Course Introduction: Problem Solving, Introduction to Programming and Programs, Types of Languages; An overview of compiler, interpreter and byte code: Compiler vs. Interpreter; Introduction to Java: Structure of Java Program, Compiling and running a Java program; Lexical issues, keywords, reserved words: Identifiers, Constants, Literals, Keywords, Reserved words; Data types (Part 1): Data types and variables, Simple data types, Scope and lifetime of variables; Data types (Part 2): Integers, Floating point types, Characters, Booleans; Type conversion and casting: Type conversion and casting, Automatic type promotion in expressions; Operators: Introduction to Strings, Basic arithmetic operators, Increment and decrement operators, Short circuit operators; Operators, precedence and association: Precedence and association, Equality and relational operators, Conditional / ternary operator, Using parenthesis; Control statements: Select statements: If, If / else, Multiple selection structure; Control statements: Iteration statements: while, do-while, Nested control structures; Control statements: counter controlled repetition: Counter controlled repetition for; Arrays (part 1): Declaring array variables, Creating array objects, Changing array elements, Arrays (part 2): Searching; Finding the maximum and minimum of a numeric array; Finding the sum of the elements of an array and computing average; Sorting; The length of an array; Arrays(part 3): Multidimensional arrays, Matrix manipulation; Object Oriented Programming: Introducing objects; Objects’ attributes and behaviours; Messaging between objects; Concept of classes; Abstraction; Encapsulation; Classes: Defining a class; Class members; Declaring objects; Object reference variables; Primitive data types and Objects; Methods: General form of methods; Returning value; Method parameters; Calling a method; Argument passing; Constructors: Default constructor; Constructor parameters; Methods (2): Overloading (method and constructor); Using objects as parameters; Returning objects; Concept of static; Introduction to Inheritance: Overview of Inheritance; Inheritance (2): Super class variable and subclass object; Using super keyword; Order of constructor calling; Inheritance (3): Method overriding; Dynamic method dispatch; The Object class; Introduction to Packages: Introduction to Packages; Importing packages; Access protection; Introduction to GUI: Graphical user interface, AWT controls; Using GUI controls: Using labels and buttons, Applying check boxes; GUI practical demonstration: Obtaining values from text fields; Abstract classes, interfaces, adapter classes: Abstract classes; Interfaces; Adapter classes(in context of listener interfaces); Introduction to Exception: Exception handling fundamentals; Using try, catch, finally, throws, and throw; Strings in detail: String handling, Character extraction, String comparison, Concatenation with other data types, Handling with sub-string, Concat and replacement, String Trimming.