Java Programming in Rational Application Developer

AUDIENCE: This course is for Applications Developers new to Java who will be developing applications in Java using IBM''s Rational Application Developer, (Formerly WebSphere Studio).
PREREQUISITES: Delegates should ideally be experienced programmers in languages other than Java. No knowledge of the Java language itself is required or expected.
DURATION: 5 days. Hands on.
OBJECTIVES: This course aims to give delegates a good understanding of the Java language, before moving on to use the language within IBM''s RAD Environment. It is not aimed at delegates who already know Java, they should attend the RAD6 course.

The main benefit of this approach is that delegates will get a good appreciation of the language itself unhindered by the complications of the IDE, before moving on to implement what they have learnt within RAD, building up their knowledge as they proceed. By the end of the course delegates will be building their code within Rational Application Developer, and able to take advantage of the facilities for java programmers available within the RAD product.
COURSE CONTENT:
Topics taught without an IDE:
History and development of Java
Java tools
Overview of OO concepts and terminology
Syntax of the Java language
Basic types, objects and references
Storage management and garbage collection
Java classes and packages
Basic I/O in Java
Inheritance v aggregation and association

Topics taught within Rational Application Developer:
Graphical applications and applets
Graphics and component libraries
Layout managers
Event driven Programming
More complex Java structures
Java API classes including vectors and hash tables
Object persistence
I/O streams and file handling
Strings and tokenisers
Errors and exceptions
Concurrency (threads)
Networked and Client/Server applications