Java Programming using the Eclipse IDE
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Online
This course provides an introduction to Java programming and how to use the popular Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and teaches the fundamentals of Java and object-oriented programming. It provides an understanding for delegates with no prior experience of those subject areas and is taught as a series of presentations, walk through examples and practical exercises to build basic Java projects and use the functionality in the Eclipse IDE before moving on to more complex examples where delegates will write graphical user interfaces and simple web-based Java applications. Learning Objectives Install and setup Java and Eclipse IDEWrite programs and run them from both the command line and the IDEUnderstand the basics of Java programmingCreating objects and methodsControl flow within methodsManipulating dataAccess controlWrite programs ranging from simple command line programs through to full GUI applicationsWrite web applications using J2EE and Java appletsDevelop functional programming using Java 8Package Java files to use as executables or for deployment to web servers
About this course
This course does not require any previous experience of using Java or other programming languages.
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Subjects
- Programming
- Web
- Java
- Java Programming
Course programme
Introduction to Java and Eclipse
- Introduction to Java
- Installing Java and Eclipse
- Creating our first project
- Running Java programs from the command line and IDE
Basic Syntax
- Expressions, comments and blocks
- Primitive Types
- Simple Maths and Logical Expressions
- Strings
Control Flow
- What is control flow?
- Conditionals
- Looping
- Nesting statements
- Debugging in Eclipse
Introduction to Objects
- What is an object
- Introduction to Java Objects
- Creating Objects
- Encapsulation
- Generating the boilerplate in Eclipse
Javadoc
- What is Javadoc
- The Java API
- Writing our own documentation
Inheritance and Interfaces
- Inheritance hierarchies in Java
- Abstract Classes
- Interfaces
- Polymorphism
Collections and Generics
- What are collections
- Basic Collection methods
- A more in depth look at the collections
- Iterating over collections
- Sorting collections
- What are generics?
- Collections and Generics
Error Handling
- Exceptions
- The Try ... Catch ... Finally block
- Writing our own exceptions
UI / Swing
- What is Swing?
- Creating a UI
- GUI elements
- Layouts
- Drawing directly to the screen
- The Eclipse WindowBuilder
Applets and Web Applications
- What are applets?
- What are Web Applications?
- An introduction to J2EE
- Creating web applications in eclipse
Functional Programming in Java 8
- What is functional programming?
- Lambda Expressions
- Default Methods
Packaging it all up
- Creating executable files
- Creating jars
- Creating wars
Java Programming using the Eclipse IDE