Java Programming with Rational Application Developer (RAD) Overview training course

Course Content

This highly acclaimed Hands-On Java programming training course provides delegates who prefer a fast track learning route with intensive practical tuition using IBM's Rational Application Developer (RAD).

The topics covered will help prepare delegates for certification tests and should prove invaluable for those planning to build commercial Java applets and applications.

Available as a public or closed course at our London training centre, or can be tailored to your team's requirements and delivered onsite as a bespoke, customised training course. The course contains several Java tutorials based on real-world scenarios.

This course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. See below for detailed syllabus. If you have a technical question, please email [email protected]

Course Outline

Java 2 Overview

Java and Java 2
The Java 2 Editions
J2ME: Java 2 Mobile Edition
J2SE: Java 2 Standard Edition
J2EE: Java 2 Enterprise Edition

WebSphere Overview

WebSphere family
WebSphere Application Developer overview
WebSphere Application Server overview
Other WebSphere tools

Programming in Typed Languages

Typed and untyped programs
Java versus JavaScript
Primitive types and binary formats

Introduction to Object Orientation

Benefits of Object Orientation
What is an object?
Classes
Fields and methods
Class members vs instance members
Messages and method invocation

The Java Language

Garbage collection
Comparison of objects
Primitive data types
Compilation and execution of Java code
Packages
Java sourcefile structure
Defining classes and interfaces
Defining methods and fields
JavaDoc
Looping and conditional constructs
Creating instances
Java expressions
Accessing members
Arrays and Vectors

Java Tools and the JVM

Types of Java application (application, applet, servlet etc.)
Applets as applications
Java security model
SDK tools
Compilation
Running Java code
Debugging
Other common tools
The Java Virtual Machine
Bytecode

Developing with WebSphere Application Developer

Creating projects with Rational Application Developer (RAD)
Compiling and debugging code
Scrapbook pages and testing
Launching applications
Other build tools (Ant)
Version control

Abstract types and interfaces

Constructors and static initialisers
Finalizers
Inheritance
Casting
Abstract classes
Interfaces
Modifiers in Java

Events and Exceptions

Events
Listener interfaces
Multicast vs Unicast
Event propagation
Exceptions
The try/catch/finally block
Creating custom exception types
Advice for debugging exceptions

Building User Interfaces in Swing

The Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
Swing overview
Components and containers
Building a user interface
Layout managers
Designing complex user interfaces

Inner Classes

Static inner classes
Member inner classes
Local inner classes
Anonymous inner classes
Compiling Inner Classes
Restrictions on inner classes

Data Structures

What is a collection
Collection Framework
Collection interfaces (Set,List,Map)
Iterators
Collection implementations
Choosing implementations
Arrays Class
Collections Class
Wrappers

Input and Output

Input and output streams
Stream concatenation
Common stream types
Text streams
Object streams and serialization

Networking

Client/server networking
TCP/IP networking
Client and server coding in Java
UDP/IP networking
The URL object
RMI overview

JavaBeans

What is a JavaBean?
Features (methods, properties, events)
Bound and constrained properties
Visual editing of beans
Introspection and reflection

Threads

Threads in Java
The Thread class
Creating new threads
Stopping and controlling threads
Synchronisation issues
Deadlock
Inter-thread communications through wait/notify