Java Fundamentals Course

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles;

Primitive types; Characters; Boolean; Working with variables and its scope; Type conversion and casting; Introduction to String class.

Introduction of operators; Arithmetic operators; Relational operators; Assignment operator; Logical operators; Increment and decrement operators.

If statement; If - else statement; Nested if - else; Switch Statements

Repetitive execution of coding blocks. The do-while loop, the while loop, the for loop; Enhanced for-loop; Jump out of the loop: break, continue; The return statement; Nesting loops.

Working with arrays, iterating arrays. Using the for-each loop with Arrays, single arrays and 2-d arrays.

What is a list? Pro's and Con's. How to use a list. Arrays vs Lists.

Using text, CSV and bin file types.

Basic principles of exception handling; Using try and catch; Multiple catch clauses; Exception types; Nested try-catch statements; The finally blocks, Throw and throws.

Introduction of methods; Creating a Method in class; Calling a Method; Returning value from a Method; Adding a Method that takes parameters;

Creating a Class; Creating an Object; Using an Object; Adding Instance variables; Controlling accessibility; Naming conventions for class members. Class Constructors; Parameterized Constructors; Inheritance. Abstraction. Interfaces and implementing interfaces. Override. Polymorphism. The dot operator, this keyword, the static keywords, the super keyword.

Overloading methods; Overloading Constructors; Using objects as parameters; Returning objects; Recursion; Access control : private, public and protected; The final keyword.