Fundamentals of Java™ Training Course

5 days.

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

• Explain what Java is, what it is composed of, how it compares to other programming environments, what its advantages are, and how to install and configure the development environment.
• Read as well as write Java syntax, including declarations, assignments, operators, flow-control structures, generics, annotations, enumerations, naming conventions, etc.
• Understand object oriented programming principles, explain how OOP differs from structural programming, and discuss the advantages of OOP
• Utilize OOP in Java by designing and writing Java classes, encapsulating logic, reusing existing code through inheritance/polymorphism and composition, and modeling real-world relationships between objects
• Package and organize Java code into classes and libraries (JARs)
• Read, understand, and write Java code documentation (JavaDoc)
• Define and handle error conditions in Java through the use of exceptions
• Leverage Java libraries (I/O, Utilities, Collections, Networking, JDBC, etc.)
• Analyze and troubleshot complex Java programs
• Use best-practice design patterns when developing Java code

Fundamentals of Java™ course is intended for individuals who wish to learn how to design, build, debug, and support Java applications. This includes software developers, quality assurance engineers, technical writers, web developers, technical managers and individuals with a technical, non-programming background, such as system administrators.

This course is also appropriate for beginner programmers and those programmers who prefer to start learning the Java programming language from the fundamentals. It is helpful for individuals to have had some programming experience, whether with a scripting language such as Perl or a third generation language (such as Basic or C).

While this course does not assume that students have any programming experience, prior exposure to other structural and/or object-oriented languages is very beneficial. To get the full value from this course, the participants should be able to:

• Define common computer terminology
• Solve basic mathematical or technical problems
• Understand the concept of a variable
• Execute commands using a command-line interface

About The Platform

This course is typically taught using Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Students are shown how to install/setup Eclipse as well as how to utilize its most common features to increase their productivity. If so requested, we can also deliver the training using other IDEs, such as NetBeans, IDEA, JDeveloper, and others.

Graduating from this course will allow students to be immediately productive in supporting and developing Java applications. Fundamentals of Java course is a good preparation for Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform exam.

Java™ and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Marakana.com Runs on Java

Marakana.com is written in Java using Spring and Hibernate frameworks. We deploy it on Apache Tomcat Application Server. Both Marakana Spark and Apache Tomcat are Java applications and thus run on Java Virtual Machine. Spark uses MySQL database for persistence. Our operating system of choice is Ubuntu Linux, for security and reliability reasons. So we practice what we teach. You will learn from real developers.

Java Meetup Organized by Marakana

Marakana team organizes and runs the San Francisco Java Meetup - an interactive group of Java developers. In our monthly meetings, we discuss Java landscape from both technology and business angles. We often have great presentations by industry experts, group discussions, as well as hands-on sessions. If you are in San Francisco Bay Area, we encourage you to join the group and meet other Java developers.