Things you ought to already know about Java before starting CISC474
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(or be able to figure out pretty quickly on your own)

This is not intended to be a complete list.
It is just complete enough to:

   * give you confidence if you are well prepared.
   * scare the heck out of you if you are in the wrong class.


Simple Stuff/Basic Concepts
   How to write a HelloWorld program in Java
   How to access command line arguments in a main
   What the JVM and bytecodes are
   Java control structures: if, while, for, etc.
   Parameters passing
   
Intermediate Stuff
   Difference between primitive and object types
   What a wrapper class is (e.g. Integer vs. int)
   What an API is
   How to find various utility classes in the Java APIs
   Constructors
   Inheritance

Deployment Stuff
   How to create a Jar file
   How to create and name your own packages using inverted domain names

New Java 5.0 Stuff
    The new for loop 	for (int cell: someArrayOfInts) ...
    The new <> syntax for collections: ArrayList<Dog> x = new ArrayList<Dog>();