Introduction to JAVA [BCA – 501] Syllabus BCA 5th-V Sem Syllabus for DAVV Indore Affiliated Institutions

 DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA (DAVV), INDORE

Bachelor Of Computer Applications (BCA) (Full-Time) 
Fifth-5th-v Semester Curriculum/ Syllabus 2011-12 Academic Year Onwards

Introduction to JAVA – Syllabus

   

Introduction to JAVA [BCA – 501] Syllabus /Course contents

Max.Marks:50

UNIT I

Primitive data types – integer, Short, Long, byte, float, double, Unicode, Character set, Boolean, their ranges, defaults initial values, wrapping of integer arithmetic, casting comments, identifiers and reserved words, local variables, operators and operator precedence, examples and exercises.

UNIT II

Statements simple and compound, Uses of control do, for, while, switch, break, case continue, label, class type data : String, Arrays, example and exercises.

UNIT III

Definitions and naming conventions for the members of the JAVA classes, instance fields and methods, Initialization by constructor, Initialization by Default constructor, Multiple Definition of constructors, creation of objects, access methods. Examples and exercises.

UNIT IV

Inheritance, Super class, Sub class, Method overloading, interface, thread, Multithreading example, synchronized, Exception (try-catch-final blocks examples.) examples and exercises.

UNIT V

Java Virtual machine concept, Java Platform overview, programming Examples to clarify use of object, threads, exceptions and packages for I/O, file and string handling. examples and exercises.

Text Book

1. Complete Reference (Java 2) – Herbert Schildt - Tata McGraw Hill

 Reference Books :

1. Joseph O’Neil, Teach yourself java, Tata McGraw Hill, New Dehli, 2001.
2. Programming with java E. Balagurusamy Tata McGraw Hill, New Dehli, 2^nd   edition 2002.
3. Java script : Don Gosselin, Thomson Learning ( vikas Publication)
4. Java in a nut shell – Flanagan – Orielly Publication

Objective : Introduce to basics of JAVA

Examination: The internal examination will be of 50 marks. The question paper will contain questions equally distributed in all units. The balance of will be maintained by includingappropriate(numerical/objective/conceptual/analytical/theoretical) combination of subsection in each question.