The Coder's Handbook
Table Of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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UNIT ZERO SUMMER WORK

UNIT ONE JAVA BASICS

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How to use the Coder's Handbook

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Writing print statements and using escape characters

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How to make your code readable and easier to debug

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Variables

Understanding primitive types, using variables, and doing math.

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Constants

Why we use constants and the dangers of magic numbers.

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How to use conditionals, logical operators, and comparison operators.

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Strings


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Using the Scanner class to read input from the console

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Methods


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Classes


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Casting


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Random


UNIT TWO REPETIION AND ARRAYS

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How to write for loops, while loops, do-while loops, and control statements

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How and why you might want to write a recursive method

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How to use both one and two dimensional arrays

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Learn about Big O Notation and how to search and sort efficiently

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Using try, catch, and throw to handle errors

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Consider three examples of how to read files using Scanner.

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Learn about objects, classes, scope, constructors, this, public, private and static.

UNIT THREE GRAPHICS AND OOP

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Setting Up Your Development Environment

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How to draw shapes, change colors, and display text in Slick 2D

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How to use both the event handlers and directly poll for input.

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Adding Game States to your Slick2D Game project

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How to use ArrayLists in Java

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How to use for each loops to make your faster to write and easier to read

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How to draw text in different fonts and sizes

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How to add an image to your Slick2D project

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How to use Sprite Sheets and make simple animations in your program.

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Learn about using noise algorithms to generate natural terrain

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Learn about superclasses, subclasses, and code reuse!

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Learn how to make abstract classes and abstract methods to enhance your inheritance.

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Polymorphism


ADVANCED TOPICS

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Save your project as a Runnable Jar to share with the world.

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Collision Detection


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Pathfinding


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Stacks and Queues


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Enumerations