Diploma in Java Programming

Course Modules

1. An Introduction to Programming in Java
   1. What is programming?
   2. What is needed to become a good programmer?
   3. Program Implementation and IDEs – Software setup
   4. What is JVM?
   5. Hello World! – the first step

2. Variables
   1. What is a variable? How to declare and create one?
   2. What can be done with variables – basic operations.

3. Interacting with running programme
   1. Reading inputs from Console
   2. Writing outputs to Console
4. Working with String objects
   1. What are and why do we need String objects?
   2. String manipulations
   3. Consequences of Immutability
   4. StringBuilder
5. Arrays
   1. Why we need to store data in Arrays
   2. How to set up an Array
   3. Accessing, modifying and deleting elements of an Array
   4. Differences between objects and primitives

6. Conditional Statements
   1. What is a conditional statement and how to use it
   2. Types of conditional statements

7. Loops
   1. There are 4 types of loops – what are the typical use cases
   2. How to declare a loop?
   3. Arrays and loops
   4. What is an infinite loop? Good practices

8. Functions
   1. Do we really need functions? (Yes, we do!)
   2. Why would we want to break up our code?
   3. How to declare a function?
   4. What is a function signature?
   5. Function overloading. Good practices

9. Exceptions
   1. What is an exception? Types of Exceptions
   2. How to handle exceptions gracefully?
   3. Keywords: try, catch, finally
   4. Throwing exceptions
   5. How to debug your code when something is wrong?
10. File Handling – The basics of IO operations
    1. Reading from a file
    2. Writing to a file
    3. File Streams and Exceptions

11. Basic Object-Oriented Principles
    1. Why do we need OOP
    2. What are the pillars of OOP?

12. Class
    1. Declaration and initialization
    2. Class vs Object
    3. Elements of a class
    4. Encapsulation and hermitization

13. Constructors
    1. What is a constructor
    2. Keyword: this
    3. Constructor overloading
14. Methods:
    1. Method vs Function
    2. Setters and Getters
15. Inheritance
    1. How to implement inheritance
    2. Keyword: super, static, final
    3. Access modifiers
16. Polymorphism
    1. What is it?
    2. Do we really need it?
    3. Method overriding
17. Abstract class and Interface
    1. Similarities and differences
    2. Keyword: abstract
    3. Typical use cases
18. Java Collections – basics
    1. List
    2. Set
    3. Map
19. Functional interfaces and Lambda expressions
    1. What is a functional interface? Built-in examples
    2. What is a Lambda expression? How to declare one
    3. Stream API

Learning Outcomes

As well as learning the basics of coding, you will learn some of the disciplines needed. These include organisation, research, teamwork, and perseverance.

Course Award

A City College’s Professional Diploma Course is a focused, practical programme designed and delivered by an industry practitioner, that consolidates, upskills or reskills learners in a professional area. They are stand-alone qualifications that indicate that you have been trained in a particular area or specific subject matter.

City College Diplomas are suitable for career minded learners wishing to advance their professional skills and prospects. They are widely accepted by employers and many students are sponsored to study here by their organisation.

Assessments/Examinations

A pass grade on the written assignment will be required for awarding the Diploma.

Similarly, the Project must be handed in on the due date unless a sound reason for lateness is provided. In such instances, an extension may be awarded at the discretion of the lecturer.

Lecturer

Kamil Reczek

Kamil is a software engineer with over 8 years of experience. Working mainly (but not only) with Java related technologies and frameworks (Java EE, Hibernate, Spring, Spring Boot, MVC, JPA, WebServices, etc.). He is also skilled in optimizing and tuning database queries (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL). Problem solver. Agile methodologies enthusiast.

Kamil originally worked in the Production and Logistics sector before moving to FinTech. He was part of several multinational projects, which delivered state of the art Intralogistic optimization software for WMS- and MFC-class systems. Currently employed in world leading FinTech company, responsible for developing and maintaining world class Anti-Money Laundering solutions.

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