INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED

Duration: 2 days	Price: ​R3465.00 per person. ​(excl VAT)
Certificate of training: Yes	Recommended Prerequisites: ​Learners are required to have knowledge, comprehension and application of English at Grade 10 or equivalent.
Times & Venue: ​Stellenbosch (Address)​ ​Mon - Thurs 09:00 - 16:00 ​Saturday 09:00 - 16:00	Follow Up Courses: Other IT Specialist Courses
Internationally Accredited​ Exam: IT Specialist Java Exam Preparation: Practice Tests	Venue: Stellenbosch  UNIT B12, Carpe Diem Building 26 Quantum Street, Techno Park ​Stellenbosch 7600 ​OR ​ Online Training  100% Remote

• Course Overview
• Benefits
• Detailed Outline

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IT Specialist Java Course

The IT Specialist Java course is excellent for someone wanting to learn how to code in Java, a powerful object-oriented programming language. This course will also help students get ready to pass the IT Specialist Java exam and improve employability prospects for any software development position requiring Java coding skills. Specifically, this course covers Java fundamentals, data types and variables, flow control, object-oriented principles, and compiling and debugging code. These concepts are covered through simulating writing code for an online store, thus adding a real-life scenario to this course.

• Java Fundamentals
• Data Types, Variables, and Expressions
  
• Flow Control Implementation
  
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Code Compilation and Debugging

Introduction

• Intro to Course
• How to Study for the Exam
• How to Set Up Visual Studio Code

The Use of Main

• First Java File
• Signature of Main
• Consume a Class Instance
• Command-Line Arguments

Basic Input and Output

• Print Statements
• Import and Use the Scanner Class

Variable Scopes

• Variables in Blocks
• Variables in Methods
• Variables in Classes
• Javadoc

Primitive Type Variables

• Data Types and Initialization 1
• Data Types and Initialization 2
• Lost Precision
• Primitives vs. Wrapper Object Types

String Manipulation

• String Classes and Literals
• String.format Methods
• String Operators
• Primitive Data Type to String Conversion
• Immutable Nature of Strings
• Initialization, Null

Arrays and ArrayLists

• One-Dimensional Arrays
• Two-Dimensional Arrays
• Other Array Creation Methods
• ArrayLists and Adding Elements
• ArrayLists and Removing Elements

Parsing, Casting, and Conversion

• Casting and Conversion
• Parse Strings to Numbers

Arithmetic and Assignment Operators

• Arithmetic Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Operator Precedence

Branching Statements

• If Statements 1
• If Statements 2
• Else Statements
• Else If Statements
• Switch Statements
• Single-Line vs. Block Statements
• Nesting Branch Statements
• Logical Operators
• Relational Operators

Loops

• While Loop
• Do While Loop
• For Loop
• For Each Loop
• Break
• Continue
• Nesting Loops
• Logical and Relational Operators
• Unary Operators​

Classes

• Build a Class 1
• Build a Class 2
• Constructors
• Constructor Overloads
• Classes per Java File
• The This Keyword
• Inheritance
• Overriding

Class Data Members

• Private, Public, Protected
• Instance and Static Data Members
• Use Static Final to Create Constants
• Encapsulation​
  

Methods

• Private, Public, Protected Methods
• Method Parameters
• Return Type and Value Voids
• Instance and Static Methods
• Overloading

Instantiate and Use a Class Object

• Instantiation and Initialization
• Null Use
• Access and Modify Data Members
• Import Packages and Classes

​Syntax, Logic, and Runtime Errors

• Print Statement Debugging
• Javac Command Output
• Analyze for Logic Errors
• Console Exceptions
• Evaluate a Stack Trace

Exception Handling

• Try Catch Finally
• Exception Class
• Exception Class Types
• Display Exception Information

Course Recap

• Conclusion 1
• Conclusion 2

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