Video description
This unique video course goes beyond the usual introductory classes for people just learning how to program. Instead, Introduction to Java is geared toward people in (or about to enter) the tech industry who want to enhance their careers by learning Java’s commercial application.People attracted to this course include:
- Helen is an Oracle DBA who writes procedural code in PL/SQL, but wants to understand more of the full stack, eyeing a potential move out of the banking sector.
- Manesh is a university graduate with knowledge of Java, but has no commercial experience, nor any exposure to modern software engineering practices.
- Thomas is a Javascript programmer whose experience has been limited to building simple websites. Concepts such as namespaces and IDEs are unfamiliar to him.
- Nuala, a customer services lead for a major cloud provider, is interested in programming to change the trajectory of her career. She builds simple scripts in Python, but is ready for more.
- Environment set up: IDEs and basic command line tools
- Basic anatomy of Java code: classes, member variables, methods, and packages
- The lifecycle of a Java program, including compiling and running
- Overview of high-level concepts: class files, security concepts, and classloading
- Variables, values, introduction to static typing, primitives, and references
- Flow control and other keywords
- Working with data, including strings and math
- Working with arrays, collections, lists, and maps
- Basic Object-Orientation in Java
- The Java type system: interfaces, enums, and annotations
Publisher resources
Table of contents
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Motivation
- How do we learn to program? 00:04:49
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Setup
- Environment Setup 00:04:41
- IDE Basics 00:07:51
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Java Basics
- Introducing Classes 00:10:38
- Calling Methods 00:03:23
- Organizing code in packages 00:02:58
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Java Programming I
- Variables & Values 00:15:00
- Introducing Static Typing 00:13:35
- Java References 00:07:19
- Flow Control 00:31:22
- Other Keywords 00:11:46
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Java Ecosystem
- Lifecycle of Java Code 00:07:34
- Introduction to Command-line tools 00:06:15
- Digging Deeper with the Command Line 00:17:33
- Classloading & the Platform 00:03:29
- Summary 00:01:07
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Working With Data
- Java's Strings 00:09:05
- Maths 00:16:15
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Arrays & Collections
- Java's arrays 00:32:02
- Introduction to Collections and Lists 00:07:50
- Maps 00:08:57
- Iterators 00:07:24
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Basic OO in Java
- Classes Revisited 00:09:37
- Access Control 00:08:32
- Inheritance 00:14:51
- Inheritance vs composition 00:09:26
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Java's Type System
- Interfaces 00:14:14
- Enums 00:12:00
- Annotations 00:07:47
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Conclusion
- What have we learned? 00:02:16
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Java 8
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2014
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491907788
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