Java - Sun Certified Java Programmer

Instructor: Larry Whipple

Larry C. Whipple is the CEO and main consultant for Information Systems Specialist and a contributing editor for DataBase Web Advisor Magazine. Larry has worked in the IT field for over 12 years and has experience working with systems from mainframes to POS Credit card terminals with special emphasis on PC and client/server platforms. He has programmed in over 16 different languages and was asked to introduce Transaction Server as it was rolled out by Microsoft.

 
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Course Outlines

Level 1

Course Introduction

1.0 Certifications:~ Overview
     1.1 Certification Availability
     1.2 SCMAD Certification
     1.3 Preparing for Certifications
     1.4 Section Summary

2.0 SCJP Objectives

3.0 Objective 1.1 -~ Declarations, Initialization & Scoping
     3.1 Agenda
     3.2 Objective 1.1 Overview
     3.3 Declaring Classes & Abstract Classes
     3.4 Inner (Nested) Classes
     3.5 Interfaces
     3.6 Declaring Enums
     3.7 Package & Import
     3.8 Section Summary

Exercise 3

4.0 Objective 1.2 -~ Interfaces & Abstract Classes
     4.1 Agenda
     4.2 Create an Interface
     4.3 Extending an Interface
     4.4 Extending an Abstract Class
     4.5 Modifiers
     4.6 Section Summary

5.0 Objective 1.3 -~ Identifiers & Variables
     5.1 Agenda
     5.2 Variables
     5.3 Arrays
     5.4 enums
     5.5 Object
     5.6 Naming & Identifiers
     5.7 Variable Types
     5.8 Section Summary

6.0 Objective 1.4 & 1.5 -~ Methods, JavaBeans Naming Standard & Variable-Length Argument List
     6.1 Agenda
     6.2 What are Methods?
     6.3 Calling Methods
     6.4 Co-variant Return Types
     6.5 Method Arguments
     6.6 Overloading and Overriding
     6.7 Static Methods
     6.8 Contracts
     6.9 Variable-Length Argument List
     6.10 Section Summary

7.0 Objective 1.6 -~ Constructors and Instantiating Nested & Non-nested Classes
     7.1 Agenda
     7.2 Constructors
     7.3 Calling Constructors
     7.4 Constructor Summary
     7.5 Inner (Nested) Classes
     7.6 More Anonymous Class
     7.7 Section Summary

8.0 Level Conclusion

Post Course Exam

Level 2

Flow Control

1.0 Overview & Objective 2.1 -~ If and Switch Statements
     1.1 The If Statement
     1.2 Conditional Operator
     1.3 The Switch Statement
     1.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

2.0 Objective 2.2 -~ Loops & Iterators
     2.1 Looping Structures
     2.2 The for () Statement
     2.3 Break Statement
     2.4 The Continue Statement
     2.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 2

3.0 Objective 2.3 -~ Assertions
     3.1 Assertions
     3.2 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 3

4.0 Objective 2.4, 2.5 & 2.7 -~ Exceptions
     4.1 Overview of Exceptions
     4.2 The Throws Keyword
     4.3 The Try Block
     4.4 The Catch Block
     4.5 Using Try and Catch Blocks
     4.6 Finally Block
     4.7 Methods for Exception Handling
     4.8 Declaring an Exception
     4.9 Throwing Your Exception
     4.10 Defining Your Own Exceptions
     4.11 Exceptions and Overriding
     4.12 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 4

5.0 Objective 2.6 -~ Tested Exception Types
     5.1 Array Index Out Of Bounds Exception
     5.2 Section Summary

6.0 Level Conclusion

Post Course Exam

Level 3

API Contents

1.0 Objective 3.1 -~ Wrapper Classes
     1.1 Primitive Wrapper Classes
     1.2 Constructing Wrappers
     1.3 Some Wrapper Methods
     1.4 Important Exam Details
     1.5 Autoboxing and Auto-Unboxing
     1.6 String Class
     1.7 StringBuffer & StringBuilder Classes
     1.8 String Concatenation
     1.9 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 1

2.0 Objective 3.2 & 3.3 -~ java.io, Serialization & De-serialization
     2.1 File Class
     2.2 RandomAccessFile Class
     2.3 Streams
     2.4 Low-Level Streams
     2.5 High-Level Streams
     2.6 Readers & Writers
     2.7 Object Streams & Serialization
     2.8 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 2

3.0 Objective 3.4 & 3.5 -~ java.text, java.util.Locale & Formatting and Parsing Strings and Streams
     3.1 Scanning Text
     3.2 Regular Expressions
     3.3 Locale
     3.4 Text Formatting & Formatter
     3.5 Formatting Dates
     3.6 Formatting Numbers & Currency
     3.7 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 3

4.0 Level Conclusion

Post Course Exam

Level 4

Concurrency & Threads

1.0 Objective 4.1 -~ java.lang.Thread & java.lang.Runnable
     1.1 Threads Overview
     1.2 Starting & Ending a Thread
     1.3 Creating a Thread
     1.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

2.0 Objective 4.2 -~ Thread States
     2.1 Thread States
     2.2 Thread Priority
     2.3 Daemon Threads
     2.4 Controlling Threads
     2.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

3.0 Objective 4.3 & 4.4 -~ Object Locking & wait, notify, notifyAll
     3.1 Thread Monitors
     3.2 Object Lock & Synchronization
     3.3 Wait & Notify
     3.4 Class Locks
     3.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

4.0 Objective 5.1 -~ Encapsulation, Coupling & Cohesion
     4.1 Tight Encapsulation
     4.2 Loose Coupling
     4.3 High Cohesion
     4.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 4

5.0 Objective 5.2 -~ Polymorphism & Casting
     5.1 Polymorphism
     5.2 Conversion & Casting
     5.3 Casting Primitives
     5.4 Object Conversion
     5.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 5

6.0 Objective 5.3 -~ Modifiers in OO
     6.1 Modifiers Review
     6.2 Access Modifiers
     6.3 Static Import Rules
     6.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

7.0 Objective 5.4 -~ Overloading & Overriding
     7.1 Overloading & Overriding
     7.2 Calling Constructors
     7.3 Section Summary
     Quiz

8.0 Objective 5.5 -~ Is-a & Has-a Relationships
     8.1 Relation Types

9.0 Level Conclusion

Post Course Exam

Level 5

Collections / Generics

1.0 Objective 6.1 -~ Collections/Generics
     1.1 Collections & Collections Framework
     1.2 Collection Common Methods
     1.3 Iterators
     1.4 List & Queue
     1.5 Sets & TreeSets
     1.6 Maps
     1.7 Which Collection to Use?
     1.8 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 1

2.0 Objective 6.2 -~ Equality in Collections
     2.1 Equals() Method Override
     2.2 HashCode() Method
     2.3 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 2

3.0 Objective 6.3 -~ Generics
     3.1 Generics & Creating Generics
     3.2 API Pages
     3.3 Refactoring Existing Code
     3.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 3

4.0 Objecitve 6.4 -~ Types
     4.1 Type Parameters
     4.2 Type Parameters Examples
     4.3 Wildcard Type Parameters
     4.4 Generic Methods
     4.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

5.0 Objective 6.5 -~ Lists & Arrays
     5.1 Support Classes, Arrays & Collections Methods
     5.2 Comparable vs Comparator & Natural Order
     5.3 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 5

6.0 Level Conclusion

Post Course Exam

Level 6

Fundamentals & Test Taking

1.0 Objective 7.1 -~ Fundamentals
     1.1 Access Modifiers
     1.2 Packages, Creating Packages, & Compiling Packages
     1.3 Importing Classes
     1.4 Section Summary
     Quiz

2.0 Objective 7.2 -~ JVM Command Line
     2.1 Java Command Line Options
     2.2 Section Summary
     Quiz

3.0 Objective 7.3 -~ Argument Passing
     3.1 Argument Passing
     3.2 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 3

4.0 Objective 7.4 -~ Garbage Collection
     4.1 Memory Management
     4.2 The Garbage Collector
     4.3 gc() methods & finalize()
     4.4 finalize()
     4.5 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 4

5.0 Objective 7.5 -~ Packaging & Jar Files
     5.1 Fully Qualified Class Names
     5.2 Packages & Directory Structure
     5.3 ClassPath & Execution
     5.4 Java Archives & the Jar Utility
     5.5 Creating an Executable Jar
     5.6 Section Summary
     Quiz

Exercise 5

6.0 Objective 7.6 -~ Operators
     6.1 Overview of Operators
     6.2 Assignment of Operators (all binary)
     6.3 Arithmetic Operators
     6.4 Relational Operators
     6.5 Conditional Operators
     6.6 Logical & Assignment Operators
     6.7 Other Operators & Operator Precedence
     6.8 Section Summary
     Quiz

7.0 Taking the Test

8.0 Course Conclusion

Post Course Exam

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