Java Fundamentals Courseware

Java Fundamentals

Description

Java Fundamentals courseware is designed to provide students with the skills for developing Java applications. This courseware explains the syntax and the constructs of the Java programming language, the concepts behind object-oriented programming with Java, packaging, Java documentation, exception handling, Java libraries, concurrent programming with Java threads, new Java 5 features, and design patterns in Java.

Length

5 days, 193 pages

Audience

This courseware is intended for people who wish to learn how to design, build, debug, and support Java applications.

Prerequisites

This courseware does not assume that students have any programming experience, although some prior exposure to other structural/OOP languages can be helpful.

Additional Notes

This courseware:

does not cover GUI development in Java. If you require a module on Java GUI development, please contact us.
is based on Java 5, but it can be delivered (minus one module) on previous editions of Java.
includes a CD with all example and lab files.

Outline

Module 1 - Java

History of Java
What is Java?
Why Java?
State of Java today

Module 2 - HelloWorld

Installing and configuring Java Virtual Machine (lab)
Implementing HelloWorld in Java (lab)
Java class/file structure and naming conventions
Java keywords and identifiers
Compiling and running Java programs
Comments in Java code
The main() method

Module 3 - Data Types

Declaring and assigning variables
Primitive Java types
Conversion between types
Introduction to arrays and strings

Module 4 - Operators

Arithmetic operators - including shortcut operators
Relational operators
Logical-boolean operators
Bitwise operators
Assignment operators
Additional operators
Operator precedence

Module 5 - Flow Control

Local variable storage: stack
Branching statements: if-else and switch
Loop statements: while and for
Break and continue statements - including labeled
Return statement
Lab: Calculator

Module 6 - Object Oriented Programming

What is OOP?
Why OOP?
Class vs. Object
OOP in Java: classes, fields, objects, methods
Java memory model and garbage collection
Static vs. instance data and methods
Constructors - including constructor and method overloading
Constants
Encapsulation through access modifiers
- Lab: BankAccount
Inheritance / in Java
- Types and subtypes
- Lab: School
Interfaces and abstract classes / in Java
- Lab: OOP Calculator
java.lang.Object: super class of them all
- Object Equality: equals() and hashCode() methods
- Converting objects to strings: toString() method
- Lab: Comparing students

Module 7 - 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)
Lab: Packaging

Module 8 - JavaDoc

Overview of JavaDoc
Java API
Defining and generating JavaDoc
Lab: Documenting Java code

Module 9 - Exception Handling

What are exceptions?
Why exceptions?
Built-in exceptions
Exception life-cycle
Handling exceptions
Throwing exceptions
Exception types: checked vs. unchecked
Creating new exceptions
Grouping and nesting exceptions
Lab: Exceptions

Module 10 - java.lang library (Core Java)

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

Module 11 - java.io library (I/O in Java)

Managing files
Byte and character streams
Filtered streams
Object serialization

Module 12 - 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 13 - java.net library (Java Networking)

java.net.InetAddress and java.net.NetworkInterface
java.net.URL connections
TCP sockets (java.net.Socket and java.net.ServerSocket)

Module 14 - java.sql library (JDBC)

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

Module 15 - Java 5

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

Module 16 - Design Patterns

What are Design Patterns?
Singleton, Factory Method, Abstract Factory
Adapter, Composite, Decorator
Chain of Responsibility, Observer / Publish-Subscribe, Strategy, Template
Data Access Object (DAO)