For a little over the first week of the module, you will review and extend your knowledge of Java, looking at a set of topics which are of particular importance to bioinformatics practice.
At the same time, you will be extending your knowledge of the tools which are available to, starting with version control which is a critically important tool.
The work is organised into days; each day, we will cover a different topic. Try not to let the days "back up" or you will run out of time.
For this section of the module, we will work from the Java Tutorial as it's reasonably good and clear. Remember, as with semester one, if you do not understand something then you should consult other sources of information; if one explanation does not make sense, then another might well do.
Although the first week is not formally part of the assessment, you should do the exercises which are suggested for you, as part of the Java tutorial. If you don't do the exercises, you will not be sure if you understand what you have read. Where the exercises involve code, please check it with the demonstrator. Please don't look at the answers till you have tried to get code working for yourself, unless you are really desperate to learn nothing.
Follow through each of the lessons, about one per day.