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HowTo | Java | Database | ClientSide | ServerSide | Webapp | Game | OpenGL | C/   | Android
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Before Getting Started...

  * Programmer's Survival Guide for Windows
  * Programmer's Survival Guide for macOS & Ubuntu
  * Source-Code Editors & IDEs

IM1003 Object-oriented Programming

  * (Week 1) Install JDK and Sublime Text
  * (Week 3) Install Eclipse (or VS Code or NetBenas or IntelliJ)

Java Basics

  * 1. Introduction to Java Programming
  * 2. Java Basics
  * Exercises: Java Basics
  * Online Submission Exercises: Java Basics

Java OOP

  * 3a. OOP Basics
  * 3b. OOP Composition, Inheritance & Polymorphism
  * 3c. OOP Wrapping-Up
  * Exercises: OOP
  * 3d. String is Special
  * 3e. JDK New Language Syntaxes (JDK 7 to 2X)

Java Graphics

  * 4a. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  * 4b. Custom Graphics
  * Exercises: Graphics Programming

Case Study / Assignment

  * Introduction - Tic-tac-toe
  * Game Programming Assignment - Sudoku
  * Game Programming Assignment - Mine Sweeper
  * Java Game Framework and Snake Game
  * Game Programming Assignment - Tetris

IM2073 Web Programming

  * Week 1: How to Install MySQL Server and Get Started with SQL
  * Week 2(a): Introduction to Java Database Programming
  * Week 2(b): How to Install Tomcat Server and Get Started with Java
    Servlet Programming
  * Week 3: WebApp Case Study

IM2073 Mobile (Android) Programming

  * Week 1: Android - How to install & Get Started
  * Week 2: Android - Basics: User Interfaces and Activities
  * For your project: Timer, logging and debugging
  * For your project: Building Webapps with WebView

How to Install & Get Started...

  * JDK
  * Environment Variables (PATH, CLASSPATH, JAVA_HOME)
  * Eclipse IDE for Java
  * VS Code
  * NetBeans for Java
  * IntelliJ IDEA for Java
  * Eclipse for C/C++
  * CodeBlocks for C/C++
  * Tomcat 10
  * Tomcat 7/8/9 (old)
  * More Tomcat 7 (old)
  * Apache 2.2 - How to Install
  * Apache 2.2 - How to Configure
  * Apache 2 with Tomcat 6
  * MySQL
  * Git
  * Wiki Text

Windows

  * Programmer's Survival Guide for Windows
  * Windows Basics
  * Cygwin & MinGW (for Windows)
  * Visual C++ 2010/2008 Express

Unix, Ubuntu Linux & macOS

  * Programmer's Survival Guide for macOS & Ubuntu
  * Unix Basics
  * Ubuntu Desktop - Install & Setup
  * Ubuntu Server - Install & Setup
  * macOS - JDK, MySQL, Tomcat...

Android

  * Android - How to install & Get Started
  * Android - Basics and User Interfaces
  * Android - More Basics
  * Android - Custom 2D Graphics
  * Android - 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES
  * Android - Networking
  * Android - Bluetooth
  * Android - Native Development Kit (NDK)

Arduino

  * Arduino - Get Started

Power User Software Notes

  * Windows
  * Word, Excel, Dreamweaver

ICPC

  * Getting Started
  * Tips, Trick & Tweaks
  * PC^2 (U/C)

Java Programming - Part I

For First-Time Programmers

  * 1. Introduction to Java Programming

For New Comers to Java & OOP

  * 2. Java Basics
  * Exercises: Java Basics
  * 3a. OOP Basics
  * 3b. OOP Composition, Inheritance & Polymorphism
  * 3c. OOP Wrapping-Up
  * Exercises: OOP
  * 4a. String is Special
  * 4b. Enumeration (enum) (JDK 5)
  * 4c. Exception Handling & Assertion
  * 4d. JDK New Language Syntaxes (JDK 7 to 2x)
  * 4e. Java Reference

Power Programmers

  * Data Representation - Integers, Floating-Point Numbers &
    Character Sets
  * Regular Expression (Regex)

Java Programming - Part II

Intermediate Java

  * 5a. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  * 5b. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Part 2
  * 5c. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Part 3
  * 5d. Custom Graphics
  * Exercises: Graphics Programming
  * Case Study: Graphics Programming - Tic-tac-toe
  * Case Study: Graphics Programming Part II - AI
  * 5e. Applet & WebStart Application
  * 5f. Swing - Templates, Misc & How-To
  * 5g. JavaFX - Introduction
  * 6a. Multithreading
  * 6b. Basic Input & Output (I/O)
  * 6c. Advanced I/O
  * 6d. Networking
  * 7a. The Collection Framework, Part 1 (JDK 5)
  * 7b. Generics (Since JDK 5)
  * 7c. Annotation (JDK 5)
  * 8a. Interface, Lambda Expr, Streams & Functional Prog. (JDK 8-11)
  * 8b. Collection Framework, Part 2 (JDK 8)
  * 9a. Java Module System (JDK 9)

Special Topics in Java

  * Java Unit Testing - JUnit & TestNG
  * Java Build - Ant & Maven [TODO]
  * Calendar, Date and Time
  * XML and Java
  * Regular Expression (Regex) and Java
  * JavaBeans
  * Java Logging Framework
  * Java Native Interface (JNI)

Java Appendices

  * JDK API Documentation
  * Packages and CLASSPATH
  * Java Archive (JAR)
  * Java Miscellaneous How-To
  * JDK 5 New Features
  * JDK 6 New Features
  * JDK 7 New Features
  * JDK 8 (LTS) New Features
  * JDK 9 New Features
  * JDK 10 (18.3) New Features
  * JDK 11 (18.9) (LTS) New Features
  * JDK 12 (19.3) New Features
  * JDK 13 (19.9) New Features

Java ME (Obsoleted)

  * 1. Java ME: Getting Started, Basics & Game Programming

Java Game Programming

  * 1. Introduction: The World of Bouncing Balls
  * 2. 2D Graphics, Java 2D and Images
  * 3. Playing Sound
  * 4. Java Game Framework and Snake Game

Client-Side Programming

HTML/CSS

  * HTML/CSS Basics
  * HTML/CSS Intermediate
  * More HTML5/CSS3
  * HTML/CSS Tips & How-To

JavaScript

  * JavaScript Basics
  * JavaScript ES6 and beyond
  * jQuery & Ajax
  * JavaScript/jQuery Advanced Examples

Client-Side Frameworks

  * Bootstrap, Font Awesome, Parsley and Others
  * AngularJS

Node.js & Server-Side JavaScript

  * 1. Node.js Basics

Database Programming

MySQL/MariaDB

  * 1. MySQL 1: How to Install and Get Started
  * 2. MySQL 2: By Examples for Beginners
  * 3. Relational Database Design
  * 4. MySQL 3: Intermediate
  * 5. SQL Sample Databases
  * 6. MySQL 4: Miscellaneous
  * 7. MySQL Utilities

JDBC

  * 1. Introduction to Java Database Programming (JDBC)
  * 2. JDBC - Part 2
  * 3. JDBC Intermediate

PostgreSQL

  * 1. PostgreSQL: Get Started

MongoDB

  * 1. MongoDB: Get Started

Server-side Programming

Jakarta Servlet / JSP / JSF

  * 0a. How to Install MySQL Server
  * 0b. How to Install Tomcat Web Server
  * 1. Servlets Case Study
  * 2. Jakarta/Java EE IDEs
  * 3. Servlets Explained
  * 4. Tomcat's Servlet Examples Explained
  * 5. Servlets Case Study (Part 2)
  * 6. Advanced Tomcat
  * 7. Getting Started with JSP by Examples
  * 8. JavaServer Pages (JSP)
  * 9. JavaServer Faces (JSF)
  * 10. Java Web Database Applications
  * 11. Struts
  * 12. Java Web Services

PHP

  * 0. Setup AMP (Apache/MySQL/PHP)
  * 1. PHP Basics
  * 2. PHP/MySQL Webapps
  * 3. OOP in PHP
  * 5. PHP Miscellaneous
  * 6. PHP Unit Testing

Perl

  * 1. Perl Basics
  * 2. Regular Expression, File IO & Text Processing

Python

  * 0. Python Get Started
  * Python By Examples
  * 1. Python Basics
  * 1a. Python File & Text Processing
  * 2. Python OOP
  * 3. Python Data Analytics
  * 4. Python Database & Webapp
  * 5. Python Webapp with Flask

Webapps

Basics

  * Terminology

Testing

  * Webapp Acceptance Testing with Selenium

Security

  * Advanced Webapps Security

Misc

  * Advanced Webapps Tips

Blockchain

  * Ethereum Smart Contract
  * Bitcoin

Web Protocols

  * HTTP 1: Basics
  * HTTP 2: State Management
  * HTTP 3: Authentication
  * HTTP 4: SSL

3D Graphics & OpenGL

Setup on Various Platforms

  * OpenGL in C/C++
  * JOGL 2.0  |  JOGL 1.1
  * LWJGL 2.8
  * Java 3D

Computer Graphics with OpenGL

  * CG 1. Introduction to OpenGL
  * CG 2. Computer Graphics - Basic Theory
  * CG 3. OpenGL Examples
  * CG 3. Computer Graphics - Curves & Surfaces [TODO]
  * CG 4. OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) [TODO]
  * References & Resources

OpenGL|ES

  * 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES (for Android)

Physics Engine

  * Bullet Physics & JBullet Physics Engine

C/C++ Programming

C++ Programming Language

  * 0. C++ Introduction
  * 1. C++ Basics
  * 2. C++ More Basics
  * 3. C++ OOP Basics
  * 4. C++ Pointers, References & Dynamic Allocation
  * 5. C++ OOP Examples
  * 6. C++ OOP Inheritance & Polymorphism
  * 7. C++ Operator Overloading
  * 8. C++ Template & Generic Programming
  * 9. C++ Strings
  * 10. C++ Libraries & STL
  * 11. C++ IO Streams & File IO
  * 12. C++ Misc, Tips & Traps
  * 13. Data Structure and Algorithm in C++

C Programming Language

  * 0. C Introduction
  * 1. C Basics

C/C++ Compilers and IDEs

  * GCC and Make
  * CodeBlocks for C/C++
  * Eclipse for C/C++
  * Visual C++

Last modified: March, 2021

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