Brief contents: what is programming?; classes and methods I: basics; fundamental data types of Java; decision making; classes and methods II: classes with multiple methods; iteration; classes and methods III: working with objects; one-dimensional arrays; nested loops and two-dimensional arrays; classes and methods IV: static methods and variables; the Java AWT part I: mouse events (optional); inheritance and exceptions; Java AWT part II (optional); recursion; text processing and file input/output; case study: the game of reversi.