Programming With Java for Beginners

This course is designed for beginners who wish to become a software developer by using Java, which is one of the most popular programming languages for web, desktop and mobile application development. It is a classroom-based course that covers the essential topics to start programming with Java.
 

Course Outline

NetBeans IDE

• Installing the NetBeans IDE
• Introduction to NetBeans
• Understanding of project explorer

Overview of Java

• The three Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
• First Java program
• Closer look at the first program
• Lexical Issues and Java keywords

Data Types, Variables, and Arrays

• Primitive types
• Characters
• Boolean
• Working with variables and its scope
• Type conversion and casting
• Introduction to String class
• Working with arrays

Operators and Expressions

• Introduction of operators
• Arithmetic operators
• Relational operators
• Assignment operator
• Logical operators
• Increment and decrement operators
• More in operators

Decision Making

• If statement
• If…else statement
• If…else if…else statement
• Nested if…else
• Switch Statements

Using Loops

• Introduction of looping
• The while loop
• The do-while loop
• The for loop
• The enhanced for loop
• Jump statements : break, continue
• The return statement
• Nesting loops
• Using the for-each loop with Arrays

Introduction to Classes

• What is a class
• Class structure
• Access modifies
• Importing and combining classes

Introduction to Objects

• What is an object
• Introduction to Java Objects
• Creating Objects
• Encapsulation

Introduction to Methods

• Declaring Methods
• Types of methods
• Parameters and Arguments
• Calling methods

Inheritance and Interfaces

• Inheritance hierarchies in Java
• Abstract Classes
• Interfaces
• Polymorphism

Managing Errors and Exceptions

• Types of errors
• Compile Time Errors
• Run Time Errors
• Exceptions
• Syntax of Exception Handling Code
• Multiple Catch Statements
• Using Finally Statement
• Throwing Our Own Exceptions
• Using Exceptions for debugging