Introduction to Java

Get up to speed with Java!

This course is a fast-paced three-day grounding in the fundamental concepts of Java and Object-Oriented Programming, covering basic Java language features, as well as more advanced topics such as collections, exceptions, database access, with a special emphasis on good coding practices, unit testing and test-driven development.

Outline

• Introducing Java:
An introduction to Java, including installing Java, basic code structure and syntax, the main() method, basic looping and conditions, and compiling and running your first Java programs.
• An introduction to Object-Oriented development: Introduction to object-oriented development, including introductory inheritance, overriding methods, and creating and destroying objects.
• Declaring your Variables:
Declaring variables, primitive types, Java keywords, Object declaration and assignment, and arrays.
• Object behaviour:
Methods, method arguments, pass-by-value, getters and setters, scope and encapsulation.
• Flow Control:
For loops, while loops, conditions, case statements,...
• Fundamentals of Test-Driven Development and Unit testing with JUnit 4:
Introduction to Test-Driven Development, Test-Driven development as a design technique, unit testing with JUnit 4, annotated tests, Hamcrest asserts, parameterized tests, running unit tests in your IDE,...
• Advanced Object-Oriented development:
Packages, imports, inheritance, polymorphism, abstract methods, interfaces,...
• Handling Exceptions:
Declaring Exceptions, Catching Exceptions, using try/catch/finally blocks, custom exceptions.
• Generics and Collections:
Using the Java Collections API, introduction to generics, using generics with collections, sorting collections, the Comparable interface,...
• Java I/O 
Object serialization, streams, writing to a text file, reading from a text file,...
• Basic database access with JDBC:
Introduction to JDBC, connecting to a database, writing to a database, querying a database, ORM theory
• Releasing your code:
Creating a JAR, making an executable JAR, running an executable JAR...

Course Objectives

At the end of this three-day workshop, students will be able to:

• Write basic Java applications
• Understand the fundamental concepts of good object oriented design
• Understand Java's implementation of basic object oriented concepts
• Understand the principles of Test Driven Development, and be able to write effective unit tests for Java code
• Connect Java programs to relational databases

Course schedule

Currently, this course is offered exclusively as an on-site course. Please contact us for more details. 

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