Java Essentials for Android
Learn the Java you need to become an Android app developer. No experience required. Includes web-based exercises.
This course will teach you how to program in the Java Programming Language, focusing on Java concepts that you will need in order to develop Android apps.
Many of the topics include on-line labs with a novel automated tutor that has been university course tested and shown to significantly improve student learning. All of the exercises can be completed on the web, so you don't have to do any installations. The Eclipse IDE is introduced so if you prefer, you can install the professional tools you will need for Java and Android development.
Automated testing with JUnit is included along the way, with a special emphasis on test-driven development.
This course introduces Android briefly through three simple Android apps and lab exercises, and it is designed to get you ready to take a professional Android course.
Still not sure? Check out the free lecture in Chapter 12: Arrays.
CHAPTER 1: Welcome
CHAPTER 2: Programming Environment
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03:19
Lecture 1:
Programming Playground
CHAPTER 3: Primitive Data Types
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08:13
Lecture 1:
Java Int Operations -
119 B
Lecture 2:
Int Operations Code (Optional) -
00:35
Lecture 3:
Java Int Operations Lab -
04:25
Lecture 4:
Java Data Types -
04:45
Lecture 5:
Data Type Examples -
200 B
Lecture 6:
Int Examples (Optional) -
02:08
Lecture 7:
Variable Declarations Lecture -
04:10
Lecture 8:
More Primitive Data Types -
147 B
Lecture 9:
Float Examples (Optional) -
166 B
Lecture 10:
Char Examples (Optional) -
150 B
Lecture 11:
Boolean Examples (Optional) -
00:36
Lecture 12:
Java Data Types, Variables, and Assignment Lab
CHAPTER 4: Constants, Casting and Comments
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01:30
Lecture 1:
Constants -
142 B
Lecture 2:
Constants Examples (Optional) -
04:41
Lecture 3:
Float Division And Math Library -
183 B
Lecture 4:
Math Examples (Optional) -
05:22
Lecture 5:
Casting -
240 B
Lecture 6:
Casting Examples (Optional) -
162 B
Lecture 7:
Casting Char Examples (Optional) -
04:12
Lecture 8:
Comments -
396 B
Lecture 9:
Comments Examples (Optional)
CHAPTER 5: Strings
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03:16
Lecture 1:
String Concatentation -
225 B
Lecture 2:
String Concatenation Examples (Optional) -
07:15
Lecture 3:
Strings -
585 B
Lecture 4:
Strings Examples (Optional) -
03:52
Lecture 5:
String Lecture -
926 B
Lecture 6:
String Lecture Examples (Optional)
CHAPTER 6: Selection Control Structures
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05:02
Lecture 1:
If Then Else -
365 B
Lecture 2:
If Then Else Examples (Optional) -
02:18
Lecture 3:
More Comparison Operators -
365 B
Lecture 4:
Comparison Operator Examples (Optional) -
05:06
Lecture 5:
Multiple Conditions -
231 B
Lecture 6:
Multiple Condition Examples (Optional) -
03:09
Lecture 7:
Complementing Conditions -
315 B
Lecture 8:
Complement Examples (Optional) -
01:11
Lecture 9:
If Then Else Lab -
04:43
Lecture 10:
Switch -
589 B
Lecture 11:
Switch Examples (Optional) -
01:59
Lecture 12:
If-Then-Else, Nested-If, and Switch Exercises
CHAPTER 7: Methods
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16:03
Lecture 1:
Methods -
234 B
Lecture 2:
Print Welcome Example (Optional) -
176 B
Lecture 3:
Triple Example (Optional) -
262 B
Lecture 4:
Max Example (Optional) -
388 B
Lecture 5:
Is Positive Example (Optional) -
06:01
Lecture 6:
Testing Methods with JUnit -
186.73 KB
Lecture 7:
Testing Methods With JUnit (Optional) -
07:08
Lecture 8:
More Methods (isOdd) -
186.67 KB
Lecture 9:
isOdd Method (Optional) -
07:59
Lecture 10:
More Methods (isValid) -
186.77 KB
Lecture 11:
isValid Method (Optional) -
09:27
Lecture 12:
Methods with Local Variables -
186.71 KB
Lecture 13:
Get Largest -
00:41
Lecture 14:
Methods Lab
CHAPTER 8: Programming in Eclipse (Optional)
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03:58
Lecture 1:
Install Eclipse on a Mac -
03:29
Lecture 2:
Eclipse Hello World -
06:25
Lecture 3:
JUnit testing in Eclipse -
01:09
Lecture 4:
Customizing Eclipse
CHAPTER 9: Classes
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09:16
Lecture 1:
Classes with Static Methods - 186.86 KB
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18:54
Lecture 3:
Classes with Instance Methods -
186.72 KB
Lecture 4:
Classes with Instance Methods (Balloon) -
24:26
Lecture 5:
Classes Lecture -
15:53
Lecture 6:
Constructors -
06:56
Lecture 7:
Class Examples In Apps -
00:34
Lecture 8:
Classes Lab
CHAPTER 10: Inheritance, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes
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26:21
Lecture 1:
Inheritance -
06:32
Lecture 2:
More Inheritance -
187.09 KB
Lecture 3:
Inheritance -
08:22
Lecture 4:
Interfaces -
186.7 KB
Lecture 5:
Interfaces (Weighable) -
10:23
Lecture 6:
Using Existing Java Interfaces -
186.83 KB
Lecture 7:
Interfaces Java API (Burger) -
05:31
Lecture 8:
Interfaces Lecture -
16:16
Lecture 9:
Abstract Classes -
186.8 KB
Lecture 10:
Abstract Classes (Dialer) -
05:47
Lecture 11:
Inner Classes
CHAPTER 11: Looping Control Structures
CHAPTER 12: Arrays
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06:50
Lecture 1:
Arrays -
14:54
Lecture 2:
Using Arrays with Methods -
09:04
Lecture 3:
Arrays Lecture -
09:00
Lecture 4:
Arrays of Objects -
00:28
Lecture 5:
Arrays Lab
CHAPTER 13: ArrayLists
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06:52
Lecture 1:
ArrayLists -
07:13
Lecture 2:
ArrayLists with Primitive Data Types -
04:27
Lecture 3:
Foreach and Iterators -
13:51
Lecture 4:
Array List Lecture
CHAPTER 14: Android
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06:29
Lecture 1:
Eclipse Android Install -
06:53
Lecture 2:
Android Hello World -
02:05
Lecture 3:
Android Eclipse AVD Troubleshooting -
08:44
Lecture 4:
Tour of Hello World -
22:17
Lecture 5:
Modify Hello World -
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Lecture 6:
Hello World Modification (Optional) -
00:38
Lecture 7:
Hello World Lab -
45:19
Lecture 8:
Rock, Paper, Scissors -
01:23
Lecture 9:
Rock, Paper, Scissors Lab -
01:28
Lecture 10:
Tic Tac Toe Lab
CHAPTER 15: Conclusion
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01:49
Lecture 1:
Additional Resources and Conclusion
147 users are already taking this course
- Course Requirements...
- Web Browser and Internet Access (really, that's all you need!)
- Over 100 lectures and 8 hrs of content!
- Java data types
- Strings
- Control structures (if-then-else, loops)
- Methods
- Automated testing with JUnit
- Classes
- Inheritance, Interfaces, Polymorphism
- Arrays and ArrayLists
- Introduction to Android
- People who want to write Java programs
- People who want to build Android apps or games
- Designers who want to expand their skill sets
- Entrepreneurs who want to explore programming and app building
- Students
- Anyone curious about how to write computer programs
- People who want to take an Android course, but don't have the Java background
- People who want to write automated tests for Java programs
Instructors
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David Janzen
Cal Poly CS Prof, Corporate Trainer
Dr. David Janzen has been teaching students and professionals to program for over fifteen years (he must have started when he was 12!). He is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, and a consultant and trainer with Simex.
David received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Kansas (Rock Chalk Jayhawks!) and his BS in Math and Computer Science from Tabor College (go Bluejays!). He worked for Sprint where he built calling card fraud detection systems in Lisp and C++ to catch crooks. He taught at Bethel College, a small Christian liberal arts college in Kansas for seven years, and now he has been on the faculty at Cal Poly since 2006. He loves working with college students, and he teaches primarily on the edges - first-year introductory courses, and final-year software engineering capstone and graduate SE courses.
David has been teaching Android app development since early 2010. He contributed the Android labs created with his very competent graduate student, James Reed, to Google Code University where they received over 300K pageviews in the first year. He has published at least six apps in the Android Market. None of them are as successful as Angry Birds. Several of his students' apps have resulted in startup companies, and one, Punchd, was even acquired by Google.
David's most recent research project is a web-based automated tutor for teaching computer programming which he uses in some of his courses. He has had some great collaborators so he only deserves a fraction of the credit. His PhD research examined the effects of test-driven development on software quality.
David lives in beautiful Morro Bay, California with his amazing wife and kids. He is one fortunate guy.
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