Java Programming using the Eclipse IDE, New Zealand

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This course covers two topics, an introduction to java programming and how to use the popular Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The Java programming language has been around since 1995 and has grown in popularity since then. This course introduces Java programming and how to use the popular Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and teaches the fundamentals of Java and object-oriented programming.

The course covers how to create and manipulate objects, control flow in a program and how to use many of the features of both Java and eclipse.

The course will be taught as a series of presentations, walk through examples and exercises to complete. The exercises start as walkthroughs to build basic java projects and use the functionality in the eclipse IDE, and by the end we will be writing larger GUI and simple web based java applications, also apply Test Driven Development (TDD) design principles.

You will require prior experience with the concepts of computer programming, however no experience of Java is assumed.

Install and setup java and Eclipse IDE
Write programs and run them from both the command line and the IDE
Understand the basics of java programming
- Creating objects and methods
- Control flow within methods
- Manipulating data
- Access control
Write several programs starting from the very simple command line programs through to full GUI applications
Build basic web applications using servlets and JSPs
Use some of the aspects of functional programming in Java 8
Packaging up java files to use as executables
Create JavaFX user interfaces
Implement Test Driven Development in Java

Introduction to Java and Eclipse

Introduction to Java
Installing Java and Eclipse
Creating our first project
Running java programs from the command line and IDE

Basic Syntax

Expressions, comments and blocks
Variables
Primitive Types
Simple Maths and Logical Expressions
Strings

Control Flow

What is control flow?
Conditionals
Looping
Nesting statements
Debugging in Eclipse

Introduction to Objects

What is an object
Introduction to Java Objects
Creating Objects
Encapsulation
Generating the boilerplate in eclipse

Inheritance

Inheritance hierarchies in Java
Abstract Classes
Polymorphism

Interfaces

Implementing interfaces
Extending Interfaces

Collections and Generics

What are collections
Lists, Maps and Sets
Iterating over collections
Sorting collections
Generics and Bounded Types

Exception Handling

Exceptions
The Try ... Catch ... Finally block
Writing our own exceptions

UI / Swing and JavaFX

AWT and Swing?
Creating a UI
GUI elements

Layouts

Events
Eclipse's WindowBuilder
JavaFX
JavaFX layout managers
Creating Java UIs

Functional Programming in Java 8

What is functional programming?
Lambda Expressions
Virtual Extension Methods

Java Web Applications

What are Web Applications?
A brief introduction to presentation and service web applications
Creating web applications in eclipse

Packaging it all up

Distributing software
Creating Jar files
Build managers

Javadoc

What is Javadoc
The Java API
Writing our own documentation

Test Driven Development (TDD) – Java

Unit testing - JUnit
Test Driven Development
TDD Life Cycle – Red, Green, Refactor
The TestCase and Assert classes
POJO class under test
Creating and executing the test cases
JUnit 4 annotations

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our New Zealand facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom

22 June 2024