Java Tutorial for Complete Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction and Installation

Lecture 2: What Java Is and How It Works

Lecture 3: Getting a Job and What to Study After Completing Basic Java

Lecture 4: How To Get The Most Out Of This Course

Chapter 2: Programming Core Java

Lecture 1: A Hello World Program

Lecture 2: Using Variables

Lecture 3: Strings: Working With Text

Lecture 4: While Loops

Lecture 5: For Loops

Lecture 6: "If"

Lecture 7: Getting User Input

Lecture 8: Do … While

Lecture 9: Switch

Lecture 10: Arrays

Lecture 11: Arrays of Strings

Lecture 12: Multi-Dimensional Arrays

Lecture 13: Classes and Objects

Lecture 14: Methods

Lecture 15: Getters and Return Values

Lecture 16: Method Parameters

Lecture 17: Setters and "this"

Lecture 18: Constructors

Lecture 19: Static (and Final)

Lecture 20: String Builder and String Formatting

Lecture 21: The toString Method

Lecture 22: Inheritance

Lecture 23: Packages

Lecture 24: Interfaces

Lecture 25: Public, Private, Protected

Lecture 26: Polymorphism

Lecture 27: Encapsulation and the API Docs

Lecture 28: Casting Numerical Values

Lecture 29: Upcasting and Downcasting

Lecture 30: Using Generics

Lecture 31: Generics and Wildcards

Lecture 32: Anonymous Classes

Lecture 33: Reading Files Using Scanner

Lecture 34: Handling Exceptions

Lecture 35: Multiple Exceptions

Lecture 36: Runtime vs. Checked Exceptions

Lecture 37: Abstract Classes

Lecture 38: Reading Files With File Reader

Lecture 39: Try-With-Resources

Lecture 40: Creating and Writing Text Files

Lecture 41: The Equals Method

Lecture 42: Inner Classes

Lecture 43: Enum Types: Basic and Advanced Usage

Lecture 44: Recursion: A Useful Trick Up Your Sleeve

Lecture 45: Serialization: Saving Objects to Files

Lecture 46: Serializing Arrays

Lecture 47: The Transient Keyword and More Serialization

Lecture 48: Passing by Value

Chapter 3: The Java Collections Framework

Lecture 1: ArrayList: Arrays the Easy Way

Lecture 2: Linked Lists

Lecture 3: HashMap: Retrieving Objects via a Key

Lecture 4: Sorted Maps

Lecture 5: Sets

Lecture 6: Using Custom Objects in Sets and as Keys in Maps

Lecture 7: Sorting Lists

Lecture 8: Natural Ordering

Lecture 9: Queues

Lecture 10: Using Iterators

Lecture 11: Implementing Iterable

Lecture 12: Deciding Which Collection to Use

Lecture 13: Complex Data Structures

Chapter 4: Appendix

Lecture 1: Eclipse Shortcuts

Lecture 2: Getting a Job Extended Version: What you need, a strategy for finding work, and my story.

Lecture 3: Ten Tips for Improving Your Coding

Lecture 4: Debugging in Eclipse

Chapter 5: What's New In Java 8?

Lecture 1: Lambda Expressions

Chapter 6: Tests

Lecture 1: Basic Java Programming: Test Your Knowledge

Chapter 7: Source Code

Lecture 1: Source Code

Chapter 8: Bonus

Lecture 1: Bonus: Learn Advanced Java