Introduction to Java Programming

Introduction

History of Java

Advantages of OOP

Fundamentals of  OOP

Abstraction

Encapsulation

Inheritance

Polymorphism

The Java compiler

Building Blocks

Basic data types

Operators – arithmetic, relational and logical

I/O functions

Strings

Keywords

Branching – if and switch

Loops, Functions and Arrays

Loops – for, while and do while

Break and continue

Functions – passing arguments and returning values

Passing by value and reference

Arrays

Local and static variables

Wrappers

The standard Java library

Introduction to Classes

Classes and objects - what they are

Methods and data members

Visibility - public and private keywords

Constructors and finalizers

Static and final members

Garbage collection

Passing objects to functions

Inheritance

Basic concepts of inheritance - base and derived classes

Object base class

The protected keyword

Disabling and modifying inherited functions

Virtual functions

Advanced Inheritance

Interfaces - implementing and using

Exception Handling

try, catch and finally

abstract classes and functions

Applets

Structure of an applet

Using applets in HTML scripts

Applet security

AWT - Abstract Windowing Toolkit

Architecture of AWT

Components - windows, buttons, lists, dialogs

Menus

Layout options

Events

Advanced Topics

Multithreading

Java Beans

JavaScript

Appendix

                        Keywords

                        Classes

                        Operator Precedence