Java Fundamentals with Paul Deitel, 3rd Edition

Before You Begin

Before You Begin Overview
Our Corresponding Books and Videos
Getting the Code Examples
Structure of the examples folder
Java Development Kit (JDK)
Java Release Cadence
Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
JavaFX SDK and Scene Builder
Generative AIs
Getting Your Questions Answered
Keeping In Touch

Lesson 1, Test-Driving the Java Development Kit

Lesson 1 Overview, Test-Driving the Java Development Kit
Java Development Kit Command-Line Tools

Lesson 2, Intro to Java Programming

Lesson 2 Overview, Intro to Java Programming
Your First Program in Java: Printing a Line of Text
Java Keywords
Generative AI: What does this code display?
Compiling and Running the Program
Generative AI: What does this code display?
Modifying Your First Program: Displaying a Single Line of Text with Multiple Statements
Modifying Your First Program: Displaying Multiple Lines of Text with a Single Statement
Escape Sequences
Generative AI: Simplify this code
Displaying Text with printf
Generative AI: Displaying Text with printf
Another Program: Adding Integers
Generative AI: Adding Integers
Arithmetic
Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators―Introducing the if Statement and boolean Expressions
Generative AI: Adding Integers
Objects-Natural Case Study: Creating and Using Objects of the Java API’s Class
Generative AI: Objects-Natural String Case Study

Lesson 3, Control Statements: Part 1

Lesson 3 Overview, Control Statements: Part 1
if Single-Selection Statement
if…else Double-Selection Statement and a JShell Demo
GenAI: Finding Fixing a Syntax Error in an if…else
GenAI: Finding and Fixing a Logic Error
Nested if…else Statements
Conditional Operator (?:) and a JShell Demo
GenAI: Writing a line of Java code
while Iteration Statement and a JShell Demo
Counter-Controlled Iteration with the while Statement
Sentinel-Controlled Iteration with the while Statement
GenAI: Writing a Java Program to Determine the First Power of 2 Greater than One Million
Nested Control Statements
Compound Assignment Operators
Increment and Decement Operator Operators
Primitive Types
Objects-Natural Case Study: Super-Sized Integers

Lesson 4, Control Statements: Part 2

Lesson 4 Overview, Control Statements: Part 2
Essentials of Counter-Controlled Iteration
for Iteration Statement
Summing the Even Integers from 2 to 20 with the for Statement
Calculating Compound Interest with the for Statement
do…while Iteration Statement
switch Multiple-Selection Statement
switch Multiple-Selection Statement Activity Diagram
break Statement
continue Statement
Logical Operators
4.12 Objects-Natural Case Study: Precise Monetary Calculations with Java API Class BigDecimal

Lesson 5, Methods

Lesson 5 Overview, Methods
Declaring Methods
Case Study: Die Rolling Simulation with Random-Number Generation—Rolling a Six-Sided Die 10 Times
Case Study: Die Rolling Simulation with Random-Number Generation—Rolling a Six-Sided Die 60,000,000 Times
Case Study: A Game of Chance; Introducing switch Expressions
Case Study: A Game of Chance; Introducing switch Expressions—switch Expressions Yield Values
Scope of Declarations
Method Overloading
Class Math: static Methods and Variables
Why Is Method main Declared static?
Java API Packages; Introducing How to Use the Java API Docs
Argument Promotion and Casting
Objects-Natural Case Study: Java Date/Time API

Lesson 6, Arrays and ArrayLists

Lesson 6 Overview: Arrays and ArrayLists
Primitive Types vs. Reference Types
Arrays
Declaring and Creating Arrays
Creating and Initializing an Array
Array Initializers
Calculating Array Element Values
Totaling Array Elements
Intro to Visualization: Using a Bar Chart to Display Array Data Graphically
Using Array Elements as Counters
Analyzing Survey Results; Intro to Exception Handling
Enhanced for Statement: Totaling Array Elements
Passing Arrays to Methods
Multidimensional Arrays
Variable-Length Argument Lists
Command-Line Arguments
Class Arrays
Objects-Natural Case Study: Intro to Collections and Class ArrayList
Objects-Natural Case Study: Intro to Collections and Class ―Demonstrating an ArrayList