Title: Introduction
Course: CPS 189: Java Certification - Review, Practice & Prepare (Development) > Section: Learning Modules

This unit introduces you to the course and to Java.  The purpose of this course is to prepare you for one or both of Oracle’s Java certification exams:

- Java SE 7 Programmer I (1Z0-803)
- Java SE 7 Programmer II (1Z0-804)

The first half of the course (units 1-7) covers material tested during the Programmer I exam, while the second half of the course (units 8-15) covers material tested during the Programmer II exam.

This is a one-credit course lasting three weeks.

- See the panel to the left for the course syllabus and schedule.

Although code samples are developed and shown in Eclipse, you are free to use any Java development environment.  These include:

BlueJ (www.bluej.org)

  - For Windows, Mac or Linux
  - Free download

Eclipse (www.eclipse.org)

  - For Windows only
  - Free download

IntelliJ IDEA (www.jetbrains.com/idea)

  - For Windows, Mac or Linux
  - Free download

NetBeans (netbeans.org)

  - For Windows, Mac or Linux
  - Free download

JDeveloper (www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/overview/idex.html)

  - For Windows or Linux
  - Free download

Xcode (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)

  - For Apple users
  - Free download with account from Apple Developer Connection