Complete Java Programming and Certification Guide

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course and instructor introduction

Chapter 2: For first time programmers only 🙂

Lecture 1: What is IT?

Lecture 2: What is programming?

Lecture 3: Frontend vs backend

Lecture 4: Different languages

Lecture 5: Software developer role

Lecture 6: Pseudocode variables

Lecture 7: Pseudocode if else

Lecture 8: Pseudocode loops

Chapter 3: Some general background of Java (until 2018)

Lecture 1: What is Java?

Lecture 2: Background of Java

Lecture 3: What do all the different Java versions mean?

Chapter 4: Setting up your Java Development Environment (optional section)

Lecture 1: Setting up Java on Windows

Lecture 2: Setting up Java on MacOS

Lecture 3: Download a Java Editor (IDE) + hello world

Chapter 5: Java Basics

Lecture 1: Java packages, classes and class members

Lecture 2: Variable scopes

Lecture 3: Running Java programs from the command line

Lecture 4: Import Java packages

Chapter 6: Working With Java Data Types

Lecture 1: Variables

Lecture 2: Object reference variables vs primitive variables

Lecture 3: Object's lifecycle

Lecture 4: Wrapper classes

Lecture 5: Enums

Chapter 7: Using Operators and Decision Constructs

Lecture 1: Java operators

Lecture 2: Test equality

Lecture 3: If, if/else and ternary

Lecture 4: Switch statement

Chapter 8: Creating and Using Arrays

Lecture 1: Onedimensional array and multidimensional array

Chapter 9: Using Loop Constructs

Lecture 1: Loops

Lecture 2: Break and continue

Chapter 10: Working with Methods and Encapsulation

Lecture 1: Methods, arguments and return values

Lecture 2: Constructors

Lecture 3: Access modifiers

Chapter 11: OOP: Inheritance, polymorphism and encapsulation

Lecture 1: OOP

Lecture 2: Inheritance and benefits

Lecture 3: Code with polymorphism

Lecture 4: Encapsulation

Lecture 5: Overriding and Overloading

Lecture 6: Casting and when is it necessary

Lecture 7: Super and this to access objects and constructors

Lecture 8: Static

Lecture 9: Abstract classes

Lecture 10: Interfaces

Chapter 12: Working with Selected classes from the Java API

Lecture 1: Stringbuilder

Lecture 2: Strings

Lecture 3: Dates and times

Lecture 4: Generics

Lecture 5: Collection framework

Lecture 6: Functional interfaces

Lecture 7: Lambda expressions

Chapter 13: Handling Exceptions

Lecture 1: Checked vs unchecked exceptions

Lecture 2: Reading and writing files (and their checked exceptions)

Chapter 14: How to prepare for the exam

Lecture 1: What exam preparation to take

Chapter 15: Extended edition: live Java sessions starting from 0

Lecture 1: Session 0 – Classes, Objects, Packages and Classes

Lecture 2: Session 1 – Fields, Primitives, Operations and Casting

Lecture 3: Session 2 – String class, StringBuilder, If / Else, Switch Enum

Lecture 4: Session 3 – Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays and Loops

Lecture 5: Session 4 – Methods and Access Modifiers

Lecture 6: Session 5 – OOP: Encapsulation, Polymorphism and Inheritance

Lecture 7: Session 6 – Constructor, Static, Abstract

Lecture 8: Session 7 – Collections and Generics

Lecture 9: Session 8 – Methods on Collections

Lecture 10: Session 9 – Exceptions and File Reading / Writing

Lecture 11: Session 10 – Interfaces, Functional Interfaces and Lambda Expressions

Lecture 12: Session 11 – Q&A: Compiler, Static, Lambdas, Streams

Lecture 13: Session 12 – How to prepare for OCA8 / OCP11

Lecture 14: Session 13 – Example OCA8 / OCP11 Questions