Java Essential Training for Students

Taking a college-level programming course? Maximize your learning with these Java tutorials.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files
• Challenges explained

1. Command Level Programming

• Exploring command level programming
• Introducing environment variables
• Getting started with parsing
• Challenge: Hello world
• Solution: Hello world

2. Basics Review

• Reviewing data types
• Using decisions
• Managing loops
• Creating user-defined methods
• Understanding overloaded methods
• Challenge: College cost app
• Solution: College cost app

3. Debugging

• Troubleshooting with debugging
• Setting breakpoints
• Stepping through the code
• Command line debugging
• Challenge: Debugging
• Solution: Debugging

4. Java API

• Exploring the Java API
• Creating and importing JAR files
• Improving your program with error handling
• Challenge: API
• Solution: API

5. Simulations and Algorithm Analysis

• Using simulations
• Random number generator
• Analyzing algorithms
• Leveraging recursion
• Challenge: Monte Carlo
• Solution: Monte Carlo

6. Classes and Objects

• Designing for object-oriented programming
• Diagramming with UML
• Creating classes
• Using encapsulation
• Instantiating classes
• Avoiding null references
• Challenge: Kathie's Catering
• Solution: Kathie's Catering

7. More on Classes

• Introducing inheritance
• Working with interfaces
• Comparing objects with the comparable interface
• Using polymorphism
• Establishing abstract classes
• Challenge: Pizza ordering app
• Solution: Pizza ordering app

8. Data Structures

• Storing items with arrays
• Sorting arrays with the array API
• Utilizing 2D arrays
• Managing ArrayLists
• Enhanced for Loop
• Challenge: Name finder
• Solution: Name finder

Conclusion

• Next steps