An online course in Java programming for beginners using programmed instruction.
Princeton University is one of the world’s most prestigious research institutions, founded in 1746 and located in Princeton, New Jersey. As a member of the Ivy League, it is renowned for its academic excellence, selective admissions, and contributions to scholarship across the sciences, humanities, and public policy. The university is distinguished by its strong emphasis on undergraduate education, with small class sizes and close faculty interaction, while also maintaining cutting-edge research programs in fields ranging from engineering and computer science to economics and international affairs. Princeton has produced numerous Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, and public leaders, underscoring its reputation as a global center of innovation and intellectual leadership.
Princeton’s Introduction to Programming in Java serves as a foundational CS 1 course, reflecting an “objects-in-the-middle” teaching philosophy that emphasizes data abstraction. The online companion site offers a rich collection of coordinated resources, including concise text excerpts, studio-produced lecture videos, hundreds of downloadable Java programs and libraries (covering text, graphics, and sound), real-world datasets, exercises with selected solutions, and creative programming assignments. All designed to support the textbook or function as a standalone learning tool. The material is structured around four learning stages: programming essentials, functions and decomposition, object-oriented programming, and fundamental data structures. These are reinforced by real applications in domains like genomics, astrophysics, and PageRank.