Core Java Programming

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Course Description:

Prerequisites

Course Outline:

Module 1 - Introduction to Java

• History of Java
• What is Java?
• What is JVM?
• Installing and configuring Java Virtual Machine
• Class/file structure
• Naming conventions
• Keywords and identifiers
• Compiling and running a Java program
• Commenting Code
• How memory works
• What is Garbage Collection?
• Working with an IDE
• java.lang.Object

Module 2 - Data Types

• Declaring and assigning variables
• Primitive Java types
• Converting types
• Arrays
• Strings
• Boxing and Unboxing

Module 3 - Operators

• Arithmetic operators
• Shortcut operators
• Relational operators
• Logical-Boolean operators
• Bitwise operators
• Assignment operators
• Other operators
• Operator precedence

Module 4 - Flow Control

• Branching statements: if-else and switch
• Loop statements: while and for
• Break and continue statements
• Return statement

Module 5 - Object Oriented Programming

• What is OOP?
• Class vs. Object
• Classes, fields, objects, methods
• Static vs. instance data and methods
• Constants
• Encapsulation
• Access modifiers
• Polymorphism
• Inheritance / in Java
  • Types and subtypes
• Interfaces and abstract classes / in Java

Module 6 - Packaging

• Reasons for packaging code
• Packages and sub-packages in Java
• Protecting package namespace
• Using packaged code
• Protecting packaged code
• Java CLASSPATH
• Java Archive (JAR)

Module 7 - JavaDoc

• Overview of JavaDoc
• Java API
• Defining and generating JavaDoc

Module 8 - Exception Handling

• What are exceptions?
• Built-in exceptions
• Exception life-cycle
• Handling exceptions
• Throwing exceptionsChecked vs. unchecked
• Creating new exceptions
• Grouping and nesting exceptions
• Defining custom exceptions

Module 9 - java.lang library

• Primitive wrappers
• String and StringBuffer/StringBuilder
• java.lang.Math
• java.lang.System
• Multi-threaded programming in Java

Module 10 - java.io library (I/O in Java)

• Overview of the java.io Package
• Working with the File Class
• Input and Output Streams
• Readers and Writers
• Reading Data from a File
• Writing Data to a File
• Reading and Writing Objects
• Serializing an Object

Module 11 - java.util library (Collections and Utilities)

• Collections Framework
  • java.util.Collection
  • java.util.Iterator
  • java.util.List
  • java.util.Set
  • java.util.Queue
  • java.util.Map
• PRNG in Java: java.util.Random
• String parsing and matching - including java.util.regex
• Date, Calendar, TimeZone

Module 12 - java.net library (Java Networking)

• Overview of Networking
• Networking Concepts
• The InetAddress Class
• Sockets
• Implementing the Client Side of a SocketImplementing the Server Side of a Socket
• Developing a multi-threaded Server

Module 13 - java.sql library (JDBC)

• Overview of JDBC and its drivers
• JDBC API: connections, statements, result sets, metadata
• Using JDBC: updates, queries
• Working with Data

Module 14 - Java 5 Topics

• Generics
• Enhanced for[each] loop
• Auto boxing and unboxing
• Typesafe enums
• Varargs
• Static imports
• Annotations (metadata)

Module 15 - Creating Multi-Threaded Programs

• Overview of Threads
• Using Threads
• Daemon Threads
• Creating a Multi-Threaded Program
• Thread Synchronization
• The Producer/Consumer Model

Module 16 - Data Structures

• Creating and manipulating Arrays
• Collections
• Working with Collections
• Manipulating Lists, Sets, Maps
• Understanding Java Generics in Collections (overview)

Module 17 - Design Patterns

• What are Design Patterns?
• Introduction to UML Diagrams
• Overview of various design patterns