Stage 1 : Java

The History and Evolution of Java :

Java and its applications, Byte code, Java Development Kit(JDK), Java Buzzwords, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), The evolution of Java.

An overview of java :

Object Oriented Programming, Simple Java Programs, Two control Statements, Lexical Issues.

Data Types, Variables, and Arrays :

Java is a strongly typed Language, The primitive types (Integers, Floating Point, Characters, Booleans), A closer Look at literals (integers, Floating point, Boolean, Characters, String), Variables, Type Conversion and Casting, Automatic type Conversions, Arrays.

Operators :

Arithmetic Operators, The Bitwise Operators, Relational Operators, Boolean Logical Operators, The assignment operator, the? Operator, Operator Precedence.

Control Statements :

Java’s Selection Statements (if, switch), Iteration Statements (while, do-while, for, for-each,, Nested Loops), Jump Statements (break, continue, return).

Introducing Classes :

Classes, Objects, Class Fundamentals, Declaring Objects, The new operator, dot(.) operator, Method declaration, Method calling, The this keyword, Constructors, Garbage Collection, final, finalize, static

Inheritance :

Inheritance Basics, Using super, creating a multilevel hierarchy, when constructors are called, Method Overloading and Overriding, Dynamic Method Dispatch, Using abstract classes, Using final with Inheritance.

Packages and Interfaces :

Packages, Importing packages, Interfaces

Exception Handling:

Fundamentals, types, Uncaught exceptions, Using try and catch, Multiple catch statements, Nested try statements, throw, throws, finally, Exception subclasses

Multithreaded Programming :

The java thread model, the main thread, creating a thread, creating multiple threads, using is alive () and join(), thread priorities, synchronization, Interthread Communication, Suspending, resuming, and stopping threads, Using multithreading.

Collections :

Collection Framework, ArrayList, LinkedList, ListIterator interface, HashSet, TreeSet , Map interface, HashMap, TreeMap, Comparable and Comparator