Java Fundamentals Cross-Over 1 Day Course

Course Contents

Session 1:

Overview of Java: The three Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles;
Data Types, Variables, and Arrays: Primitive types; Characters; Boolean;
Operators and Expressions: Introduction of operators; Arithmetic operators; Relational operators; Assignment operator; Logical operators.
Decision Making: If statement; If - else statement; Switch Statements.
Using Loops: The while, do-while and the for loop; Enhanced for loop; Jump statements : break, continue; The return statement;

Session 2:
Arrays: Working with arrays
Streams: Streams to access data files.
Exception Handling:Fundamentals of exception handling; Exception types; Using try and catch; Multiple catch clauses; Nested try statements; Throw and throws; The finally blocks
Collections: Lists,Sets, Queues

Session 3:
Introduction to Classes and Objects: Creating a Class; Creating an Object; Using an Object; Adding Instance variables; Controlling accessibility; Naming conventions for class members. Class Constructors; Parameterized Constructors; Inheritance. Abstraction. Interfaces and implementing interfaces. Override. Polymorphism. The dot operator, this keyword, the static keywords, the super keyword.
Using Methods: Introduction of methods; Creating a Method in class; Calling a Method; Returning value from a Method; Adding a Method that takes parameters;
More in Methods and Classes: Overloading methods; Overloading Constructors; Using objects as parameters; Returning objects; Recursion; Access control : private, public and protected; The final keyword.