Java Fundamentals

Course Program,
Evaluation, Exams

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SoftUni Team
Technical Trainers
Software University
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Table of Contents
1. Course Objectives
2. Course Program
3. Trainers Team
4. Examination
5. Learning Resources

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Warning: Not for Absolute Beginners
 The "Java Fundamentals" course is NOT for absolute beginners
 Take the “Programming Basics" course at SoftUni first: https://
softuni.bg/courses/programming-basics
 The course is for beginners, but with previous coding skills

 Requirements
 Coding skills – entry level

 Computer English – entry level

coding skills
 Logical thinking required!
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Java Fundamentals Course
Course Objecti ves & Program
Course Objectives
 The "Java Basics" course:
 First steps in Java programming:
 Compiler, IDE, variables, control-flow logic, console I/O, loops
 Methods, arrays, lists, sets, maps, strings
 Develop algorithmic thinking and problems solving skills
 Prepare for learning other languages and software technologies
 HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, …
 Databases & SQL, high-quality code
 Web development technologies & mobile platforms
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Java Basics – Course Topics
1. Course Introduction. Introduction to Java, JDK and Eclipse
2. Java Syntax – Data types, Expressions, Condtitionals
3. Loops (while, do-while, for, foreach)
Methods. Basic Exception Handling
Using Built-In Java Classes. Defining Own Classes
4. Arrays, Strings, Lists, Dictionaries, Sets
5. Java OOP
6. Java Best Practices
7. Team work + Labs + Workshops
8. Practical Exam
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The Trainers Team
Trainers Team
 Ivan Yonkov
 Rated in the top 7% at Stack Overflow
 4 years of programming experience
mainly with Java and PHP
 Solid experience as QA engineer
 Top performing student from the
Software University (2014)
 GitHub: https://github.com/RoYaLBG

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Trainers Team (1)
 Bogomil Dimitrov
 Part-time trainer @ SoftUni
 Top performing student from the
Software University (2014)
 Studying IT in NBU

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Volunteer Teaching Assistants
 15+ volunteer teaching assistants
 Scholarship students from SoftUni

 Top students from SoftUni

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Java Fundamentals: More Details
Durati on, Languages, Technologies
Training Duration – Java Basics
 Lectures: ~ 30-40 hours (onsite + YouTube videos)
 Practical exercises (in class): ~ 20-30 hours
 Homework: ~ 30-50 hours
 Team project: ~10-20 hours
 Exam preparation: ~ 20 hours
 Exam: 6 hours
 Schedule: October-November 2015
 Exam date: 15 November 2015 14
Why Java?
 The Java platform is very popular
 Free and open-source software (see OpenJDK)
 Runs everywhere, on millions of devices
 Supported by big players: Oracle, IBM, Google, SAP
 Runs many languages: Java, Python, Ruby, Groovy, Closure, …

 The Java language

 Modern object-oriented language
 7-10 millions Java developers in 2012 (source)
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Why English?
 Why the slides are in English?
 English is the native language
of the software engineers
 Specific terminology should be in English

 Translations are inaccurate and funny

 Just learn English!
 No excuses

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Java Fundamentals
Evaluati on Criteria
Scoring System "Java Fundamentals" Course
 Exam – 80%
 Labs – 10% (added to the exam results)
 Homework + evaluation – 5% + 5%
 Team work – 10%
 Bonuses – up to 10%
 Presence in class – 5% (onsite students only)

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The Java Basics Exam
 Practical programming exam
 4 practical problems for 6 hours
 1 easy, 1 text processing , 1 with loops,
1 with arrays / sets / maps
 You should code in Java
 Automated judge system with real-time feedback
 http://judge.softuni.bg
 Solutions are evaluated for correctness only
 Code quality is still not measured 19
Homework Assignments
 Doing your homework is very important!
 Programming can only be learned through a lot of practice!

 You should write code every day!

 Each lecture is followed by a few exercises

 Try to solve them in class

 The rest are your homework

 Homework assignments are due in 1 week after each lecture

 Submission will be accepted through our web site: softuni.bg
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Homework Peer Reviews
 Give feedback to a few random homework submissions
 Students submit homework anonymously
 Please exclude your name from the submissions!
 For each homework submitted
 Students evaluate 3 random homeworks
 From the same topic, after the deadline
 Give written feedback, at least 200 characters
 Low-quality feedback  report for punishment
 Everyone will get feedback for their homework
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 Resources
What We Need Additionally?
Course Web Site & Forums
 The Java Basics official web site:
https://softuni.bg/courses/java-fundamentals

 Register for the "Software University Forum":

 Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues

 Find solutions for all course exercises

 Share source code / discuss ideas / help each other

https://softuni.bg/forum
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The Java Programming Slides and Videos
 All lecture slides, videos, homework assignments, projects and
other resources are open content, available for free
 Visit the course web site to access the course resources

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Free Java Fundamentals Textbook
 The official textbook for the Java Fundamentals course
 “Fundamentals of Computer Programming with Java”, by
Svetlin Nakov & Co., 2009, ISBN 9789544000554
 Bulgarian version only available (as PDF, ePub, …)
 Freely downloadable from: www.introprogramming.info
 Read chapters 1…13 (up to Strings), optionally all others

 The official Java Tutorial from Oracle:

 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/

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Software University Learning System (SULS)
 Software University Learning System (SULS)
 www.softuni.bg

 Important resource for students

 Homework submissions

 Homework check-up

 Exams and results

 Reports about your progress

…
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Required Software
 Recommended software for the Java Basics course:
 Linux (your favorite distribution), e.g. Xubuntu 14.04
 Optionally you can use Windows or other OS
 JDK 8 (Java SE Development Kit 8)
 Install JDK (not JRE!) – https://jdk8.java.net/download.html
 IntelliJ IDEA – http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
 Any other Java IDE may also be used: Eclipse, Netbeans, …

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Summary
 The "Java Basics" course provides
 The first steps in Java programming
 Training program
 Java platform, using Eclipse, variables,
control-flow logic, loops, advanced topics
 Practical exams
 Automated judge system + score system
 Learning resources
 Lectures, videos, software, books, forum
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Java Fundamentals – Course Introduction

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https://softuni.bg/courses/java-basics/
License
 This course (slides, examples, demos, videos, homework, etc.)
is licensed under the "Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International"
license

 Attribution: this work may contain portions from

 "Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C#" book by Svetlin Nakov & Co. under CC-BY-SA license
 "C# Part I" course by Telerik Academy under CC-BY-NC-SA license 30
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