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Intro to Java

An introduction to the basics of Java that you'll need to get started.

Setup and Links

You can view the lecture slides and lab files here. Class Materials

Cheat Sheet

Java Coding Standards Always include class documentation Class names start with upper-case lette...

Labs

L01 - Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Lab

Install Visual Studio Code from FIRST, you will need their version with WPILib. Link In this exe...

L02 - Soda Can Lab

In this exercise, we're going to implement a class SodaCan. This class has a constructor that acc...

L03 - Coupons

A supermarket awards coupons depending on how much a customer spends on groceries. For example, i...

L04 - Iteration Lab - Part 1 - Nested For Loops

We can determine if a number is even or odd by checking the remainder after dividing the number b...

L04 - Iteration Lab - Part 2 - The Three Loops

Enter the following program and fill in the missing pieces so that the three different styles of ...

L05 - Using Arrays

Create a new class named UsingArrays. Using the lecture slides as a guide, declare and initializ...

L06 - Bank Account Lab

In this lab, we'll implement three classes: BankAccount, CheckingAccount, and BankAccountTest. As...

L07 - Shapes Lab

In this lab, we'll work with Abstract Classes. Start VS Code. During the lecture we discussed th...

L08 - Autopilot Interface Lab

In this lab, there is no main method, we are not running the code, just checking if it compiles w...

L09 - ReverseIt Lab

Write a program that reads in a file and writes each line backwards to an output file. Below is a...

L10 - Runtime Exceptions Lab

Runtime Exceptions Lab Using the lecture slides as a guide, In a new class, instantiate an array...

L11 - Designing Exception Types Lab

In this lab, we'll create our own exception class for the BankAccount class to handle the case wh...

L12 - Recursion Exercise

Part A – Fibonacci A recursive algorithm can be very fast. Sometimes it's the only solution to a ...

L13 - Finite State Machines

Introduction – Making Change Finite State Machines(FSMs) are a method to organize a system of in...

Lab Solutions

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