Who Should Attend
This course is designed for beginners who wish to become a software developer by using Java, which is one of the most popular programming languages for web, desktop and mobile application development. It is a classroom-based course that covers the essential topics to start programming with Java.
Our students come from all walks of life. Many have full time, or part time jobs, whilst others are job seekers looking to boost their skills to give them an advantage in the jobs market. What our students love the most about us is the flexibility of our training, with options to attend face-to-face lesson, Skype sessions, 1-1 sessions, practicals. A completion certificate will be awarded.
Practical
All techniques listed will be illustrated with practical examples which will be done during the sessions, or for part time students sometimes as homework.
Additional Information
Coursework will be supplied , you can also bring your own laptop. Evaluations will be taken continuously and a certificate of completion will be issued.
Course Content
- The three Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
- First Java program
- Closer look at the first program
- Lexical Issues and Java keywords
Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
- Primitive types
- Characters
- Boolean
- Working with variables and its scope
- Type conversion and casting
- Introduction to String class
- Working with arrays
Operators and Expressions
- Introduction of operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Relational operators
- Assignment operator
- Logical operators
- Increment and decrement operators
- More in operators
Decision Making
- If statement
- If….else statement
- If… else if ….else statement
- Nested if …. else
- Switch Statements
Using Loops
- Introduction of looping
- The while loop
- The do-while loop
- The for loop
- The enhanced for loop
- Jump statements : break, continue
- The return statement
- Nesting loops
- Using the for-each loop with Arrays
Introduction to Classes and Objects
- Introduction of Object and Classes
- Creating a Class
- Creating an Object
- Using an Object
- Adding Instance variables
- Controlling accessibility
- Naming conventions for class members
Using Methods
- Introduction of methods
- Creating a Method in class
- Calling a Method
- Returning value from a Method
- Adding a Method that takes parameters
- Class Constructors
- Parameterized Constructors
- The this keyword
- The static keyword
More in Methods and Classes
- Overloading methods
- Overloading Constructors
- Using objects as parameters
- Returning objects
- Recursion
- Access control : private, public and protected
- The final keyword
- Nested and inner classes
- A stack class
Exception Handling
- Fundamentals of exception handling
- Exception types
- Using try and catch
- Multiple catch clauses
- Nested try statements
- Concept of throw and throws
- The finally blocks