0 Welcome How to use the Coder's Handbook

1 Console Output Writing print statements and using escape characters

2 Style and Comments How to make your code readable and easier to debug

3 Variables Understanding primitive types, using variables, and casting.

4 Math Using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and modulus.

5 Constants Why we use constants and the dangers of magic numbers

6 Conditionals Using conditionals, logical operators, and comparison operators

7 Strings Using Strings, comparisons, immutability and concatenation.

8 Console Input Using the Scanner class to read input from the console

9 Methods

10 Classes

11 Casting

12 Random

13 Loops How to write for loops, while loops, do-while loops, and branching

14 Recursion How and why you might want to write a recursive method

15 Arrays How to use both one and two dimensional arrays

16 Sorts and Searches Learn about Big O Notation and how to search and sort efficiently

17 Exceptions Using try, catch, and throw to handle errors

18 Reading Files Consider three examples of how to read files using Scanner

19 Objects Study classes, scope, constructors, this, public, private and static

20 Setup Eclipse + Slick 2D Setting Up Your Development Environment

21 Shapes, Color, and Text Draw shapes, change colors, and display text in Slick 2D

22 Mouse and Keyboard Use both the event handlers and directly poll for input

23 Game States Adding Game States to your Slick2D Game project

24 ArrayLists How to use ArrayLists in Java

25 For Each Loops A handy shorthand for looping through collections

26 Fonts How to draw text in different fonts and sizes

27 Images How to add an image to your Slick2D project

28 Sprites and Animation Use Sprite Sheets and make simple animations in your program

29 Perlin Noise Learn about using noise algorithms to generate natural terrain

30 Inheritance Learn about superclasses, subclasses, and code reuse!

31 Abstract Classes Learn how the power of abstract classes and abstract methods

32 Polymorphism