Programming and Problem Solving with Java

Knowledge Goals

• To understand what a computer program is


• To know the three phases of the software life cycle


• To understand what an algorithm is


• To learn what a high-level programming language is


• To understand the difference between machine code and Bytecode


• To understand the compilation, execution, and interpretation processes


• To learn what the major components of a computer are and how they work
  together


• To understand the concept of an object in the context of computer
  problem solving

Skill Goals

To be able to:

• List the basic stages involved in writing a computer application


• Distinguish between hardware and software


• List the ways of structuring code in a Java application


• Name several problem-solving techniques


• Choose a problem-solving technique to apply


• Identify the objects in a problem statement

Introduction to

Object-Oriented

Programming

3000 BC
The precursor to
today’s wire-and-
bead abacus was
invented in
Babylonia

1612-1614

John Napier

conceives “Napier’s

Bones,” ivory rods

that serve as an

early calculator

1622

The slide rule is

invented by the

great mathema-

tician William

Oughtred

1642-1643

Blaise Pascal

invents one of the

first mechanical

calculators, the

Pascalene

1801

Punch-card-

controlled

Jacquard’s Loom is

invented. Uses

binary automation

1820

The first mass-

produced calculator,

the Thomas

Arithmometer, is

introduced to the

world