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Adding .java files to an existing project

Unit Testing in BlueJ

Course Software

• BlueJ
• Objects First Projects
• submission.defs

Course Textbook

Objects First With Java - A Practical Introduction using BlueJ

Course Calendar

• Accelerated Summer Option
• Nine Month Option

Related Links

• Java Help & Hints
• BlueJ - Teaching Java - Learning Java
• CodingBat Java
• BlueJ Crossword Puzzles and Reading Interactions
• ACM Java Task Force
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
• Introduction to Programming Using Java, Fifth Edition
• Java Basics
• Java Notes
• The Java API

Online Java Courses and Study Guides in Higher Ed

• Introduction to Programming with Media
• Introduction to Programming in Java
• Java For Programmers

Videos & Animations

• Object oriented thinking in Java
• ottercreekltd's channel
• APCS by Chris Thiel

Unit 1. Classes and Objects

As you watch these videos, keep a lookout for these fundamental concepts:

• object
• class
• method
• parameter
• data type

Note: These demos use an older version of the Objects First projects. The shapes project is now called the figures project and the picture project is now called the house project. --TJ

BlueJ: First Example from Barnes & Kolling Book (Windows), Jennifer Kay

BlueJ: First Example (Mac OSX), Jennifer Kay

Objects 1st w BlueJ Chapter 1 example: editing bluej code, Jennifer Kay

Readings

Chapter 1

Assignment

These assignments also appear on the Northwestern web site. They are repeated here for your convenience.

• Complete this Interest Survey and return it to your instructor. This is an ungraded assignment.
• Download and install BlueJ. You will need to read the information on the BlueJ download page to make sure you have an appropriate version of Java.
• Download the software that goes with the book.
• Put the downloaded projects folder someplace reasonable (e.g., in your Documents folder on a mac or My Documents folder on a PC) so you can find it later.
• Figure out how to open the Chapter 1 projects in BlueJ
• Complete the exercises in Chapter 1 (exercises 1.1-1.36). You don't need to send in these exercises unless you have questions about them. However, completing all the exercises is critical for success in exams.