Course Length: 5 Days
Delivered: Virtually
OVERVIEW:
This course provides hands-on Java 8 training for developers who have little or no prior working knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as C, COBOL, and 4GL. You will gain the best practices for writing great object-oriented programs, using sound development techniques, new improved features for better performance, and new capabilities for addressing rapid application development. Special emphasis is placed on object oriented concepts and best practices. In addition, you will explore new features in Java 9 and Java 10, including the Java Modular System and Local Variable Type Inference. You will leave this course able to participate in projects that are still on Java 8, while also ready to move onto projects using Java 10
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
- Continued Java & JEE training: Intermediate to Advanced Java, JEE Essentials, Java for Web, Spring / Spring Boot, Microservices / Web Services / REST, RXJava, Tuning, Patterns & More
- TDD / Test Driven Development, JUnit / Unit Testing, Agile development training
- Secure Java Coding / Java Security and secure application development training
- Mobile developer / Android training
- Please contact us for recommended next steps tailored to your longer-term education, project, role or development objectives.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This is a basic-level programming course designed for attendees with prior development experience in another language, such as COBOL, 4GL, Mainframe or other non-object oriented languages. This course is not geared for non-developers.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This®��skills-centri> course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, designed to train attendees in core OO coding and Java development skills, coupling the most current, effective techniques with the soundest industry practices. Our engaging instructors and mentors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current "on-the-job" experience into every classroom.
Working in a hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn to:
- Understand what OO programming is and what the advantages of OO are in today's world
- Work with objects, classes, and OO implementations
- Understand the basic concepts of OO such as encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstractionUnderstand not only the fundamentals of the Java language, but also its importance, uses, strengths and weaknesses
- Understand the basics of the Java language and how?it relates to OO programming and the Object Model
- Learn to use Java exception handling
- Understand and use classes, inheritance and polymorphism
- Understand and use collections, generics, autoboxing, and enumerations
- Become familiar with the concept of functional programming using Lambda Expressions
- Process large amounts of data using the Stream API introduced in Java 8
- Discover the new Date/Time API
- Use the JDBC API for database access
- Work with annotations
- Take advantage of the Java tooling that is available with the programming environment being used in the class
- Java 8 Features: Lambda Expressions, Method and Constructor references, The Streams API, Collectors, The Optional class
COURSE CONTENT:
1 - Java: A First Look
- The Java Platform
- Using the JDK
- The Eclipse Paradigm
- Writing a Simple Class
2 - OO Concepts
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Inheritance, Abstraction, and Polymorphism
3 - Getting Started with Java
- Adding Methods to the Class
- Language Statements
- Using Strings
- Specializing in a Subclass
4 - Essential Java Programming
- Fields and Variables
- Using Arrays
- Java Packages and Visibility
5 - Advanced Java Programming
- Inheritance and Polymorphism
- Interfaces and Abstract Classes
- Exceptions
6 - Java Developer's Toolbox
- Utility Classes
- Enumerations and Static Imports
- The new Date/Time API
- Formatting Strings
7 - Collections and Generics
- Introduction to Generics
- Collections
8 - Lambda Expressions® Collections and Streams
- Introduction to Lambda Expressions
- Java 8 Collection Updates
- Streams
- Collectors
9 - Java Application Development
- Introduction to Annotations
- Java Data Access JDBC API
