Introduction to Java Programming

Duration: 24 hours

Description: This course will use lecture and hands-on exercises to introduce students to object oriented programming and event-driven programming with Java. The topics covered are primitive types, strings, flow control, classes, objects, methods, inheritance, exception handling, streams, file I/O, arrays, recursion and applets.

Objective: Students will learn how to design, create, and edit impressive web pages using Java.

Course Content:

Getting started Programming basics The Java platform Language syntax and conventions Using data in a program Constants and variables Data types and character sets Methods, classes, and objects Advanced object concepts Blocks and scope Method overloading Constants Prewritten imported methods Input and selection Keyboard input Control flow statements Operators Loops Loop structures For and nested loops Characters and strings Strings The StringBuffer class Arrays Introduction to arrays Arrays of objects Searching an array Array manipulations Manipulating an array Sorting arrays Two-dimensional arrays

Applets Applets and HTML documents Applets with Swing components Event-driven programming Event-driven programming in applets Life cycle of a Swing applet Enhancing a Swing applet Graphics Basic graphic methods More about graphics Drawing objects Adding sound, images, and animations Introduction to inheritance Inheritance Superclasses Information hiding and protection Advanced inheritance concepts Abstract classes Array of objects and comparing objects Interfaces and packages Swing components Frames Swing event listeners Layout managers and events Exception handling File input and output Multithreading and animations