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Class Description:

By the use of lectures and demonstrations, this mini-course will introduce you to what still remains as one of hottest languages around, the Java programming language.  Unlike C++, Java is a modern-featured, very strongly-typed, object-oriented, events-driven, error-handling, safe language, that remains platform independent and capable of running efficiently in many diverse environments, thus directly challenging other languages, such as C/C++, in the marketplace.

Attendees will learn the syntax and use of the Java programming language, how to design and use data structures, classes, objects, overloaded methods, inheritance, polymorphism, function templates known as generics and other new features in Java. The course introduces the modern day concepts of object oriented, event driven programming in an easy to understand way, comparing constructs in Java with other programming languages when beneficial. Whenever possible, the instructor will illustrate the practical benefits and gotcha’s of using Java for coding projects. Optional homework programming assignments will be available to those wishing to further their understanding by practice.

Prerequisite:

“Introduction to Java” sister course or prior programming  knowledge, ideally in JavaScript, C/C++ or C#, and exposure to some object programming would be helpful.

Targeted for:

Those programmers with some understanding of C/C++, C# or Java and Object Oriented Programming exposure wishing to enhance their level of understanding.  Attending the “Introduction to Java” sister course is recommended for those wishing to learn Java from the ground up. Although the class will proceed at a fast pace, individuals who keep up with the reading assignments, or have some programming experience, will have no problem keeping up with the class.

The material in this course is appropriate for individuals wishing to learn how to write command line and console Java applications. Although this course does not go into writing windows applications (swing and applets), the fundamental concepts covered in this course should make transitioning to a windows base application relatively straight forward. The class is structured to be as interactive as possible by making use of live demonstrations that review and emphasize the concepts taught in the class and optional homework projects.

PRELIMINARY DETAILED AGENDA:

Class 1 - Object-Oriented Programming and Inheritance

Review wrapper classes, iteration, maybe String tokenizer, StringBuffer.

Creating and using user-defined custom objects.

Review classes, class member visibility, constructors, destructors;

Properties and methods, inheritance, extending classes, overloaded constructors and methods;

Passing objects by value using references, static methods (functions), static data member.

Introduction to derived classes.

Class 2- Abstract classes, Interfaces, I/O Streams and Files

Brief overview/review of console and file Input/Output, streams, file operations, formatting. 

Details on derived classes, constructors in base and derived classes, overriding methods, and two uses of this and super.

Abstract classes and implementing interfaces, (pure virtual) abstract functions. Discussions of composition and aggregation, is-a vs has-a.

If time permits, introduction to using threads, Java2 event handlers and Action/Item Listeners such as interacting with a mouse within the simple environment of a Java Applet.

Class 3- Java 5 Features and Advanced Topics

Introduction to JavaBeans concept.

No-arg constructor, private fields with full setters and getters.

Review Java-2 Event Handlers and Action/Item Listeners

Comparable interface and sorting collections, arrays.

Other Java version 1.5 enhancements:

Foreach, enum, variable arglist, generics, static imports, autoboxing.

Brief discussion of serialization, introspection/reflection, database connectivity, possibly remote method invocation (RMI).

Handouts:

Copies of the course outline slides will be provided along with relevant handouts when appropriate.

Lecturer’s biography:

An honor graduate of Tufts University, Jeffrey M. Goldberg has served the engineering and academic community in various roles from principle design engineer / project leader to senior consultant and educator at companies such as Hewlett Packard, Siemens, Picturetel, 3Com, IBM, NMS, and EMC. Mr. Goldberg is a long-time innovative user of UNIX and networked services. He currently provides IT solution consulting and delivers public seminars and on-site professional training classes, flexibly scheduled to avoid project disruption, in cutting-edge technologies and programming languages. Specialties include Perl and Shell Scripting, Linux/Solaris/UNIX System Administration, TCP/IP Networking, Web Technologies such as Visual Basic, Delphi, JavaScript, PHP Apache, C/C++/Java, Java/JSP and SQL Database Access, Computer and Network Security. For more information, please visit http://www.qualware.com/training or contact Jeff Goldberg at 781-229-1530 x2.

copywrite 2007 Qualware Instructional Services and Jeff Goldberg.

Registration includes course handouts and text book

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for  this Courses is Monday, November 19, 2007

Course Fee Schedule:

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