Introduction

Overview

Three On A Beach

Learning Objectives

• Describe the difficulties you will encounter in your quest to become a Java™ programmer

• List and describe the features of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• List and describe the stages of the “Flow”

• List and describe the three roles you will play as a programming student

• State the purpose of the project-approach strategy

• List and describe the steps of the project-approach strategy

• List and describe the steps of the development cycle

• List and describe two types of project complexity

• State the meaning of the terms “maximize cohesion” and “minimize coupling”

• Describe the differences between functional decomposition and object-oriented design

• State the meaning of the term “isomorphic mapping”

• State the importance of writing self-commenting code

• State the purpose and use of the three types of Java comments