The Story Behind This Course

As a self-described "code wrangler," Steve Gilbert, Computer Science Professor at Orange Coast College, was a natural choice to answer his college's call to contribute to the foundation of its online program in fall 1998. His Java course was selected as one of the pilot courses: "Since Java was initially introduced as an Internet programming language, I thought that it made an ideal vehicle to be taught via the Internet," Steve explains. Learn More About the Course and Author...

Course Description

This is a beginning course in the Java programming language. Students will learn object-oriented programming, and will create applets which can be incorporated into HTML documents for the World Wide Web. Read More...

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