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1. Introduction1.1. Course Structure1.2. Learning Goals1.3. Course Lecturers1.4. Topics1.5. Bibliography1.6. Tools1.7. Evaluation1.8. Agreements
2. Course Project2.1. Scope2.2. Rules of the Game2.3. Important Dates2.4. Requirements2.5. Tips
3. Git 1013.1. Introduction3.2. Installing Git3.3. Basic shell commands3.4. Git commands3.5. Ignoring files3.6. Branches3.7. Remote repositories
4. How Java Works4.1. Introduction4.2. Java Architecture4.3. Variables and Parameters4.4. Java Memory Model
5. Exception Handling5.1. Introduction5.2. Exception Types5.3. Declaring Exceptions Thrown by Methods5.4. Throwing Exceptions5.5. Custom Exceptions5.6. Accessing the Stack Trace
6. Inheritance6.1. Introduction6.2. Interfaces6.3. Method Overriding6.4. Multiple Inheritance6.5. Abstract Classes6.6. Method Overloading6.7. Polymorphism6.8. The Object Class6.9. Casting
7. Generic Programming7.1. Introduction7.2. Generic Methods7.3. Bounded and Unbounded Type Parameters7.4. Generic Types
8. Arrays8.1. One Dimensional Arrays8.2. Multidimensional Arrays8.3. The Arrays class8.4. Varags8.5. Limitations
9. Java Collections Framework9.1. Introduction9.2. The Collection Interface9.3. Lists9.4. Sets9.5. Queues9.6. The Collections Class9.7. Maps9.8. Choosing My Collection
10. Lambda Expressions10.1. Introduction10.2. What is a Lambda Expression?10.3. Functional Interfaces10.4. Local Variables in Lambda Expressions10.5. Standard Functional Interfaces10.6. Sorting with Lambdas
11. Streams11.1. Introduction11.2. Pipelines11.3. IntStream11.4. Optionals11.5. Operations
12. Maven12.1. Introduction12.2. Compiling Java12.3. Getting Started12.4. Coordinates12.5. Repositories12.6. Project Object Model12.7. Dependencies12.8. Standard Directory Layout12.9. Lifecycles and Phases12.10. Wrapper12.11. Archetypes12.12. Maven and Git12.13. Common Maven plugins
13. Testing13.1. Introduction13.2. Getting Started with JUnit 513.3. Basics of JUnit 513.4. JUnit Lifecycle API13.5. Expected Exceptions13.6. Timeouts13.7. Nested Tests13.8. Repeating Tests13.9. Third-party Assertion Libraries13.10. FIRST Properties of Good Tests13.11. What to Test: The Right-BICEP13.12. Boundary Conditions: The CORRECT Way
14. Regular Expressions14.1. String Manipulation14.2. Writing Regular Expressions14.3. Using Regular Expressions in String Methods14.4. Regex API
15. Design Patterns15.1. Instructions15.2. What is a Design Pattern?15.3. Gang of Four Design Patterns
16. I/O16.1. File manipulation16.2. I/O Streams16.3. Reading: FileReader and BufferedReader16.4. Reading: Scanner16.5. Reading: Files16.6. Writing Text Files
17. Serialization17.1. Introduction17.2. CSV17.3. JSON17.4. Reading and writing JSON with Jackson17.5. Binary serialization
18. Multithreading18.1. Concurrency18.2. Processes & Threads18.3. Multithreading in Java18.4. Thread Synchronization18.5. Thread Signaling
1. Introduction
Programming Project 2022/23

1.6. Tools

To work on your exercises and your project, you need the following software.

Java

We use Java 17 in this course, the latest long-term support release of the language.

java17

If you don't have it installed yet, now is the time!

IDE: Integrated development environment

IDEs

We do NOT force you to use a particular IDE in this course.

Instead, I would like you to

  1. try out different IDEs,
  2. choose your favorite one, and
  3. tell me why! I'll ask some of you about it in our next class.

Here are some popular options.

  1. IntelliJ IDEA
  2. Visual Studio Code
  3. Eclipse
  4. NetBeans

You can find many reviews and comparisons online.

  1. Choosing your Java IDE: Compare Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ IDEA for features, usability, and project size and type
    By Martin Heller at InfoWorld
  2. Visual Studio Code vs IntelliJ IDEA – Which is best for Java devs?
    By Illana Brudo at Java Code Geeks
  3. Java IDE Options For Beginner And Pro Java Programmers
    By Adam Mudianto at Techgalery.com

You are free to choose the IDE you enjoy coding on the most!

We use Maven to install dependencies, build, package, and run your assignments and projects, so there is no need to worry about your IDE choice.

Git

In this course, we use Git, a free and open source distributed version control system.

git

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