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Lesson 1 -- Create Your First Java Class (11:39)

• Create Java project in Eclipse
• Create Java package
• Introduce classes and objects, naming conventions
• Write a simple Java class (Person)

Lesson 2 -- Add Methods To Class (13:20)

• Introduce Eclipse Views and Perspectives
• Introduce Eclipse user interface -- drag / drop, context menus, help
• Add get and set methods to Person class

Lesson 3 -- Use Eclipse Scrapbook (12:33)

• Introduce Eclipse Scrapbook
• Introduce Java expressions, statements
• Discuss Java packages
• Create Person object in Scrapbook

Lesson 4 -- JUnit Testing in Eclipse, Part 1 (12:26)

• Create test source folder
• Create PersonTest class
• Run first JUnit test

Lesson 5 -- JUnit Testing Continued (8:54)

• Test Person class -- part 2
• Create test methods for constructor, getName, and getMaximumBooks
• Static methods

Lesson 6 -- Using Test-First Development in Eclipse (11:43)

• Use test-first approach to write the Person toString() method
• Method overriding
• Field Hiding

Lesson 7 -- Create Book Class (10:25)

• Create BookTest before creating Book class
• Test Book constructor
• Create get and set methods

Lesson 8 -- Add Person to Book Class (13:13)

• Create a relationship between the Book class and the Person Class
• Test getPerson method
• Create JUnit Test Suite

Lesson 9 -- MyLibrary Class and ArrayList (12:30)

• How can we hold books, etc. in a collection?
• MyLibrary object to hold Person & Entry objects
• Introduce ArrayList  in scrapbook
• Introduce Java Generics
• Method chaining

Lesson 10 -- Start on MyLibrary Class (12:23)

• Create MyLibraryTest JUnit test
• Create testMyLibrary to test MyLibrary constructor
• Create MyLibrary constructor
• Introduce instanceof operator
• Introduce assertTrue method

Lesson 11 -- Create first methods in MyLibrary class (12:56)

• Create test method for addBook, removeBook methods
• Create addBook, removeBook methods and test
• Create addPerson, removePerson methods
• Introduce Eclipse refactoring -- move local variable to field

Lesson 12 -- Create checkOut, checkIn Methods (13:44)

• Create test for checkOut, checkIn methods
• Write checkout method
• Introduce if / then / else syntax
• Introduce boolean method
• Write checkIn method

Lesson 13 -- Continue checkOut Method (11:26)

• Test checkOut, checkIn methods
• Fix compiler error -- misplaced {}
• Add test for maximum books
• Create test for getBooksForPerson() method
• Refactoring -- extract method

Lesson 14 -- Finish checkOut Method (12:44)

• Write getBooksForPerson method
• Introduce for each loop
• Introduce logical 'and' operator &&
• NullPointerException errors
• Complete checkOut Method

Lesson 15 -- Finish MyLibrary Methods (13:59)

• Create test for getAvailableBooks
• Create getAvailableBooks
• Create getUnavailableBooks

Lesson 16 -- Create main Method and JAR File (13:43)

• Introduce main method
• Write a main method
• Run MyLibrary as Java application
• Export to JAR file and run from Windows

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