Object Oriented Programming with Java

Course topics

1. JVM platform. Primitive types
   • Java Platform & Java Language.
   • Garbage collector.
2. Class Concept. Objects life cycle. Methods. Arrays. Key OOP Concepts
   • Java Classes. The main Method. Creating simple Java classes.
   • Compiling and running Java applications.
   • Primitive variables and wrappers.
   • Describing Objects and Classes. Working with Object References.
   • Creating and Using Methods. Method arguments and return values. Static methods and variables. Overloading methods. Overloaded method resolution.
   • Creating and manipulate arrays. Alternate Looping Constructs. Arrays Class.
3. Constructing objects and Encapsulation
   • Default constructor and User-defined constructors. Order of fields initialization.
   • Using encapsulation in Java class design. Java access specifiers.
   • Inheritance and Polymorphism. Subclasses and superclasses. Overriding methods. Using virtual method invocation.
   • Abstract Classes and Interfaces.
   • Inner Classes. Anonymous inner classes.
   • Class Object.
   • Enumerated Types.
   • Exceptions. Overriding
4. Generics & Collections
   • Java Collections. Interface: List, Set, Queue, Dequeue, Map.
   • Hashing and hash codes.
   • Traversing Collections. Ordering collections.
   • Type systems. Liskov Substitution Principle.
   • Java Generics. Type erasure. Wildcards. Function subtyping.
5. Object Oriented Architecture and Design.
6. S.O.L.I.D. and introduction to patterns
   • Design principles.
   • S.O.L.I.D.
   • Lazy evaluations.
   • Demetra law.
   • Software Design Patterns.
7. GOF and GRASP

Prerequisites

Basics of the procedural programming and algorithmic thinking.