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Expand your programming skills and learn how to get more out of the Java language and platform. Discover how to leverage some of the language’s more advanced features.
Want to get more out of the Java language and platform? In this platform- and framework-neutral course, instructor Bethan Palmer digs into some of the languageâs more advanced features, helping you expand your programming skills as she equips you with techniques you can use when building applications anywhere Java is used: in web, mobile, and desktop applications. Bethan covers a variety of topics, including generics, working with the Collections Framework, and functional programming. Plus, learn about I/O in Java, working with files and directories, and structuring applications using the modular system available in Java.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learn advanced Java programming
- What you should know
- Which version of Java to use?
- Installing the NetBeans IDE
- Introduction to generics in Java
- Generic methods in Java
- Using varargs in Java
- The substitution principle in Java
- Using wildcards in generic programming
- The Collections framework in Java
- Using linked lists to structure data
- Implementing a queue with a linked list
- Storing pairs with HashMaps
- Implementing a LinkedHashMap
- Functional interfaces in Java
- Implementing lambdas in Java
- Using method references in Java
- Understanding streams in Java
- Implementing streams in Java
- Implementing parallel streams
- Understanding modules in Java
- Creating a module in Java
- Understanding modular structures
- Working with multiple modules
- Running modules from the command line
- Introduction to threads in Java
- The Thread class in Java
- The Runnable interface in Java
- Synchronized methods in Java
- Avoiding thread deadlock
- Understanding I/O in Java
- Reading console input with a scanner
- Reading files with BufferedReader
- Using try-with-resources with I/O
- Creating a new file
- Working with directories in Java
- Using the Path class in Java
- Copying files with the Path class
- Next steps
