Introduction to Java


This course in Java programming covers Java basics and object-oriented programming concepts. The class will wrap up with a fun game project, for which students will create the code.

Dates: Saturdays Jan 21, Jan 28, Feb 4, Feb 11, Feb 25, March 11, March 25, April 1, April 15, April 22, May 6, May 13

Time: 6:00–7:00pm

Location: Room N104, Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306

This class is for 6th and 7th grade students. Sign up here.

Teacher

Arthur Ji

Arthur Ji is a freshman at Monta Vista High School. He has two years of experience with Java. He was the teaching assistant for Andrew Zhou's Java class last semester, and he has also taught scratch programming to young children. Arthur has been recognized by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) for his distinction in piano. He is also a member of the National Junior Honor Society and volunteers to help the wellbeing of Cupertino. Arthur hopes to share his experience and knowledge of Java with other students and inspire them to like Java as well.

Teaching Assistant

Paul Zhao

Paul Zhao is currently a freshman at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. Paul has experience with coding through different camps and his current high school electives as well as competing on a robotics team. He is multilingual with three languages, plays piano and swims competitively in and outside of school. Paul has done competitive math and AMC 8 in middle school. With some remaining free time, Paul enjoys playing basketball with friends and binge-watching shows on Netflix.

Our Curriculum:

  • Printing, Syntax, Primitive Data Types, Concept of Variables
  • Scanner, If-Else, For and While Loops, Methods and Method-calling
  • String Objects and the Math class
  • What Objects Are, Constructors
  • Primitive Arrays
  • Beginner’s Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Basic Implementation and Simple Graphics
  • Easy Game Project

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