Malcolm Kayser Computer Training Limited

Courses in Programming (including Cobol), UNIX, Linux, IBM Mainframe,
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JAVA PROGRAMMING

This concise course provides details of the differences between C++ and Java, and discusses how specific concepts like File Handling and Networking is implemented in Java.

Audience

This course is aimed specifically at experienced 'C' or C++ application programmers.

Prerequisites

Experience in using 'C' or an Object-Oriented language such as C++.

Duration

Two days. The course uses a mixture of quick desk quizzes and short hands-on practical exercises.

Course objectives

On completion of this course the delegate will be able to:

Understand any differences with C++ in structure and syntax of the language
Be aware of the format and construct of Java classes and methods
Use Exception handling constructs
Understand file streams and network capabilities
Be able to write Java applications

Course contents

Introduction to Java Programming: What is Java?; Applications and applets; Development Environments; JDK; The Java Virtual Machine (JVM); Producing, compiling and executing; Just-In-Time compilation; CLASSPATH.

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming: What is OOP?; Objects and Classes; using Objects; Object references; Constructors; Access modifiers; Packages; Inheritance; Polymorphism; Encapsulation; OOD; the Java API.

Data types and Operators: Coding a program; Reserved words; Data types, variables and operators; Statements and expressions; Strings; StringBuffer; arrays; arguments to main().

Flow Control: Decision-making; program flow control; loops.

Classes and Methods: More on objects; passing arguments; Polymorphism and Abstract classes; constructors and initialization; the this keyword; interfaces; method signatures; casting and instanceof; static and final modifiers; overriding and overloading.

Exceptions: How exception handling works; class hierarchy; class wrappers; try...catch; try...finally; throw and throws; writing and using exception handlers.

File Handling: The File class; Input and output streams; Readers and writers; Standard input and Standard output; File streams; BufferedReader class; Object Serialization; Exceptions.

Networking: Protocols; Client - Server; sockets and streams.

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