Your first exam, on chapters 1 through 4 of the textbook, is scheduled in class for two weeks from tomorrow. Next week, we will review the material for the exam and take a practice test. Keep an eye on the blog this week for test preparation suggestions. Programming problems on exams are often very similar to the end of chapter exercises.Topics covered are likely to include:
- Java compiler (javac.exe)
interpreter (java.exe) - variable declarations and assignments
- primitive data types
- standard input and output
(System.in and System.out) - use of the Scanner class
- Use of the JOptionPane class
- boolean operations
- conditionals
- if-else decisions
(including nested ifs) - switch statements
- for, while, and do-while loops
(including nested loops)
