Java for C/C++ Programmers

This workshop aims to introduce a participant who is skillful in C/C++ programming to the concepts of Java Programming. The workshop will start with an overview of the main differences between Java and C/C++, and then go through the Java syntax for essential topics like Objects and Classes, Data Types, Variables, Branching, Loops, I/O, Packages and Collections. For each topic, the difference between Java and C/C++ is highlighted, and there will be exercises so that participants can feel the difference between writing a program in Java and in C/C++.

Pre-requisites: Knowledge of C/C++ Programming

Speaker(s): Kin-Choong Yow,

Agenda:
– Java vs C/C++
– A brief review of Imperative Java

· Objects and Classes

· Data Types, Variables, Operators

· Branching, Loops

· Input/Output

· Packages

· Collections

– Exercises

Room: ED 485.1, Bldg: Education Building, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/490435