Java programming (EN/NL/FR)

In this 5 day ABIS course, participants: (1) learn to use Java for building object oriented applications (2) transform OO concepts into Java constructions (3) get a clear insight into the (dis)advantages of Java as language, library and platform. The course is based on Java SE 8. 

Intended for everyone who wants to learn programming in Java. Knowledge of programming and OO is required.

Remark: Course description in English; Dutch and French versions are available on the ABIS website. Courses are planned in Dutch, English, and French. Consult the ABIS website for alternate course formats.

Main topics:

• Introduction: a first application • compiling of Java applications • running applications • deprecation
• Java syntax: variables and data types • type conversions (autoboxing) • operators • expressions • control flow • arrays • Strings • standard input and output streams
• Java building blocks: packages • classes • objects • methods • initialization • constructors • inner classes • access control
• Java applications: program structure • Java documentation • Jar-files
• Inheritance and polymorphism: concepts • method overriding • casting • modifiers • abstract classes • interfaces • typesafe enums
• Exception handling • catching and handling exceptions • throwing exceptions • making your own exceptions
• Collections framework: list • set • map • queue • iterator • use of generics • Arrays en Collections
• Utilities: date/time • formatting 
• File I/O: byte, character and object streams • files • manipulation of streams • command line I/O
• Functional programming and lambda's • functional interface • Stream (map, reduce, filter) 
• User interface: AWT and Swing libraries • layout managers • Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
• Event handling: the event model • event objects • event listeners • GUI events
• JavaBeans: concepts • events - properties - methods
• Thread: concepts of multi threaded applications and synchronisation

Intended for/Audience: Application developers who want to learn object oriented programming in Java.

Background/Prerequisites: Programming experience is required (see course Programming fundamentals); Knowledge of OO principles (see course OO concepts and techniques) is a must. 

Training Method/Didactics: Using object orientation in the Java language is explained in the theory and illustrated with examples. Afterwards the participants can put this into practice with a lot of exercises.

Duration: 5 days.