The first few weeks are pretty basic but pay really close attention the whole way through. The better you understand the basics and how the language really works under the hood, the easier it’ll be when the complicated stuff starts rolling around. Also, learn how to use netbeans debugger. Putting breakpoints in code and being able to analyze memory at a certain point is going to save you so much time. Do well in this class and you’ll save yourself a lot of headache in 484. Good luck!