Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java Examples

Course Description

In this 3-day instructor-led course, students learn how to adopt an object-oriented (OO) approach to software development. The course is designed for experienced developers coming to Java from non object-oriented languages such as COBOL, RPG, or C. It is also appropriate for those who are new to programming.

Through a combination of instructor-led lectures and hands-on exercises, students take a case study through the stages of object-oriented requirements gathering, analysis, and design using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Students learn how the Java language supports object-oriented programming, and how object-oriented designs can be implemented in Java. Numerous hands-on exercises and demonstrations provide practical experience with OO development from analysis and design to implementation.

This course includes topics such as interpreting UML diagrams, recognizing Java constructs that enable object-orientation, and how design patterns can improve the implementation of applications. The course also provides an overview of different software development methodologies that can be applied to the development of object-oriented applications.

This course prepares students for further training in the Java programming language by providing a sound foundation in OO principles.

Skills Gained

• Introduction to object-oriented programming
• Exercise: Identifying candidate objects in a case study
• Object concepts
• Exercise: Identifying classes and methods in a case study
• Key principles of object-oriented programming
• Exercise: Identifying classes and associations in a case study
• Introduction to UML
• Development project life cycle
• Requirements and use cases
• Exercise: Identifying actors and use cases
• Java technology overview
• Demonstration: Programming Java with the SDK
• Introduction to the Java language
• Demonstration: Using the software development platform
• Exercise: Java programming - Defining some classes
• OO analysis - Static UML diagrams
• Exercise: Finding candidate objects and creating a class diagram
• OO analysis - Dynamic UML diagrams
• Exercise: Developing sequence diagrams
• OO design for implementation - Associations
• Exercise: Refining the design for a case study (optional)
• OO design for implementation - Inheritance
• Exercise: Java programming - Implementing a design
• Designing for change
• Exercise: Java programming - Improving the implementation
• Methodologies
• Course summary

Who Can Benefit

This basic course is designed for architects, designers, analysts, developers, testers, administrators, managers, and project managers who will use object-oriented technology to build applications.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.