Java Training: Beginning Java Application Development

Java Training Outline

• Getting Started with Java SE
• What is Java?
• How to Get Java
• A First Java Program
• Compiling and Interpreting Applications
• The JDK Directory Structure
• Datatypes and Variables
• Primitive Datatypes
• Declarations
• Variable Names
• Numeric Literals
• Character Literals
• String
• String Literals
• Arrays
• Non-Primitive Datatypes
• The Dot Operator
• Operators and Expressions
• Expressions
• Assignment Operator
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• Operate-Assign Operators (+=, etc.)
• The Conditional Operator
• Operator Precedence
• Implicit Type Conversions
• The Cast Operator
• Control Flow
• Statements
• Conditional (if) Statements
• Adding an else if
• Conditional (switch) Statements
• while and do-while Loops
• for Loops
• A for Loop Diagram
• Enhanced for Loop
• The continue Statement
• The break Statement
• Methods
• Methods
• Calling Methods
• Defining Methods
• Method Parameters
• Scope
• So, Why All the static?
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• Classes and Objects
• Fields and Methods
• Encapsulation
• Access Control
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Best Practices
• Objects and Classes
• Defining a Class
• Creating an Object
• Instance Data and Class Data
• Methods
• Constructors
• Access Modifiers
• Encapsulation
• Using Java Objects
• Printing to the Console
• printf Format Strings
• StringBuilder and StringBuffer
• Methods and Messages
• toString
• Parameter Passing
• Comparing and Identifying Objects
• Destroying Objects
• Using the Primitive-Type Wrapper Classes
• Autoboxing
• Inheritance in Java
• Inheritance
• Inheritance in Java
• Casting
• Method Overriding
• Polymorphism
• super
• The Object Class
• Advanced Inheritance and Language Constructs
• Enumerated Types - Pre-Java 5.0
• Enumerated Types Today
• More Enumerated Types
• Abstract Classes
• Interfaces
• Using Interfaces
• Comparable
• Collections
• Generics
• Packages
• Packages
• The import Statement
• Static Imports
• CLASSPATH and Import
• Defining Packages
• Package Scope
• Exception Handling
• Exceptions Overview
• Catching Exceptions
• The finally Block
• Exception Methods
• Declaring Exceptions
• Defining and Throwing Exceptions
• Errors and RuntimeExceptions
• Assertions
• Input/Output Streams
• Overview of Streams
• Bytes vs. Characters
• Converting Byte Streams to Character Streams
• File Object
• Binary Input and Output
• PrintWriter Class
• Reading and Writing Objects
• Basic and Filtered Streams
• Core Collection Classes
• The Collections Framework
• The Set Interface
• Set Implementation Classes
• The List Interface
• List Implementation Classes
• The Queue Interface
• Queue Implementation Classes
• The Map Interface
• Map Implementation Classes
• Collection Sorting and Tuning
• Using Java 5.0 Features with Collections
• Sorting with Comparable
• Sorting with Comparator
• Sorting Lists and Arrays
• Collections Utility Methods
• Tuning ArrayList
• Tuning HashMap and HashSet
• Inner Classes
• Inner Classes
• Member Classes
• Local Classes
• Anonymous Classes
• Instance Initializers
• Static Nested Classes
• Introduction to JDBC
• The JDBC Connectivity Model
• Database Programming
• Connecting to the Database
• Creating a SQL Query
• Getting the Results
• Updating Database Data
• Finishing Up
• Introduction to Threads
• Non-Threaded Applications
• Threaded Applications
• Creating Threads
• Thread States
• Runnable Threads
• Coordinating Threads
• Interrupting Threads
• Runnable Interface
• ThreadGroups
• JDBC SQL Programming
• Error Checking and the SQLException Class
• The SQLWarning Class
• JDBC Types
• Executing SQL Queries
• ResultSetMetaData
• Executing SQL Updates
• Using a PreparedStatement
• Parameterized Statements
• Stored Procedures
• Transaction Management
• Conclusion