Remember to review questions starting on p. 118.
In class, we will go over some of the problems from the text.
Chapter 2 is full of a lot of vocabulary. It is important that you understand what these words mean otherwise you will be lost as we go forward.
The items in green will either not be emphasized or will be dealt with in much more detail later, so don't worry if they don't completely make sense.
Class and Method Syntax:
... class, object, method
... class header and body
... class name = file name
... access specifier
... method header and body
... parameter & argument
... brackets - code blocks
... statement vs expression
... semicolons and other punctuation {},(),//,;,"",''
... programming style, indentation, Netbeans formatting tool
... comments, single line, multi-line, Javadoc
... API Application Programmer Interface
... packages and the import statement
... dot notation
Variables:
... type: primitive vs Class
... primitive data types (int, float, double, boolean, char)
... Class types (String)
... variable declaration
... identifier
... variable initialization
... case sensitive
... literal, String literal
... constant (final)
... scope
String Variables and Operations:
... String Class
... String operations
... escape sequence and control characters See Table 2-2, p. 42
... String concatenation and the + operator
Variable Operations:
... assignment operator, assignment statement
... operator
... binary arithmetic operators: +, -, *, /, %
... unary arithmetic operators: -, ++, --
... Mod function (%)
... integer division
... Math class, Math.PI, Math.random()
... operator precedence
... type conversion, cast operator
Keyboard I/O, input/output:
... Scanner class
... Dialog Boxes
... System.out.print, System.out.println
... System.out.printf, format specifier
... console
... standard output/input
