Java Fundamentals

Table of contents

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. Introduction
2. GETTING STARTED
   1. Getting Started
   2. Where do we get Java from
   3. The versions of Java
   4. Hello world
3. INSTALLING AN IDE
   1. Installing an IDE Intellij Idea
   2. Installing an IDE Eclipse
   3. Features of an IDE
4. VARIABLES
   1. Primitive data types
   2. Basic arithmetic
   3. Booleans chars and arrays
5. CONTROL FLOW
   1. For loops
   2. While loops
   3. If and switch
   4. And and or
6. STRINGS
   1. Introducing the string
   2. Comparing strings
   3. The ternary operator
   4. Concatenation and interpolation
7. CODE STRUCTURE PART 1
   1. Defining methods
   2. Using methods
   3. Variable scope
   4. Introducing classes
8. WORKING WITH CLASSES
   1. The purpose of classes
   2. Getter and setter methods
   3. Constructors
   4. Method overloading
   5. Class design and record classes
   6. Wrapper classes for primatives
9. PRACTICAL EXERCISE 1
   1. Practical exercise
   2. Solution walkthrough
10. ARRAYS OF OBJECTS
    1. Using arrays
    2. The meaning of null
    3. Looping through arrays
    4. Creating wrapper classes
11. CODE STRUCTURE PART 2
    1. Packages
    2. Importing from Java libraries
    3. Javadocs
12. TIME AND MONEY
    1. The history of dates and times
    2. Working with dates and times
    3. Working with precision decimals
13. OBJECT ORIENTATION PART 1 - INHERITANCE
    1. Introducing object orientation
    2. Inheriting a class
    3. Using constructors
    4. Overriding methods
    5. Abstract and sealed classes
14. IMPORTANT METHODS TO OVERRIDE
    1. Creating a toString method
    2. Object equality and the equals method
    3. Hashcodes
    4. Practice exercise
15. ENUMS
    1. Using enums
    2. Practice exercise
16. CONSOLE I/O
    1. Reading input from the console
    2. Using the scanner
    3. Practice exercise
17. EXCEPTIONS
    1. Introducing exceptions and reading stack traces
    2. Throwing exceptions
    3. Checked and unchecked exceptions
    4. Creating custom exceptions
    5. Practice exercise
18. PRACTICAL EXERCISE 2
    1. Instructions
    2. Solution demonstration
    3. Solution walkthrough
19. COLLECTIONS PART 1
    1. Introducing arraylists
    2. Generic types
    3. Retrieving data and looping
    4. Hashsets
    5. Practice exercise
20. OBJECT ORIENTATION PART 2 - POLYMORPHISM
    1. Introduction to polymorphism
    2. Using polymorphism
    3. Practice exercise
21. OBJECT ORIENTATION PART 3 - INTERFACES
    1. What is an interface
    2. Creating an interface
    3. Implementing an interface
    4. Interfaces in the Java_libraries
    5. Default and static methods
    6. Practice exercise
22. COLLECTIONS PART 2
    1. Sorting lists
    2. Maps
    3. Practice exercise
23. GARBAGE COLLECTION
    1. How memory is managed in Java
    2. The StringBuilder Class
24. PRACTICAL EXERCISE 3
    1. Instructions
    2. Solution demonstration
    3. Solution walkthrough
25. LAMBDA SYNTAX
    1. Anonymous inner classes
    2. Lamba syntax
    3. Using streams
    4. Practice exercise
26. DEPLOYMENT
    1. Creating a jar file
    2. Running a jar file
    3. The jpackage tool
27. UNIT TESTING
    1. Introduction to unit testing
    2. Exploring assertions
28. USING EXTERNAL LIBRARIES AND BUILD TOOLS
    1. Using external libraries
    2. Introducing maven
    3. Getting project dependencies with Maven
    4. Building a jar file with Maven
29. USING DATABASES
    1. What is a relational database
    2. Using jdbc
    3. Mapping database tables with objects
    4. Practice exercise
30. FILE I/O
    1. Referencing files and paths
    2. Using the filewriter and filereader
    3. Using the files object
    4. Practice exercise
31. GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
    1. Goodbye and good luck