User:MetaBohemian/Java Outline

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A suggested order of subjects for the Java course. See the Topic talk:Java page.

[edit] The Order

• Basics of programming (Hello, World)
  • Creating the main method
  • Using System.out
• Variables and operators
• Control structures
• Classes
  • Basics of OO
  • Defining a class
  • Relationships between classes
    • Access modifiers (just public and private for now)
    • static modifier
    • Constructors
• Useful Java classes
  • Introduction of API
  • import statement
• Inheritance and polymorphism
  • Direct inheritance: extends
    • protected access modifier
  • Polymorphism
    • Explicit typecasts and instanceof operator
  • abstract classes
  • Interfaces
• Collections and generics
• Exception handling
  • try-catch and try-catch-finally blocks
  • Writing exceptional methods (throws clause and throw command)
  • Ducking exceptions, runtime exceptions, and errors
• Networking
• GUI
  • Swing
  • Layout managers
  • Event handling
• Threads
  • Concurrency and deadlock: the synchronized modifier
• Deployment
  • Applets
  • JARs
  • Java Web Start