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PRG 420 Week 1 Coding a Simple Hello, world!
Java Program(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com Individual Coding a
Simple Hello, world! Java Program
Instructions Resource PRG 420 Week One Coding
Assigment Text File (starter code for this
assignment that includes placeholders) For this
assignment, you will apply what you learned in
analyzing
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• PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Watch the first and second videos for Week 1.
  Explain a little about the Java Virtual Machine,
  what it executes, how it might be similar to any
  other language, and how it is different from a
  native language, such as C. 

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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com Java is a portable
language, and being an object-oriented
programming language, it also encourages
component reusability. How does Java achieve
these two important features? How are these
features desirable in modern software engineering?
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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com You are a bank manager
and you are helping a new bank teller understand
the kind of accounts the bank offers. If a
customer comes in asking to open a new savings
account, the teller needs to ask what kind of
account--passbook savings or certificate of
deposit
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PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Analyzing a Simple
Java Program (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Simple Java Program Instructions Resource
PRG 420 Week One Analyze Assignment Text File
Analyzing Java code--that is, reading and
predicting the outcome of Java code, given one
or more inputs--is an essential skill.
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• PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Hello world
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 1
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• Create a program in Java that displays Hello
  world! Take a screen shot that shows the
  programs successful compilation and execution.
  Then submit your program along with the screen
  shot.

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PRG 420 Week 2 Analyzing a Program Containing
if-then and switch(New Syllabus) FOR MORE
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Analyzing a Program Containing if-then and switch
Instructions Resource PRG 420 Week Two
Analyze Assignment Text File The ability to read
through Java code and predict the results, given
specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill.
For this assignment, you will be analyzing the
Java code in the linked text file, and
predicting the results given specific input
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PRG 420 Week 2 Coding a Program Containing
if-then and switch(New Syllabus) FOR MORE
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Coding a Program Containing if-then and switch
Instructions Resources PRG 420 Week Two
Coding Assigment Text File (starter code for this
assignment that includes placeholders) PRG 420
Week Two Recommended Activity Text File
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• PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Please watch the first three videos for Week 2
  (around 40 minutes). Explain how an outside class
  may be given access to find the value of a
  private instance variable, or to change the value
  of a private instance variable. Why does this add
  value to your program?

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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com What are the three types
of errors that you can encounter in a Java
program? Describe them, and explain how you would
minimize the errors. What are some examples of
errors that you have seen before?
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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com A class is a blueprint
for an object. A class may have a default
constructor, a constructor with arguments,
accessor methods, mutator methods, public fields,
and private fields. Choose a category (such as
animal, vehicle, and so on) and describe how you
would design a class for it.
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• PRG 420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Netbeans
  Project (annual compensation)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 2
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• Write a Java application using NetBeans
  Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that
  calculates the total annual compensation of a
  salesperson. Consider the following factors

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PRG 420 Week 3 Analyzing a Program Containing
Loops(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Program Containing Loops Instructions Resource
PRG 420 Week Three Analyze Assignment Text File
For this assignment, you will be analyzing the
Java code in the linked PRG 420 Week Three
Analyze Assignment Text File, and predicting the
results.
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PRG 420 Week 3 Coding a Program Containing
Loops(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com Individual Coding a
Program Containing Loops Instructions Resource
PRG 420 Week Three Coding Assignment Text File
(starter code for this assignment that includes
placeholders) For this assignment, you will apply
what you learned in analyzing for, while, and
do-while loops by writing these statements
yourself. The Java program you write should do
the following
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• PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Please watch the first and the fifth (next to the
  last) videos for Week 3 (feel free to use the
  transcripts, too!) . Tell me about the
  similarities between the conditionals in if
  statements and the conditionals in while
  statements.

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• PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Convert the following program from for loop to
  while loop. class ArithmeticProgression public
  static void main (String args) int sum 0
  for (int i 1 i lt 1000 i) sum sum i
  System.out.println(Integer.toString(sum))

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com There are 3 kinds of
loopsfor loop, while loop, and do while loop.
Under which circumstances would each kind of loop
be more appropriate? Explain your answers using
specific examples
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• PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 4
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• Consider the following conditions CONDITION 1
  while ( !(cChoice 'Q' cChoice 'q') )
  CONDITION 2 while ( cChoice ! 'Q' cChoice !
  'q' ) Do Conditions 1 and 2 give the same result?
  What tool or technique would you use to explain
  the result?

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• PRG 420 Week 3 Individual Assignment Netbeans
  Project (annual compensation with commission)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 3
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• Modify the Week Two Java application using Java
  NetBeans IDE to meet these additional and
  changed business requirements

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PRG 420 Week 4 Analyzing a Program Containing
Arrays(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Program Containing Arrays Instructions Resource
PRG 420 Week Four Analyze Assignment Text File
The ability to read through Java code and
predict the results, given specific inputs, is an
extremely useful skill. For this assignment
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PRG 420 Week 4 Coding a Program Containing an
Array(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Program Containing an Array Instructions
Resource PRG 420 Week Four Coding Assigment
Text File (starter code for this assignment that
includes placeholders) For this assignment, you
will apply what you learned in analyzing a simple
Java program by writing your own Java program
that creates and accesses an array of integers.
The Java program you write
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• PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Assuming you want an array (named many) of seven
  ints what would be the easiest way to write the
  code if you wanted many to contain all zeros?
  What if you wanted many to contain a selection of
  seven values, that were not all zeros? What would
  be the subscripts of all the elements of many?

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• PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 2
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• What is the difference between arrays and
  ArrayList? What are the advantages and
  disadvantages of an ArrayList, and when should
  you use an ArrayList over a simple array?

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• PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 3
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• What is the difference between string and
  StringBuilder? What are the advantages and
  disadvantages of a StringBuilder, and when should
  you use a StringBuilder over a simple String?

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• PRG 420 Week 4 Individual Assignment Netbeans
  Project (annual compensation comparison)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 4
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• Modify the Week Three Java application using
  Java NetBeans IDE to meet these additional and
  changed business requirements

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PRG 420 Week 5 Analyzing a Program Containing
Exception Handling(New Syllabus) FOR MORE
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Analyzing a Program Containing Exception Handling
Instructions Resource PRG 420 Week Five
Analyze Assignment Text File For this assignment,
you will be analyzing the code in the linked PRG
420 Week Five Analyze Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 5 Coding a Program Containing
Exception Handling(New Syllabus) FOR MORE
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Coding a Program Containing Exception Handling
Instructions Resource PRG 420 Week Five
Coding Assignment Text File (starter code for
this assignment that includes placeholders) For
this assignment, you will apply what you learned
in analyzing a simple Java program by writing
your own Java program. The Java program you
write should do the following
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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.prg420nerd.com Please explain one use
for a static variable in a class. Please explain
how you might use one static method ( not main()
) in a class.
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• PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 2
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• In your opinion, what are the three biggest
  challenges in planning and designing a solution
  for a programming problem? What can you do to
  overcome these challenges? How would you apply
  these techniques to the programs in this class?

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• PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Using an example from your work or daily life,
  describe an "is-a" relationship. Why is an "is-a"
  relationship important when designing an
  inheritance between classes?

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PRG 420 Week 5 Team Assignment Resuability (2
Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.prg420nerd.co
m In the real world, an entire program is rarely
written from scratch. It is very likely that
there are classes or methods that already exist.
The key to using these existing modules
successfully depends on how modularly the classes
or methods are written
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