Course Outline
Java SE7 Fundamentals course overview
The Java SE 7 Fundamentals course was designed to enable students with little or no programming experience to begin to learn programming using the Java programming language. The course teaches the significance of object-oriented programming, the keywords and constructs of the Java programming language, and the steps required to create simple Java technology programs. Students taking this course can receive a solid basis in the Java programming language upon which to base continued work and training. The course features the Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) platform, and uses the Java SE Development Kit 7 (JDK 7) product.
Students taking this course will have hands on experience learning basic object oriented concepts such as inheritance, encapsulation, and abstraction. They learn how to create and use simple Java classes containing arrays, loops, and conditional constructs. They also learn to use and manipulate object references, and to write simple error handling code. The course provides a solid understanding of what the Java SE7 platform is and how it is used in real world applications.
Learn To:
- Use various Java programming language constructs to create several Java technology applications
- Use decision and looping constructs and methods to dictate program flow
- Perform basic error handling for your Java technology programs
- Implement intermediate Java technology programming and object-oriented (OO) concepts in Java technology programs
- Demonstrate knowledge of Java technology and the Java programming language
Who is Java SE7 Fundamentals training for?
Students who can benefit from this course:
- Developer
- Technical Administrator
- Technical Consultant
- Project Manager
- Application Developers
- Portal Developer
- System Administrator
- Web Administrator
Prerequisites for Java SE7 Fundamentals course
Required Prerequisites:
- Basic computer literacy is required
Suggested Prerequisites:
- Previous experience with any command-line program
- Knowledge of programming concepts
What will I get?
Delegates will learn:
- Develop classes and describe how to declare a class
- Analyze a business problem in order to recognize objects and operations that form the building blocks of the Java program design
- Define the term
- Demonstrate Java programming syntax
- Write a simple Java program that compiles and runs successfully
- Declare and initialize variables
- List several primitive data types
- Instantiate an object and effectively use object reference variables
- Use operators, loops, and decision constructs
- Declare and instantiate Arrays and ArrayLists and be able to iterate through them
- Describe the benefits of using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- List and describe several key features of the Java technology
- Declare a method with arguments and return values
- Use inheritance to declare and define a subclass of an existing superclass
- Describe how errors are handled in a Java program
- Describe examples of how Java is used in applications, as well as consumer products
Java SE7 Fundamentals Course Contents
Introducing the Java Technology
- Relating Java with other languages
- Showing how to download, install, and configure the Java environment on a Windows system.
- Describing the various Java technologies such as Java EE, JavaME, Embedded Java SE
- Describing key features of the technology and the advantages of using Java
- Using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Thinking in Objects
- Defining the problem domain
- Identifying objects and recognizing the criteria for defining objects
Introducing the Java Language
- Defining classes
- Identifying the components of a class
- Creating and using a test class
- Compiling and executing a test program
Working with Primitive Variables
- Declaring and initializing field variables
- Describing primitive data types such as integral, floating point, textual, and logical
- Declaring variables and assigning values
- Using constants
- Using arithmetic operators to modify values
Working with Objects
- Declaring and initializing objects
- Storing objects in memory
- Using object references to manipulate data
- Using JSE javadocs to look up the methods of a class
- Working with String and StringBuilder objects
Using operators and decision constructs
- Using relational and conditional operators
- Testing equality between strings
- Evaluating different conditions in a program and determining the algorithm
- Creating if and if/else constructs
- Nesting and chaining conditional statements
- Using a switch statement
Creating and Using Arrays
- Declaring, instantiating, and initializing a one-dimensional Array
- Declaring, instantiating, and initializing a two-dimensional Array
- Using a for loop to process an Array
- Creating and initializing an ArrayList
- Using the import statement to work with existing Java APIs
- Accessing a value in an Array or and ArrayList
- Using the args Array
Using Loop Constructs
- Creating while loops and nested while loops
- Developing a for loop
- Using ArrayLists with for loops
- Developing a do while loop
- Understanding variable scope
Working with Methods and Encapsulation
- Creating and Invoking a Method
- Passing arguments and returning values
- Creating static methods and variables
- Using modifiers
- Overloading a method
- Creating constructors
- Implementing encapsulation
Introducing Advanced Object Oriented Concepts
- Using inheritance
- Using types of polymorphism such as overloading, overriding, and dynamic binding
- Working with superclasses and subclasses
- Adding abstraction to your analysis and design
- Understanding the purpose of Java interfaces
- Creating and implementing a Java interface
Handling Errors
- Understanding the different kinds of errors that can occur and how they are handled in Java
- Understanding the different kinds of Exceptions in Java
- Using Javadocs to research the Exceptions thrown by the methods of foundation classes
- Writing code to handle Exceptions
The Big Picture
- Creating packages and JAR files for deployment using java
- Describing a complete Java applications that includes a middle tier and a database backend
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