Course overview

The Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language course provides students with an excellent choice for beginning to learn programming using the Java programming language. This course is intended for students with little or no programming experience. The course teaches the significance of object-oriented programming, the keywords and constructs of the Java programming language, and the steps required to create simple Java technology programs. Students taking this course can receive a solid basis in the Java programming language upon which to base continued work and training. The course features the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) platform, and uses the Java SE Development Kit 6 (JDK 6) product.

Goal

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of Java technology, the Java programming language, and the product life cycle
• Use various Java programming language constructs to create several Java technology applications
• Use decision and looping constructs and methods to dictate program flow
• Implement intermediate Java technology programming and object-oriented (OO) concepts in Java technology programs

Target group

Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who have basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills and who want to begin learning the Java programming language. This includes technical writers, web developers, technical managers, and individuals with a technical, non-programming background, such as system administrators. This course is also appropriate for novice programmers and those programmers who prefer to start learning the Java programming language at an introductory level.

Syllabus

1. Explaining Java Technology

Describe key concepts of the Java programming language
List the three Java technology product groups
Summarize each of the seven stages of the product life cycle

2. Analyzing a Problem and Designing a Solution

Analyze a problem using object-oriented analysis
Design classes from which objects will be created

3. Developing and Testing a Java Technology Program

Identify the four components of a class in the Java programming language
Use the main method in a test class to run a Java technology program from the command line
Compile and execute a Java technology program

4. Declaring, Initializing, and Using Variables

Identify the use the syntax for variables and define the syntax for a variable
List the eight Java programming language primitive data types
Declare, initialize, and use variables and constants according to Java programming language guidelines and coding standards
Modify variable values using operators
Use promotion and type casting

5. Creating and Using Objects

Declare, instantiate, and initialize object reference variables
Compare how object reference variables are stored in relation to primitive variables
Use a class (the String class) included in the Java Software Developer Kit (SDK)
Use the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE[TM]) class library specification to learn about other classes in this application programming interface (API)

6. Using Operators and Decision Constructs

Identify relational and conditional operators
Create if and if/else constructs
Use the switch construct

7. Using Loop Constructs

Create while loops
Develop for loops
Create do/while loops

8. Developing and Using Methods

Describe the advantages of methods and define worker and calling methods
Declare and invoke a method
Compare object and static methods
Use overloaded methods

9. Implementing Encapsulation and Constructors

Use encapsulation to protect data
Create constructors to initialize objects

10. Creating and Using Arrays

Code one-dimensional arrays
Set array values using length attribute and a loop
Pass arguments to the main method for use in a program
Create two-dimensional arrays

11. Implementing Inheritance

Define and test your use of inheritance
Explain abstraction
Explicitly identify class libraries used in your code

Duration
5 days from 9AM to 5PM

Location
Housing Co. d.o.o., Vodovodna 100, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Special offer (for croatian students only)
- includes transport Zagreb – Ljubljana and Ljubljana – Zagreb
- includes lunch

Price
990 EUR + VAT

Date
24.05.2010. - 28.05.2010.

Prerequisites

Students should be able to:

• Create programs using a procedural language, such as C, or a scripting language, such as Perl
• Create and edit text files using a text editor
• Use a World Wide Web (WWW) browser
• Solve logic problems
• Describe the concept of a variable
• Execute commands using a command-line interface

Curriculum material

Sun Microsystems Student Kit

Suggested Follow-On Courses

• Java Programming Language (SL-275-SE6)

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

• SCJA
• SCJP

Contact

Dragutin Zivkovic
Housing d.o.o.
Zaharova 7, 10000 Zagreb
T: +385 1 4878999
F: +385 1 4878998
e-mail: dragutin.zivkovic@housing.hr