Java programming

Java Skills that are used to create software applications

Gain Java programming skills
Hands-on Java coding
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Course completion certificate and Key learning points
Java Programming course is proposed for software developers

The complete programming skillset is required by IT development companies. The use of simple programming languages does not meet all the customer requirements. There is a need for a computer language that meets all the customer requirements. Java language is a platform-independent language which fulfils all the project needs. It is used to create software to be embedded in various consumer electronic devices. Pentagon Training’s Java Programming course offers you the knowledge of efficient Java programming.

We provide the practical knowledge of core as well as advanced Java concepts. You will learn about the I/O streams and API packages. The instructors will teach the essential concepts such as Java interfaces and exception handling.

Who should take this course

The following persons should attend this course:

C and C++ Programmers
Software Developers

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisite to attend the Java Programming course but prior knowledge of basic programming is recommended.

What Will You Learn

By undergoing this course, the delegates will learn to:

Develop OOP skills
Understand Inheritance and encapsulation
Analyse the concepts that make Java a robust language
Apply the Object-oriented concepts to deveop software applications
Understand the Collections used to store and manipulate data

What's included

Tutor Support

Key Learning Points

Certificate

Course Overview

The Java Programming course provides the knowledge object-oriented principles, objects, classes, inheritance and generics. The candidates will learn about the input/output streams, collection classes and packages. The course provides knowledge of classes, objects, constructors, destructors and this keyword.

Course Content

An Introduction to Java Language

This module covers the description of Java language, the object-oriented concepts and abstraction concepts.

History of Java
Analysis of tools
Features of object-oriented programming
The three OOP principle
Analysis of abstraction

Fundamentals of Java Programming

This section includes the study of basic building blocks of programming language such as data types, variables, basic types and operators

Data Types, Variables and Arrays
Operators and Control Statements
Using Primitive Types
Understanding control statements
An Overview of Arrays
Different kinds of operators
Using Arithmetic and Bitwise operators
Understanding operator precedence

Control Statements

The control statement module covers the various types of statements used such as selection, iteration and jump statements.

Selection statements
- If
- If-Else
- Nested If-Else
Iteration statements
- While loop
- Do-while loop
- For loop
Jump statements
- Using Break
- Using Continue
- Return Statements

Classes

This module provides the knowledge of classes, objects, constructors and destructors.

An Overview of class
Declaration of objects
Introducing Methods
Concept of constructors and destructors
Use of This Keyword
The finalise () method
Various access modifiers
Overloading of methods

Inheritance

This module covers types of inheritances and various concepts used with it.

An introduction to inheritance
Use of super keyword
Calling of constructors
Using final keyword with inheritance

Packages and Interfaces

The packages and methods are described in this module.

An Introduction to packages
Importing of packages
Describing interfaces

Exception handling

This module is about the handling of exceptions generated by code.

Defining exception handling
Types of exceptions
Using try and catch
Nested try statements
Use of exceptions

Multithreaded Programming

The delegates will gain skills on threading concepts, thread priorities and stages of the model.

Defining Java thread model
Creating threads and multiple threads
Learning thread priorities
Suspending, Resuming and stopping threads

I/O and Applets

The input and output streams are introduced here in this section.

An Introduction to I/O
Reading and writing console inputs
An overview of Applets
Calling overloaded constructors through this()

Generics

The candidates will get to know how to use the operating data on as a parameterized type.

An Introduction to Generics
Generics example
Creation of Generic methods
Understanding Generic interfaces
Understanding Generic class hierarchies

The Collection classes

All the set of framework classes is explained in this module.

The Collections Framework
Set Implementation Classes
The Set, Map, Queue and List Interface
List Implementation Classes
Queue Implementation Classes
Map Implementation Classes

The Collection Sorting and Tuning

The use of storage structures is described in this module.

Sorting with Comparable and Comparator
Sorting Lists and Arrays
Methods of Collections Utility
Tuning ArrayList, HashMap and HashSet

Java EE Overview

It includes fundamental concepts of Java EE framework.

An overview of Java EE
The Java SE Building Blocks
Web Applications and Services
Enterprise JavaBeans
Extra J2EE APIs
Understanding POJO, Dependency Injection, and Annotations
The platform of Java EE

Eclipse

The delegates will learn to use Eclipse for writing Java code.

An overview of Eclipse
Installing Eclipse
Running Eclipse
Understanding Editors, Views, and Perspectives
Setting up a Project
Generating a New Java Application
Running a Java Application
Debugging of a Java Application
Importing Java Code into Eclipse

The Java Library

This module contains set of all libraries and event handling

An overview of string handling
The Java. Lang package
Input/Output: Exploring java.io
Using Networking
Analysis of Applet Class
The concept of Event Handling
Familiarising the AWT: Working with Windows, Graphics, and Text
Using AWT Controls, Layout Managers, and Menus

About Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is largest city located in Scotland and third largest in the United Kingdom. Earlier, it was a part of Lanark shire which is now one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Glasgow is located on River Clyde in country’s west central lowlands. People of Glasgow are referred as Glaswegians. Glasgow developed from a small rural settlement on River Clyde. Glasgow had become largest seaport in Britain. In the 18th century, it became a major centre of Scottish Enlightenment. From the 18th century, Glasgow has grown as one of the Great Britain’s central hub of trade including West Indies and North America. Glasgow focused on its heritage to attract tourists from various countries. Tourism is also a source of employment in Glasgow. In 1980, Hunter Ian Art Gallery was opened. In 1983, Collection of Burrel went on display in a museum in Pollock House grounds. In 1985, Scottish Exhibition and Conference centre was built. Clyde Auditorium was also added in 1997.

In the period of 1980’s and 1990’s, traditional manufacturing industries of Glasgow dropped. Service industries grew in Glasgow like retail, tourism and finance. In 1990 Glasgow School Museum of Education was opened. St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art was opened in the year 1993. In 1999, Buchanan Galleries Shopping centre and Clyde Maritime centre was opened. In early 21st century, Glasgow thrived. IMAX cinema was opened in 2000 and Clyde Arc Bridge in 2006. At present, the population of Glasgow is 588,000.

Education

Glasgow has four universities within 1.5km area of city centre. These universities are a major centre of academic and higher research. Name of the Universities are:

University of Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

Glasgow Caledonian University

The University of West of Scotland

Saltire centre located at Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the busiest university libraries in the UK. Three further education colleges are there in the city that includes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow School of Art and Teacher training courses. In 2011 Glasgow had around 53,470 students which is higher than any other town in Scotland. Many live away from home in Dennistoun, Shawlands and West End of City. City council handles 29 secondary schools, 149 primary schools and three special schools. Special schools including Glasgow Gaelic school, Glasgow school of sport and Dance school of Scotland. Glasgow has various independent schools like Hutchesons Grammar School which was founded in 1639. Hutchesons Grammar School is one of the oldest school institutions in Britain. The oldest school in Scotland are Glasgow Academy, Kelvinside Academy, High School of Glasgow, Fernhill School and Craigholme School.

Economy

Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and third highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. The city itself provides 410,000 jobs in over 12000 companies. Between 2000 and 2005 around 153,000 jobs were created and growth rate reached 32%. The annual economic growth rate of Glasgow is 4.4% and is now second to London. Dominant industries like shipbuilding, heavy engineering gradually got replaced. Major manufacturing industries in the city are Clyde Blowers, Linn Products, William Grant and Sons, Aggreko, Weir Group, Whyle and Mackay, Albion Motors, British Polar Engines and Edrington Group. Glasgow was once a most important city in the UK for manufacturing which generated great wealth for the city. Glasgow is now the second most popular foreign tourist destination in Scotland. In the 21st century, some call centres in Glasgow grew substantially. City’s primary manufacturing industries include engineering, construction, shipbuilding, brewing and distilling, printing and publishing, chemicals, textiles and new growth sectors like software development, biotechnology and optoelectronics.