Programming in Java

6 subjects · 14 chapters · 56 topics

1. 01

   Java Foundations

   1.1 Getting started

   • JDK, JRE and the JVM
   • Compiling and running
   • IDE setup
   • Program structure and packages

   1.2 Language basics

   • Primitive types and wrappers
   • Operators and expressions
   • Control flow
   • Arrays

   1.3 Methods

   • Declaring and calling
   • Overloading
   • Varargs
   • Recursion
2. 02

   Object-Oriented Java

   2.1 Classes and objects

   • Fields, constructors and this
   • Encapsulation and access modifiers
   • static and final
   • Object class methods

   2.2 Inheritance and polymorphism

   • extends and super
   • Method overriding
   • Abstract classes
   • Interfaces and default methods

   2.3 Advanced OOP

   • Composition over inheritance
   • Inner and anonymous classes
   • Enums
   • Records and sealed types
3. 03

   Core Libraries

   3.1 Collections

   • List, Set and Map
   • Iterators and comparators
   • Choosing the right collection
   • Generics

   3.2 Strings and I/O

   • String, StringBuilder and formatting
   • File reading and writing
   • Serialisation
   • NIO basics

   3.3 Exceptions

   • Checked and unchecked exceptions
   • try-with-resources
   • Custom exceptions
   • Good error handling practice
4. 04

   Modern Java

   4.1 Functional style

   • Lambdas
   • Functional interfaces
   • Streams API
   • Optional

   4.2 Concurrency

   • Threads and Runnable
   • Executors and thread pools
   • Synchronisation and locks
   • Concurrent collections
5. 05

   Building Applications

   5.1 Tooling and testing

   • Maven or Gradle
   • JUnit testing
   • Logging
   • Debugging and profiling

   5.2 Databases and web

   • JDBC
   • Introduction to Spring Boot
   • REST controllers
   • Connecting to a database
6. 06

   Project

   6.1 Capstone

   • Designing the application
   • Implementing the layers
   • Testing and refactoring
   • Presenting the code