Learning Java Collections

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Free Online Course: Learning Java Collections provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Learning Java Collections is taught by Kevin Bowersox.

Overview
  • Learn about and gain hands-on experience with the Java Collections framework.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Java collections framework
    • What you should know
    1. Java Collections Framework
    • Solving everyday problems with data
    • Data structures
    • Collections framework architecture
    • Working with a collection
    • Beyond the array
    2. The Foundations of Java Collections
    • Interfaces
    • Collection types
    • The Collection interface
    • Collection methods
    • Creating a collection
    • Generic typing
    • Object comparison
    • The equals method
    • Challenge: Adding and removing collection elements
    • Challenge: Advanced collection problems
    3. Iterating Collections
    • Iterating collection elements
    • Accessing collection elements with iterators
    • Modifying collections while iterating
    • Accessing collection elements with streams
    • Lambda expressions
    • Stream operations
    • Challenge: Iterating collections
    4. Set
    • Set
    • HashSet
    • TreeSet
    5. List
    • List interface
    • List implementations
    • ArrayList
    • Challenge: Working with Lists
    6. Queue and Deque
    • Queue interface
    • Queue implementations
    • Deque interface
    • Using an ArrayDeque as a stack
    7. Map
    • Map interface
    • Collection views
    • Map implementations
    • How a HashMap works
    • Map methods
    • Iterating Maps
    • Challenge: Working with Maps
    8. Collections Utilities
    • Ordering elements
    • Sorting collections
    • Comparators
    • Finding elements in a collection
    Conclusion
    • Course wrap-up