Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
offered by Duke University

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Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
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Duke University
Overview

Solve real world problems with Java using multiple classes

Duration	12 hours
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
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Course Level	UG Certificate

Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
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Duke University
Highlights

Learn new concepts from industry experts
Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
Earn a shareable career certificate

Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
at
Duke University
Course details

Skills you will learn

Java

Who should do this course?

People already working in other programming languages or fields who want to expand their skill set by learning Java

What are the course deliverables?

Use sorting appropriately in solving problems
Develop classes that implement the Comparable interface
Use timing data to analyze empirical performance
Break problems into multiple classes, each with their own methods
Determine if a class from the Java API can be used in solving a particular problem
Implement programming solutions using multiple approaches and recognize tradeoffs

More about this course

Learn how to create programming solutions that scale using Java interfaces.
Recognize that software engineering is more than writing code – it also involves logical thinking and design
By the end of this course students will have written a program that analyzes and sorts earthquake data, and developed a predictive text generator

Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
at
Duke University
Curriculum

Welcome to the course

Earthquakes: Programming and interfaces

Earthquakes: Sorting Algorithms

N-Grams: Predictive Text

Java: Tools and Libraries for Everyone

Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
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Duke University
Faculty details

Owen Astrachan

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science, Professor of the Practice of Computer Science

Susan Rodger

Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science, Professor of the Practice of Computer Science

Andrew Douglas Hilton

Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Drew Hilton is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Pratt’s Director of Innovation in Computing Education. His main focus is on teaching professional-level programming skills to ECE’s master's students to prepare them for software engineering careers. Professor Hilton also teaches a 3-week introduction to Programming Python for Duke's Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science, and Duke's Center for Computational Thinking. He has two Coursera specializations, one in Java, and another in C.