Become a Java Developer SE 7

Java 7 SE

This course is aimed at helping students who have little or no programming expertise get started with the Java programming language. The course covers the importance of object-oriented programming, the Java programming language's keywords and features, and the methods required to create small Java technology programs.

About the Course

Course participants will gain practical experience with core object-oriented and learn how to develop and use basic Java classes with arrays, loops, and conditional constructs. They also learn how to use and modify object references, as well as how to build basic error-handling code. The course will equip participants with everything they need to know about the Java SE7 platform and how to use it in real-world applications.

Ultimately, this course serves as training material to help candidates prepare for the Java SE 7 Programmer I and 1Z0-803: Java SE 7 Programmer I certifications.

Who is this Course for?

Aside from candidates for certification, this course is intended for Application Developers, Developers, Portal Developers, Project Managers, Systems Administrators, Technical Administrators, Technical Consultants, and Web Administrators.

Course Prerequisites

It is assumed that course participants are adept at object-oriented principles and have experienced coding with Java 5. This course was filmed using Eclipse for RCP and RAP developers (Java developer edition).

It is also desirable for participants to have solid fundamentals of Eclipse to easily understand the methods shown in this course.

Java 7 SE Overview

Part 1: Enhancements and Concurrency – the opening salvo introduces learners to the new packages and frameworks, features, JVM enhancements, and Java language updates that are part of Java SE 7. Concurrency utilities provided by Java SE 7 will also be taken up in this segment, including the brand new Fork Join framework. Learners will also take on the new ThreadLocalRandom class, which generates random numbers in multi-threaded applications without the concurrency issues seen in Java SE 6. Lastly, learners will learn about the new Phaser synchronization mechanism, used to ensure threads march in step together.

Part 2: IO, New IO, and Network Protocols – onto the next chapter, learners will see how the NIO2 Path class is used to represent the underlying file system syntax, in a manner that is transparent to the application. They will also see how the NIO2 Files class works with the Path class. This chapter will also cover the new NIO2 asynchronous channels, as well as the new WatchService file change notification API. After the NIO2 tour, course participants will get to know the new networking features provided by Java SE 7, including experimenting with the URLClassLoader.

Part 3: Unicode, Classes, and Frameworks – the next chapter will be a discussion of significant updates to Java SE 7 in the area of XML. In addition, this chapter will also cover the updates to the collections framework.

Part 4: JDBC and Security – the final chapter of the course will revolve around JDBC updates. JDBC got updated to version 4.1 in Java SE 7 which now has two new classes which let you specify the third-party row set classes you want to use without putting the explicit class names in your code. The course will also teach learners to manage their site’s overall security level, as well as their certificates, site exception lists, and deployment rules.