Java Basics

Lessons	Commentary
Control Flow: Methods
Methods 1 - Introduction to methods Methods 2 - Actual arguments (parameters) Methods 3 - Defining a static method Methods 4 - Local variables Methods 5 - How call works Methods 6 - Example with three methods Methods 7 - Overloading	Commentary: Why use methods? Commentary: Method terminology Commentary: Why start with static methods? Commentary: Pass by value / reference / name / ... Commentary: Multiple `return` statements? Commentary: Missing from Methods chapter
OOP: Defining Value Classes
OOP 1 - Introduction to OOP OOP 2 - Data - Student Class OOP 3 - Constructor - Student Class OOP 4 - Data+Constructor - TimeOfDay OOP 5 - Overloading Constructors - TimeOfDay OOP 6 - Validity Checking - TimeOfDay OOP 7 - Private Data - TimeOfDay OOP 8 - Visibility OOP 9 - toString() - TimeOfDay	Commentary: Always write super()?
User Interface: GUI - Six steps to a simple GUI
GUI 1 - Introduction GUI 2 - Tiny Window GUI 3 - Tiny Window with subclass. GUI 4 - Tiny Window with a JLabel. GUI 5 - Dog Years - GUI only GUI 6 - DogYears - Listeners, Complete Program	General issues Commentary: Why learn GUI programming? Commentary: Deployment: Applications, Applets, WebStart, Web server? Commentary: By hand vs GUI editors Commentary: Swing vs AWT vs SWT vs ... Commentary: Start with the GUI or Model? Commentary: Why aren't Java GUIs easier? Technical issues Commentary: Subclass `JFrame`, `JPanel`, or no subclass? Commentary: `main` - Building window in main() Commentary: `main` - Which class to put it in Commentary: `main` - Responsibilities of and `JFrame` subclass constructor Commentary: Window close operation Commentary: ContentPane (or Content Pain?) Commentary: Listener alternatives Commentary: Anonymous inner-class listeners Commentary: Where to create components Commentary: main - Starting GUI thread