Duration

5 Days

Audience

Developers who are familiar with one or more programming languages but are new to Java, or who want to get a better grounding in the fundamentals.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of the fundamental concepts of computer programming. Hands-on experience with a compiled programming language is helpful, but not required.

Description

A comprehensive introduction to the Java programming language and central components of the Java Standard Edition (SE) Platform. Emphasizes hands-on lab exercises that allow students to quickly build proficiency, and that help shed light on some of the subtler aspects of working with Java. Also emphasizes the proper understanding and use of object-oriented techniques.

During lab exercises, attendees write non-trivial Java code that incorporates key features of Java, including interfaces, classes hierarchies, static and instance methods, Collections and arrays, file I/O, reflection, and XML processing.

This course also provides in-depth coverage of pragmatic testing issues and strategies.

Course Outline

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Links

For additional information on Java, please visit:

Sun Microsystems Java Technology page: http://java.sun.com/index.jsp
Wikipedia entry on the Java programming language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming_language