Software and Programming I

• Credit value: 15 credits at Level 4
• Convenor: Dr Panagiotis Charalampopoulos
• Assessment: problem-solving exercises: coursework (30%), in class assessment (20%) and coursework with a project assignment (50%)

In this module we discuss the basic procedural and object-oriented features of the Java programming language. You will learn how to edit, compile and run small Java programs.

Indicative syllabus

• Primitive data types and operators in Java
• Branching and looping statements, variable scope
• Arrays: the enhanced for loop, basic array algorithms and using arrays with methods
• Objects and classes; creating objects and constructors; manipulating objects and methods
• Access modifiers: public and private
• Passing objects as references; reference this
• The qualifier final for constants
• Instance and class variables and methods
• Packages
• Inheritance

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand and explain the procedural and object-oriented features of the Java programming language
• construct simple algorithms and apply problem-solving strategies
• edit, compile and run programs using standard tools for Java (IDE and compiler).