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

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 Wakefield

Wakefield

In West Yorkshire, England, Wakefield is located. Wakefield is on the River Calder and Pennines eastern edge. In 2001 Wakefield had a population of around 77,512. It increased for five Wakefield wards called East, North, South, West and Rural to 77,512 according to 2011 census. Wakefield is also dubbed as ‘ Merrie City’ in Middle Ages. John Leland in 1538 described it as ‘ A quick market town and large and meately large. It is also a well-served market of fish and flesh from sea and rivers so that vital is good and cheap there. Wakefield Battle took place in Wars of the Roses. Wakefield became a famous centre for wool and a market town. In the 18th century, Wakefield made a trade in corn and textiles. In 1888 parish church of Wakefield acquired Cathedral status. It also became a county town of West Riding of Yorkshire. It was the seat of West Riding County Council from 1889 till 1974.

History

Along with railroad, many streams and lakes also played a significant role in economic growth of Wakefield. There were many damn and around twenty mill sites that include fulling mills, gristmills and carding mills along these waterways. Due to this development growing population expanded in seven separate villages, East Wakefield, South Wakefield, North Wakefield, Burleyville Wakefield corner, Sanbornville and Union. Sanbornville villages are now the primary business centre in Wakefield. The new town hall was constructed in Sanbornville in 1895. From Lovell lake , ice was shipped and harvested by two companies with the help of 16 to 20 train carloads to Boston and beyond it every day. At the beginning of 1900’s railroading was to the extreme with 25 trains in and out of Sanbornville every day.

In 1911, due to fire various rail yard buildings burned and operations centre shifted to Dover. After the emergence of electrification, need for ice reduced. The Later popularity of automobiles further reduced the need for rail travel. Finally, in 1969, Snow train which was a passenger train, made its final run.

During Second half of 20th century, a major industry in Wakefield was the development of 11 lakes. Development of summer homes and services needed to be provided. This helped later to provide incomes to many Wakefield residents. It helped to retain the rural character of Wakefield for which Wakefield is known.

Education

Oldest school Surviving in Wakefield is Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, a boys school established in 1591 by Queen Elizabeth by Royal Charter. The original building is in Brook Street that is now the Elizabethan Gallery. In 1854, QEGS school was moved to Northgate. The school was administered by Governors of Wakefield Charities who also opened Wakefield Girls High School ( WGHS) located at Wentworth-street in 1878. Church of England opened National Schools that include St Mary’s in the 1840s and St Johns in 1861. Original St Austin’s Catholic School was opened in 1838. In 1846 Methodist School was opened on Thornhill Street. Eastmoor School previously Pinders Primary School is only opened by Education Act 1870 which is still open.

Wakefield College has origins in School of Art and Craft of 1868. It is today the primary provider of 6th form and further education in the area with around 10,00 part-time and 3000 full-time students. It has campuses in the surrounding towns as well as in the city. In 2007 Wakefield College and Wakefield City Council announced plans to create a University Centre of Wakefield but bid for funding failed in 2009. Other schools with sixth forms include QEGS, Cathedral High School which is now an Arts College for age 11 to 18 and Wakefield High Girls School.