This course introduces computing as a problem solving discipline with a particular emphasis on object-oriented programming. Students who complete this course will demonstrate that they can:

• Design data types/structures and algorithms that solve problems using the abstractions provided by the object-oriented paradigm: encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism.
• Implement solutions to problems using
  • primitive data types, expressions and arrays;
  • the basic control structures: sequence, selection and repetition;
  • methods;
  • classes.
• Fix syntactic and logical problems in programs.
• Read and write text files from a program to implement persistent storage.
• Design and implement an event-driven, Graphical User Interface (GUI) to serve as a front-end to a program.
• Design and implement unit tests to demonstrate that the implementation works as required.
• Use an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to develop a program.

The course technologies are based on the Processing and Java programming languages, and the Eclipse IDE. The material is considered in the context of the reformed Christian perspective.