Who should attend: Anyone interested in learning about the fundamentals of Java programming. You must have previous experience in C or C++ or some other object-oriented programming language. Knowledge of general object-oriented design would be useful, but is not required.

Java is gaining popularity as a truly portable programming language, incorporating the strengths of C and C++ and avoiding their weaknesses. This tutorial will give you an overview of the fundamentals of Java, present the differences between Java and C++, and will progress towards programming examples in Java using various packages. These packages include but are not restricted to java.lang, java.awt, java.io.

Topics will include:

	Java basics
	Exceptions
	Differences between Java and C++
	Packages
	Threads in Java
	Multi-threaded programming
	Applets and applications
	Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
	Inter-applet communication
	Animation
	Input/output
	Networking
	Inner classes