Course detail
Java Programming Language (in English)
FIT-IJAeAcad. year: 2024/2025
Object orientation. Java - language, objects, classes, programming techniques, libraries, development environments. Design patterns. Debugging and testing tools. Graphic user interface, threads.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
- Work out homeworks and the project.
Aims
Ability to apply object oriented approach for application development using Java language. Experiences with design patterns and graphic user interface (Swing) in Java.
Basis of object oriented programming. Knowledge of basic design patterns.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended prerequisite
Introduction to Programming Systems
Basic literature
Harvey Deitel, Paul J. Deitel. Java How to Program, Early Objects. Global edition, 11th edition. PEARSON 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1292223858.
Recommended reading
Joshua Bloch: Effective Java, Prentice Hall; 2 edition (May 28, 2008), ISBN-13: 978-0321356680
Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Mario Fusco, Alan Mycroft: Java 8 & 9 in Action, Second Editition (Lambda, streams, functional and reactive programming). Manning, 2018.
The Java Tutorials. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Introduction to Java: history, tools, distribution. Basic concepts: object, class, interface, constructor.
- Data types. Class declarations, access modifiers. Build and run application, application structure (packages), import classes.
- Inheritance, object initialization, inheritance hierarchy (Object class). Type conversion.
- Abstract class, interface. Type checking, typecasting, object comparison. Array.
- Exceptions. Nested classes, anonymous classes. Lambdas. Invariant asserts.
- Containers: iterator, collection, list, set, map, comparators. Enumerations.
- Threads: Planning, Sharing, Synchronization.
- Annotations. Program debugging (JUnit), document generation, application build (ant, maven), distribution (java archive).
- Object oriented design and implementation in Java. Design Patterns.
- Graphical User Interface JFC/Swing and JavaFX. MVC, Observer, and Command Design Patterns.
- Input Output streams. Sockets. Collecting data with streams.
- Modules, modular JDK, runtime image. Generic types (Generics). Java programming principles.
- JVM: class loading, memory management, garbage collector, profiling.
Exercise in computer lab
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Java basics, first applications, working with packages and classes, compiling and running the application from the command line.
- Control structures, arrays, enumeration types, data types. Object orientation programming.
- Collections.
- Threads.
- Graphical user interface. Design patterns.
- Java Tools (jar, javadoc, ant, maven).
Project
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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Homeworks practicing knowledge of essential features of the Java language.
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Project - small application in Java including graphical user interface.
Elearning