Java Programming Language Course Outline

Java Programming Language

• A New Way of Thinking — Object-Oriented
  • Messages and Methods
  • Classes and Instances
  • Inheritance and Reusability
  • Polymorphism & Method Binding
• Responsibility-Driven Design
  • Identifying Objects, Assigning Responsibilities, & Designing From Scenarios
  • CRCD Cards
• Implementation Techniques
  • Commonality & Discovering Inheritance
  • Defining Classes & Methods
• Java Basics
  • A simple Java application
• Comments
• Intrinsic Variables
• Literals
• Expressions
• Operators
  • Bitwise Operations
  • Logical Operators
• Conditional Statements
  • if / else
  • switch
  • ?:
• Loops
  • while / do while
  • for
  • break statements
  • labeled break statements
  • continue statement
• Classes
  • Instance Variables
  • Constants
  • Methods
  • Method Signatures and Overloading
  • Instantiating (new)
  • Accessing members of an Object
• Intro to Strings and String Operators
  • this keyword
  • Class variables (static)
  • Static Methods
  • Access Control
  • Constructors
  • Copy constructors
  • Constructors Calling Constructors
  • Static Initializers and Construction
  • Finalize Method
• Inheritance
  • Super / Sub Classes
  • Polymorphism
  • Abstract Classes
  • Implementation Details
  • super Keyword
  • protected Access
• Interfaces
• Casting / Instanceof Operator
• Arrays
  • Arrays of Primitive Types
  • Arrays of Objects
  • Multi-dimensional Arrays
  • Anonymous Arrays
• Packages
  • package keyword
  • CLASSPATH environmental variable
• Java Class Libraries
  • java.lang
  • Object Class
  • Wrapper Classes
  • String Class Revisited
• Mention native modifier
  • System Classes
  • Math Class
  • Utility Classes
  • Date/Calendar Classes
  • Vector and Stack Class
  • Random Class
• Exceptions
  • try, throw, catch, throws Keywords
  • try Blocks
  • catching Exceptions
  • finally Clauses
• Applets
  • Applet Package
  • init / destroy
  • start / stop
  • paint
• Graphics
  • Fonts, Color, Simple Images, etc.
• Inner and Anonymous Classes
• Event Handling (1.02 & 1.1)
  • Mouse Events
  • Keypress Events
  • Focus Events
• Point and Dimension Types
• Abstract Windowing Toolkit
  • Components
  • Containers
  • Layout Managers
  • Action Events
• Windows
  • Frames
    • pack() and show()
  • Dialog boxes
  • Scroll Bars & Events
  • Menus & Menu Events
• Pop-up Menus
• Choices
• Printing
• Threads
  • Starting a thread
  • Stopping a thread
  • Synchronization
  • Using threads for simple animation
• Drawing Optimizations
  • Erasing the Background
  • Clipping
  • Double buffering
• Input/Output Library
  • Streams
  • Input & Output Streams
  • Readers and Writers
• Java Network Package
  • URLs
  • Sockets
  • SocketServers
• Overview of
  • Inter-process Communication
    • RMI
    • Java Beans
  • Serialization
  • Security
  • JNI
  • JFC and Swing Components

Java Programming Language

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