Java Programming Language Fundamentals

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Course Overview

Students who can benefit from this course are individualswho have basic mathematical, logical, and analytical problem-solving skills and who want to begin learning the Javaprogramming language. These students are encouraged to havehad some programming experience, whether with a scriptinglanguage such as Perl or a third-generation language(such as Basic or C) prior to attending this course.These students include:

• Technical writers, Web developers, technical managers, and individuals with a technical, non-programming background, such as system administrators
• Novice programmers, and those programmers who prefer to start learning the Java programming language at an introductory level

Skills Gained

Upon Completion Of This Course, Students Should Be Able To:

• Demonstrate knowledge of Java technology, the Java programming language, and the product life cycle
• Use various Java programming language constructs to create several Java technology applications
• Use decision and looping constructs and methods to dictate program flow
• Implement intermediate Java technology programming and object-oriented (OO) concepts in Java technology programs

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Create and edit text files using a text editor
• Use a World Wide Web (WWW) browser
• Solve logic problems
• Describe the concept of a variable
• Execute commands using a command-line interface

Course Outline

Module 1 - Explaining Java Technology

• Describe key concepts of the Java programming language
• List the three Java technology product groups
• Summarize each of the seven stages of the product life cycle

Module 2 - Analyzing a Problem and Designing a Solution

• Analyze a problem using object-oriented analysis
• Design classes from which objects will be created

Module 3 - Developing and Testing a Java Technology Program

• Identify the four components of a class in the Java programming language
• Use the main method in a test class to run a Java technology program from the command line
• Compile and execute a Java technology program

Module 4 - Declaring, Initializing, and Using Variables

• Identify the uses for variables and define the syntax for a variable
• List the eight Java programming language primitive data types
• Declare, initialize, and use variables and constants according to Java programming language guidelines and coding standards
• Modify variable values using operators
• Use promotion and type casting

Module 5 - Creating and Using Objects

• Declare, instantiate, and initialize object reference variables
• Compare how object reference variables are stored in relation to primitive variables
• Use a class (the String class) included in the Java Software Developers Kit (SDK)
• Use the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) class library specification to learn about other classes in this application programming interface (API)

Module 6 - Using Operators and Decision Constructs

• Identify relational and conditional operators
• Create if and if/else constructs
• Use the switch construct

Module 7 - Using Loop Constructs

• Create while loops
• Develop for loops
• Create do/while loops

Module 8 - Developing and Using Methods

• Describe the advantages of methods and define worker and calling methods
• Declare and invoke a method
• Compare object and static methods
• Use overloaded methods

Module 9 - Implementing Encapsulation and Constructors

• Use encapsulation to protect data
• Create constructors to initialize objects

Module 10 - Creating and Using Arrays

• Code one-dimensional arrays
• Set array values using the length attribute and a loop
• Pass arguments to the main method for use in a program
• Create two-dimensional arrays

Module 11 - Implementing Inheritance

• Define and test your use of inheritance
• Explain abstraction
• Explicitly identify class libraries used in your code

Follow Up Courses

After:

• Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (WP-1203)
• Java Programming Language (WJB-275A)

Java Programming Language Fundamentals / SL-110