Introduction to Java 9

About this course

Make the move to Java with five days of hands-on programming. Working with the JDK and Eclipse, you will write classes and methods, apply inheritance, interfaces and polymorphism, handle exceptions, use generics, lambda expressions, collections and the Stream API, organise code with the Java 9 module system and access data through JDBC.

What you'll learn

• Understand what OO programming is and what the advantages of OO are in today's world
• Work with objects, classes, and OO implementations
• Understand the basic concepts of OO such as encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction
• Understand not only the fundamentals of the Java language, but also its importance, uses, strengths and weaknesses
• Understand the basics of the Java language and how it relates to OO programming and the Object Model
• Work with the Java 9 modular system (Project Jigsaw)
• Learn to use Java exception handling features
• Understand and use classes, inheritance and polymorphism
• Understand and use collections, generics, autoboxing, and enumerations
• Process large amount of data using Lambda expressions and the Stream API
• Use the JDBC API for database access
• Take advantage of the Java tooling that is available with the programming environment being used in the class

Curriculum

Who it's for

Developers with object-oriented experience in another language who are starting out in Java.

Before you start

• Attendees should have a working knowledge of developing OO software applications.