Course Number:		J100
Duration:		5 days
Standard Price:		$11,000 for up to 10 students
Government Price:		$9,900 for up to 10 students
Location:		on-site

Description

This intensive, hands-on course emphasizes becoming productive quickly as a Java 2 programmer. Students learn how to use Java 2 to implement real-world solutions, including both Web applets and server-side applications.

Outline

Getting Started

• Java Definition
• Getting Java
• First Java Program
• Compiling and Interpreting Applications
• Applets
• Compiling and Interpreting Applets
• JDK Directory Structure

Java 2 Language Fundamentals

• Java Program
• Conditional Statements
• Loop Statements
• Syntax Details
• Portable Data Types
• Expressions in Java
• Strings
• Arrays

Objects and Classes

• Defining a Class
• Creating an Object
• Instance Data and Class Data
• Methods
• Constructors
• Visibility Modifiers
• Methods and Messages
• Parameter Passing
• Comparing and Identifying Objects
• Destroying Objects
• Primitive-Type Wrappers
• Documenting Classes

Inheritance in Java

• Inheritance
• Casting
• Method Overriding
• super
• Interfaces
• Abstract Classes
• object
• Introspection

Packages

• Packages
• import Statement
• CLASSPATH and import
• Defining Packages
• Package Scope

Inner Classes

• Inner Classes
• Member Classes
• Local Classes
• Anonymous Classes
• Instance Initializers
• Inheritance vs. Containment

Exception Handling

• Exceptions Overview
• Catching Exceptions
• finally Block
• Exception Methods
• Declaring Exceptions
• Defining and Throwing Exceptions
• Errors and RuntimeExceptions

Getting Started with Swing

• AWT and Swing
• Displaying a Window
• GUI Programming in Java
• Handling Events
• Arranging Components
• Configuring Components
• Menus
• JFileChooser
• Heavyweight vs. Lightweight Components

Event Handling

• Event Delegation Model
• Implementing a Listener
• Semantic Events
• List Selection Events
• Event Objects
• Low-Level Events
• Popup Menu
• Adapters

Components

• Controlling Component Appearance
• Component Hierarchy
• Fonts
• Color
• Text Components
• Scrolled Components
• JTable
• MVC

Laying Out a Container

• Containment Hierarchy
• Layout Managers
• Top-Level Containers
• General Purpose Containers
• FlowLayout
• Box and BoxLayout
• CardLayout
• JTabbedPane
• GridLayout
• GridBagLayout and GridBagConstraints
• Non-Managed Containers

Specialized Components

• Compound Components
• Dialogs
• Extending Dialog
• Using JOptionPane
• Choosers

Input/Output Streams

• Overview of Streams
• Bytes vs. Characters
• PrintWriter
• Reading and Writing Objects
• Streams Streams Streams

Networking with Sockets

• Clients and Servers
• Ports, Addresses and Protocols
• Socket Class
• Communication Using I/O
• Servers
• ServerSocket Class
• Concurrent Servers
• URL Class
• URLConnection Class

Applets

• Loading Applets
• <APPLET> Tag
• GUI Applets
• HTML Parameters
• Browser Interaction
• Applet Methods
• Applet vs. Application
• Security

Introduction to Threads

• Non-Threaded Applications
• Threaded Applications
• Creating Threads
• Thread States
• Runnable Threads
• Coordinating Threads
• Runnable Interface
• Interrupting Threads

Who should attend

Programmers who need to design and develop Java applets and applications.

Prerequisites

Programming in a language such as C or C++. Knowledge of OO concepts recommended.