AP Computer Science A - Java Concepts and Fundamentals

An introduction as to how variables work in Java.

An overview of how output works in Java and how to output text to the console.

An overview of how to perform arithmetic expressions in Java.

An introduction to the Scanner class and how to capture input from the user.

A brief introduction to how we can convert variable types and the difference between implicit and explicit casting.

A brief introduction to objects and how to create them.

An overview of what methods are and how to write them.

An overview of what method overloading is and how to properly overload methods.

A deeper dive into Strings and the different methods that can be used with them.

An overview of wrapper classes, static methods, and the Math class.

An introduction to if-else statements.

An introduction to how we can use boolean expressions.

An introduction to De Morgan's Law and how we can use it.

An introduction to looping in Java using for and while loops.

A deeper dive into looping using nested iteration.

An overview of how we can write our own custom classes.

A deeper dive into classes and what accessor/mutator methods are.

An introduction to arrays which are a way we can store data in Java.

A deeper dive into arrays including how we can traverse arrays.

An overview of how we can use arrays to create different algorithms.

An overview of ArrayLists and how they are different from arrays.

A deeper dive into ArrayLists including how to traverse them.

An introduction to searching and sorting methods using ArrayLists and arrays.

An introduction to what 2D arrays are.

An introduction to inheritance including subclasses, superclasses, and interfaces.

An overview of overriding methods and deeper dive into superclasses.