Full Java Programming Training

Topic 1. Getting Started

What is Java?

Downloading the Java IDE (NetBeans)

Flowcharting and UML diagrams

Understanding algorithms

Exploring the IDE

Command-line programming with Java

Creating Java docs

Topic 2. Java Basics

Anatomy of a Java program

Understanding data types

Using strings

Understanding arrays

Understanding implicit and explicit conversion

Debugging logic and syntax errors

Using the debugger

Topic 3. Flow of Control

Understanding basic expressions

Working with decisions

Comparing different types of loops

Using predefined functions

Creating user-defined functions

Using call by value and call by reference

Overloading functions

Topic 4. Classes and Objects

Creating classes

Instantiating classes

Using encapsulation

Understanding inheritance

Working with polymorphism

Topic 5: New Topic

Revisiting arrays

Working with two-dimenional arrays

Using ArrayLists

Introducing recursion

Sorting arrays

Searching arrays

Topic 6. Using Generics

Exploring the simplified use of generics

Using underscores in numeric literals

Using strings in switch statements

Topic 7. Using Advanced Class Structures

Using static initializers

Using instance field initializers

Using member classes

Using local inner classes

Using anonymous inner classes

Creating and using enumeration classes

Topic 8. Using the Reflection API

Using the Class class

Instantiating classes dynamically

Navigating inheritance trees

Topic 9. More of the Collections Framework

Managing unordered sets with HashSet

Managing ordered sets with TreeSet

Controlling list order with LinkedList

Peeking and polling with queues

Topic 10. Testing and Advanced Exception Handling

Exploring test-driven development with the assert keyword

Using the finally keyword

Using try-with-resources in Java 7

Defining and throwing a custom exception

Topic 11. Managing Files and Directories in Java 7

Using the Path class

Managing files and directories

Reading and writing text files

Walking the directory tree

Finding files

Watching a directory for file changes

Topic 12. Working with I/O Streams

Reading and writing byte streams

Reading and writing character streams

Using buffered streams

Scanning tokenized text

Topic 13. Working with Multi-threading

Extending the Thread class

Implementing the Runnable interface

Interrupting a thread

Synchronizing threads