Computing. UNIT 2: The Next Step with Java. 6: Introduction to Defining Classes. 7: Control Statements Continued. 8: Improving the User Interface. 9: Introduction to HTML and Applets. UNIT 3: Arrays, Recursion, and Complexity. 10: Introduction to Arrays. 11: Classes Continued. 12: Arrays Continued. 13: Recursion, Complexity, and Searching and Sorting. UNIT 4: Advanced Topics. 14: Introduction to Collections. 15: Multithreading, Networks, and Client/Server Programming. Appendix A: Java Resources. Appendix B: Java Language Elements. Appendix C: Operator Precedence. Appendix D: ASCII Character Set. Appendix E: Number Systems. Appendix F: Java Exception Handling. Appendix G: Java Packages and jar Files. Appendix H: Files. Appendix I: The TurtleGraphics Package. Appendix J: AP Correlations. Glossary. Index.