This course introduces new under-graduate students to computer programming. The course covers the fundamentals of procedural programming, with an imperative basis, using objects and classes as the program structuring mechanism. The course encompasses basic techniques for the development of simple programs. By the end of this course, successful students will know the most important elements of a modern Object-Oriented programming language, and will be able to develop small applications using a software development environment.

Knowledge

• The meaning of the programming constructs included in the Java language fragment covered in the course.
• How to build a small application, using the covered Java language fragment, and using the methodology defined in this course.
• Know the components and basic tools of a software development environment (editor, compiler, etc) and their role.

Know-how

• Develop well-organized, small-sized, programs, following a given set of standards.
• Project and write correctly simple algorithms
• Read and explain / mentally simulate the functionality of code fragments written in the Java programming language
• Correctly use, to the expected level, programming tools, as well as interpret their results (error messages, etc).
• Develop as a team, a software development mini-project, using the skills acquired in this course.

Soft-Skills

• Develop disciplined work and deadline meeting skills.
• Develop a concern with rigour and the systematic execution of work plans, following previously defined methods
• Develop team work skills.

1. Computers and programs 2. Objects and operations 3. Classes and basic data types 4. State manipulation 5. Decision constructs 6. Structure of an application 7. User interaction (I/O) 8. Iteration constructs 9. File manipulation 10. Applications with several classes 11. Vectors and related algorithms 12. Sorting and searching 13. Basic software development principles