Java™ Programming

This intensive course provides a solid introduction to the Java programming language and development environment. In this fast-paced, hands-on course, programmers acquire the skills they need to write standalone, client/server, and intranet applications in Java.

Java is an advanced object-oriented programming language. Programming experience and familiarity with C are required. An understanding of C++ is desirable. Participants should understand object-oriented concepts and have used a WWW Browser, such as Netscape or Explorer.

On completion of this course, the student should be able to

• Describe the context for and uses of Java
• Describe the Java environment and steps needed to create a Java program
• Use Java to create applets
• Use Java to develop applications

Programmers who plan to develop Java applets and applications. This course may prove useful to the people such as:

• Experienced C++ programmers familiar with older C++ systems without STL
• Programmers learning C++, who have completed training in the main features of the language

Further knowledge and experience of Java programming can be gained by studying:

• Advanced Java Programming
• Java Server Pages
• Enterprise Java Beans

5 Days

Instructor-led course, with practical computer-based exercises.

Java Environment

• History and design goals
• J2SE Features and APIs
• Downloading and installing the JDK
• Classes and packages

Java Basics

• Java vs. C++
• Variables, data types, statements, flow control
• Simple output
• Classes in Java

Instantiating a class

• Member access, class definition, method overloading, constructors, encapsulation, and finalization
• Arrays and Strings

Inheritance, Interfaces and Inner Classes

• Protected access, Overriding methods, constructor chaining, abstract classes, interfaces, inner classes

Exceptions

• throw, catch, finally, throws

Multiple Threads

• Class Thread
• Thread synchronization
• wait() and notifyAll()

Collections, Wrapper Classes, and Cloneable Interface

• Cloning an object
• Utilities
• Original collections: Vector class, Stack class, Hashtable class
• Advanced collections
• Object wrapper classes

I/O Streams

• Working with files and directories
• Filters and advanced streams
• Readers and writers
• Reading from URLs
• Serialization

AWT Overview

• Containers
• Frames and dialog boxes
• Panels and applets

Interactivity with AWT

• Events
• Listener interfaces
• Control generated events
• Component generated events
• Adapter classes
• AWT Components: labels, buttons, text components, lists, choice menus, checkboxes, scrollbars

Advanced User Interfaces

• Layout managers
• Standalone applications
• Menus
• Creating custom controls

Graphics

• Text and fonts
• Lines and shapes
• Colours
• Loading and displaying images
• In-memory images

Applets

• Developing an applet
• Using applets in HTML pages
• Applet parameters
• Testing applets

Any machine with JDK™ (Java Development Kit) version 1.2 or later. Integrated development environment preferable.