Java Programming Standerd Edition (J2SE)

Course details

Introduction to Java Programming

• Stand-alone applications.
• Compiling source code into bytecode.
• Overview of class libraries.

Language syntax

• Declaring and initializing variables.
• Declaring and using arrays.
• Upcasting, downcasting and autoboxing.

Flow control

• Invoking methods and passing parameters.
• Conditionals and loops.
• Handling exceptions with try and catch.

Defining classes

• Fields (instance data).
• Methods (functions).
• Abstract classes and interfaces.
• Organizing classes with packages and modifiers.
• Composition vs. inheritance.

Building the components of a Java program

• Leveraging generics with the collections API.
• Developing new classes.
• Compiling and debugging.

Developing GUIs, Foundations of user interfaces

• Basic GUI widgets.
• Event-driven programming.
• Benefits of a portable windowing library.

Java Foundation Classes (JFC)

• Creating Swing components.
• Adding Swing components to containers.
• Arranging Swing components using layout managers.
• Dialogs and message boxes.

Event handling

• Registering event handlers
• Inner classes and top-level classes

Storing and Retrieving Data with File I/O , Java streams

• Streams, Readers and Writers.
• Catching and throwing exceptions.
• Formatting text output.

Files and directories

• Reading and writing files.
• Creating, deleting and renaming files.
• Obtaining directory and file information.

Working with Relational Databases , JDBC database access

• Leveraging the JDBC API.
• Choosing database drivers.
• Connecting to a database.

Improving performance with prepared statements and stored procedures

• Submitting SQL statements.
• Retrieving and processing results.