Intro to JDK

• Most commonly used utilities that are provided by JDK.
• Explain the syntax of JDK tools
• Java Virtual Machine

Programming basics in Java

• Basic elements of Java Programming
• Tokens
• Data objects
• Variables
• Constants
• Operators
• Other such separators, comments, operators

Control Flow Constructs

• Basic flow constructs in Java
• Control flow constructs used for iteration in Java

Classes

• Define a class
• Class methods
• Overloaded class methods
• Scope of a variable
• Use of keywords new, this

OOPS

• Basics of OOPS
• Inheritance
• Interfaces

Standard Packages and API

• General knowledge of Java API
• How to navigate through hierarchy of API
• Advantages and disadvantages of API

Vectors

• What are Vectors
• Properties and methods of Vector class

Threads

• Lifecycle of a thread
• Thread methods
• Multithreading and Synchronization    

Stream I/O

• Define Streams
• Input and output streams
• Read from and write to files

JDBC Overview

• JDBC Architecture
• JDBC Database Access

Arrays

• Define, create and initialize and access an array
• Multi dimensional arrays
• Command line arguments passed to a program

Strings

• String object
• StringBuffer object
• StringTokenizer class

Swing Components

• Define what Swing is and what it does
• Different Swing components

Applets

• Features of an Applet
• Life cycle of an Applet

How to use an applet in a HTML page

Event Delegation Model

• Events in Java
• Event Objects
• Different types of Event Objects

Exception Handling

• Exception handling facilities
• Use the try, catch and throw statements

Intro to Server-side Development

• Distributed Processing ideas
• Application Architectures

Servlets

• What are Servlets
• Servlet roles
• Servlet life cycle

JavaServer Pages(JSP)

• Describe and create JavaServer pages
• Elements of a JavaServer page

JavaBeans

• Describe a Java Bean
• Java Bean features
• Bean events and methods

What will I learn in class ?

• Syntax of JDK tools
• Basic elements of Java programs,controlflow constructs,fundamentals of Object Oriented Programming
• Relationships between classes liike inheritance,packaging,interfacing and access control
• Understand the advantages of API,creation of GUI applications using Swing components,Applet life cycle
• Events in Java,Java exception handling
• Reading and writing to files
• Threading,Multithreading,JDBC Architecture to communicate with Databases ,Servlets
• Webserver,JSP,Servlets,