This course covers the Java programming language and the most commonly-used libraries of the Java Standard Edition (Java SE). This course also discusses best practices and common pitfalls, which are topics not discussed in other Java courses. The course is taught by practicing Java developers.

Students are provided with numerous hands-on graded and ungraded exercises, the most challenging of which is the final machine problem.

The course culminates in a Code Review, where students present their solutions to the final machine problem to the class, for review and critique by the instructor as well as by the entire class. This activity has been effective in drilling-in proper practices and approaches to the students.