Java is a very involved language, and you could spend years learning it's intracies. We will keep the focus very simple. We will work only with one group of Java application possibilities, small applications called applets. Applets run within browsers and therefore are suited to these classes which focus on webpage implementation. I think you will find in this class that you can explore Java as deeply or as narrowly as you wish. Even at the narrowest level, you are expected to gain an understanding of what a programming language is and to use it's basic concepts. At it's broadest level, the Java language can be used for almost anything you wish to do on a computer.

Much of your time will involve using the basic HTML coding that you learned in the first trimester of this program. It is, of course, the backbone of the World Wide Web. And, you will again be creating and maintaining webpages. This class will also add a project experience written in Java. This project orientation is real world in programming and hopefully will expose you to the concept of component design.

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