• Books24x7: IUB free on-line collection of IT books (need network ID)
• Selected titles from Books24x7: see Introductory Track
• Sun's Java tutorial: here (many different trails)
• Regular expressions in Java, string processing, basic math (discussion)
• Example of a simple 2D-game in Java; basic game engine design, etc.
• Graphics and user interfaces with Java; event-driven programming
• General introduction to Java from an operational point of view: older notes, and more
• Struts and other frameworks for web programming that use Java

More basic examples we can discuss:

• Introduction to GUIs
• Text fields, buttons, simple events
• Another textfield, button simple event example
• An example involving text areas
• Panels and random number generators
• Using timers with GUIs

These are from the latest Horstmann, from the first six chapters (selected code):

• InputTest (basic console input)
• Retirement (while loops)
• Retirement2 (do-while loops)
• LotteryDrawing (for loops and arrays)
• ConstructorTest (object construction)
• EmployeeTest (basic object design)
• ParamTest (method invocation and parameter passing in Java)
• CalendarTest (learning the calendar API)
• ManagerTest (demonstrating inheritance)
• PersonTest (demonstrating abstract classes)
• ArrayListTest (demonstrating arraylists)
• TimerTest (timers and events)

Here's the cover of the book, just in case: