Java Boot Camp, 12-weeks

• Overview of Java Fundamentals:
• Learn Java Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles;
• Java Data Types, Variables:
• Primitive types; Characters; Boolean; Working with variables and its scope; Type conversion and casting;
• The String Class:
• Using the String class and String methods.
• Scanner Class:
• Getting user input.
• Java Operators and Expressions:
• Introduction of operators; Arithmetic operators; Relational operators; Assignment operator; Logical operators; Increment and decrement operators.
• Decision Making:
• If statement; If - else statement; If- else if - else statement; Nested if - else; Switch Statements
• Using Loops:
• The while, do-while and the for loop; Enhanced for loop; Jump statements : break, continue; The return statement; Nesting loops.
• Using Methods:
  Learn Java method basics. Defining Methods, Parameters, Returning values, Overloading methods, Calling methods. Encapsulation, getters and setters.

• Using Methods
  Introduction of methods; Calling a Method.
• Introduction to Classes and Objects:
  Creating a Class; Declaring Member Variables; Creating an Object; Using an Object;
• Adding Instance variables;
• Controlling accessibility; Naming conventions for class members.
• Class Constructors; Parameterized Constructors;
• Inheritance. Override. Polymorphism.
• Abstraction. Interfaces and implementing interfaces.
• The dot operator, this keyword, the static keywords, the super keyword.

• Access control : private, public and protected; The final keyword;
• Learn Java Nested Classes,
• Inner Class Classes,
• Local Classes,
• Anonymous Classes,
• Lambda Expressions
• Method References,
• When to Use Nested Classes, Local Classes, Anonymous Classes, and Lambda Expressions, Enum Types
• Nested and inner classes; A stack class.

• Learn Java Arrays:
  Working with arrays, 2-d arrays, iterating arrays.Using the for-each loop with Java Arrays
• The Collection Interface
  This enables you to work with groups of objects; it is at the top of the collections hierarchy.
• The List Interface
  This extends Collection and an instance of List stores an ordered collection of elements.
• The Set
  This extends Collection to handle sets, which must contain unique elements.
• The SortedSet
  This extends Set to handle sorted sets.
• The Map
  This maps unique keys to values.

• Collections Streams and Filters

Use java.util.Comparator and java.lang.Comparable interfaces
Collections Streams and Filters
Iterate using forEach methods of Streams and List
Describe Stream interface and Stream pipeline
Filter a collection by using lambda expressions
Use method references with Streams
• Lambda Built-in Functional Interfaces

Use the built-in interfaces included in the java.util.function package such as Predicate, Consumer, Function, and Supplier
Develop code that uses primitive versions of functional interfaces
Develop code that uses binary versions of functional interfaces
Develop code that uses the UnaryOperator interface
• Java Stream API

Develop code to extract data from an object using peek() and map() methods including primitive versions of the map() method
Search for data by using search methods of the Stream classes including findFirst, findAny, anyMatch, allMatch, noneMatch
Develop code that uses the Optional class
Develop code that uses Stream data methods and calculation methods
Sort a collection using Stream API
Save results to a collection using the collect method and group/partition data using the Collectors class
Use flatMap() methods in the Stream API

• Handling Exceptions

Differentiate among checked exceptions, unchecked exceptions, and Errors
Create a try-catch block and determine how exceptions alter normal program flow
Describe the advantages of Exception handling
Create and invoke a method that throws an exception
Recognize common exception classes (such as NullPointerException, , ArithmeticException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, ClassCastException)
Use try-catch and throw statements
Use catch, multi-catch, and finally clauses
Create custom exceptions and Auto-closeable resources
Use Autoclose resources with a try-with-resources statement
Test invariants by using assertions
• Java I/O Fundamentals

Read and write data from the console
Use BufferedReader, BufferedWriter,
File, FileReader, FileWriter,
FileInputStream, FileOutputStream,
ObjectOutputStream, ObjectInputStream,
and PrintWriter in the java.io package.

Application Programming Interface (API)
An Application Programming Interface (API) contains software building tools that facilitate interaction between systems. An API may be for a database system, operating system, computer hardware or a web-based system.

• Java File I/O (NIO.2)

Use Path interface to operate on file and directory paths
Use Files class to check, read, delete, copy, move, manage metadata of a file or directory
Use Stream API with NIO.2
• Working with Selected classes from the Java API

Manipulate data using the StringBuilder class
String methods
Create and manipulate Strings
Random Functions
Math Class
• Use Date/Time API

Create and manage date-based and time-based events including a combination of date and time into a single object using LocalDate, LocalTime, LocalDateTime, Instant, Period, and Duration
Work with dates and times across timezones and manage changes resulting from daylight savings including Format date and times values
Define and create and manage date-based and time-based events using Instant, Period, Duration, and TemporalUnit
• Localization

Read and set the locale by using the Locale object
Create and read a Properties file
Build a resource bundle for each locale and load a resource bundle in an application

• Refer to the SQL 1-Day Course
• Relational Database Concepts: What is a Relational Database? Relationships. Tables, Rows and Columns, Indexes, Primary Keys and Foreign Keys, Data Types
• SQL Language Essentials: The SQL Select Statement
• SQL Conditions and the Where Clause: >,<,>=,<=,=,, Not, Between, AND, OR, Like, Wildcards
• The SQL Order By Clause
• SQL Arithmetic Operations, Expression Queries
• SQL Column Aliases
• Limit/Top, Distinct
• Working with Null Values
• SQL Summarizing and Grouping Data:
  Aggregate Functions (Sum, Avg, Count, Max, Min)
  The Group By Clause
  The Having Clause
• Querying Multiple Tables:
  Joining Tables, Inner Joins, Outer Joins, Self Joins, Full Joins, Cross Joins
  Alternative Join Syntax
• Additional SQL Features:
  Combining Queries
  The Union, Intersect and Minus Operators
• Basic Subqueries
• SQL Queries, DML, DDL commands, stored procedures.
• Introduction to Big Data, NoSQL databases and Hadoop.

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• JDBC

Connecting to databases and embedding SQL Queries to interact with database while coding, Defining the layout of the JDBC API, Connecting to a database by using a JDBC driver, Submitting queries and get results from the database, Specifying JDBC driver information externally,
Create database, drop database,
Create Table, Drop Table,
Insert Records, Udate Records, Delete Records,
Select records

Multithreading

• Life Cycle of a Thread
• Thread Priorities
• Create a Thread by Implementing a Runnable Interface
• Create a Thread by Extending a Thread Class
• Thread Methods
• Major Java Multithreading Concepts
  While doing Multithreading programming in Java, you would need to have the following concepts very handy −
  What is thread synchronization?
  Handling interthread communication
  Handling thread deadlock
  Major thread operations

  
  Processes and Threads, Thread Objects
  Defining and Starting a Thread, Pausing Execution with Sleep
  Interrupts, Joins
  The SimpleThreads Example
  Synchronization, Thread Interference, Memory Consistency Errors, Synchronized Methods Intrinsic Locks and Synchronization,
  Atomic Access, Liveness, Deadlock, Starvation and Livelock
  Executors, Executor Interfaces, Thread Pools, Fork/Join, Concurrent Collections
  Guarded Blocks, Immutable Objects
  A Synchronized Class Example
  A Strategy for Defining Immutable Objects, High Level Concurrency Objects, Lock Objects

• Concurrency - Overview

• Overview: Different types of testing
  Principles of unit testing
  JUnit Environment Setup
  JUnit Test Framework
  JUnit Basic Usage
  JUnit API
  Writing a Tests
  Using Assertion
  Execution Procedure
  Executing Tests
  Suite Test
  Ignore Test
  Time Test
  Exceptions Test
  Parameterized Test
  Plug with Ant
  Plug with Eclipse
  JUnit Extensions

• Getting Started with JavaFX

What Is JavaFX
Get Started with JavaFX
Get Acquainted with JavaFX Architecture
Deployment Guide
• Graphics

Getting Started with JavaFX 3D Graphics
Use the Image Ops API
Work with Canvas
• User Interface Components

Work with UI Controls
Create Charts
Add Text
Add HTML Content
Work with Layouts
Skin Applications with CSS
Build UI with FXML
Handle Events
• JavaFX Scene Builder 2

Scene Builder Overview
Get Started with Scene Builder
Working with Scene Builder
Design UI with Scene Builder
Use Scene Builder with Java IDEs
• Install Scene Builder