| Overview including History and alpha versus beta issues |
| Comparison of Java and Javascript |
| Overall Java Philosophy and Features including security etc. |
| Java Programming Language |
| Object Oriented and Class Structure |
| Exceptions |
| Applet Programming and Threads |
| Abstract Windowing Toolkit |
| Networking and I/O; native classes |
| Futures and HPCC Implications |
| Hot Java is not discussed as beta version not currently available |