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Java Programming Introduction: Hands-On


Course fee £840, Course dates Mon-Fri 2009

You Will Learn How To

  • Write, compile and execute Java programs
  • Build robust applications using Java's object-oriented features
  • Create robust applications using Java class libraries
  • Read and write data using Java streams
  • Retrieve data from a relational database with JDBC

Course Benefits

Java's unique architecture enables programmers to develop a single application that can run across multiple platforms seamlessly and reliably. In this hands-on course, you gain extensive experience with Java and its object-oriented features. You learn to create robust applications to store and retrieve data from relational databases or file.

Who Should Attend

Anyone developing Java applications. Previous experience with a programming such as C, Pascal, Javascript, VB is assumed. Familiarity with Web technologies and object concepts is helpful.

Hands-on Training

A series of hands-on exercises provides experience creating Java applications. Through an ongoing case study, you design and build an intricate desktop application modelled on a well-known Web site. Exercises include:

  • Developing an object-oriented model with UML notation
  • Creating Java objects and calling their methods
  • Structuring data with the Java collections API
  • Creating portable GUIs with Swing components
  • Adding event handling to GUIs
  • Retrieving data from a relational database with JDBC

Course Content

Advantages of Java
  • Platform independence
  • Stand-alone applications and servlets

Structure of a Java program
  • Compiling source code into bytecode
  • Overview of class libraries

Java Development Kit (JDK)
  • Compiler (javac)
  • Javadoc utility
  • Java Archive (JAR) utility
  • Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)


Object-Oriented Programming with Java
  • The object paradigm
    • Object-oriented (OO) programming
    • Encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism
    • OO analysis and design: "Is a" and "Has a" relationships
    • Designing an OO application step by step
    • Diagramming object structure with Unified Modeling Language (UML)

  • Java's object-oriented features
    • Instantiating objects from classes
    • Aggregation and composition
    • Extending existing classes
    • Overloading and overriding methods


Structure of the Java Language
  • Language syntax
    • Declaring and initialising variables
    • Statements and expressions
    • Declaring and using arrays
    • Upcasting, downcasting and autoboxing

  • Flow control
    • Invoking methods and passing parameters
    • Conditionals and loops
    • Handling exceptions with try and catch

  • Defining classes
    • Fields (instance data)
    • Methods (functions)
    • Abstract classes and interfaces
    • Organising classes with packages and visibility modifiers
    • Composition vs. inheritance

  • Building the components of a Java program
    • Working with existing classes
    • Leveraging generics with the collections API
    • Extending base classes
    • Developing new classes
    • Compiling and debugging


Storing and Retrieving Data with File
  • Java streams
    • Streams, Readers and Writers
    • Accessing files
    • Catching and throwing exceptions
    • Formatting text output

  • Files and directories
    • Reading and writing files
    • Creating, deleting and renaming files
    • Obtaining directory and file information


Working with Relational Databases
  • JDBC database access
    • Leveraging the JDBC API
    • Choosing database drivers
    • Connecting to a database

  • Improving performance with prepared statements and stored procedures
    • Submitting SQL statements
    • Retrieving and processing results
    • Java Development Tools


And much, much, more! So if you want to supercharge your Java skills, then call 08450956933 or email us, and we’ll be in touch in very soon.