programming with Java 

Course Structure ( Modules – Aligned to NIT raipur, CSVTU bhilai Syllabus Topics)

Phase 1: The Foundation (Core Syntax & OOP)

Focus: Mastering the "Java Way" of thinking.

• Introduction to Java: JVM Architecture (JDK vs. JRE), Platform Independence, and the Compilation Process.

• Java Language Basics: Data Types, Literals, Variables, and Type Casting (Automatic vs. Explicit).

• Control Flow: Advanced Loop constructs (for-each), Switch-case, and Decision Making.

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP):

  • Classes, Objects, and Memory Management (Heap vs. Stack).

  • Constructors: Default, Parameterized, and Constructor Overloading.

  • Static vs. Instance: Static blocks, methods, and variables.

  • The this and super keywords.

• Arrays & Strings: 1D/2D Arrays, String vs. StringBuilder vs. StringBuffer, and String Constant Pool.

🔗 Phase 2: Structural Integrity (Inheritance & Interfaces)

Focus: Code reusability and architectural design.

• Inheritance: Single, Multilevel, and Hierarchical Inheritance.

• Polymorphism: Method Overloading vs. Method Overriding (Dynamic Method Dispatch).

• Abstraction: Abstract Classes vs. Interfaces (including Default and Static methods in Java 8).

• Packages: Creating, Accessing, and Importing packages; Access Modifiers (private, protected, public).

• Final Keyword: Final variables, methods, and classes.

⚡ Phase 3: Robustness & Concurrency (Exceptions & Threads)

Focus: Building crash-proof, high-performance applications.

• Exception Handling:

  • The Hierarchy: Throwable, Error, Exception.

  • Checked vs. Unchecked Exceptions.

  • Try-with-resources (Modern Java approach) and finally block.

  • Custom Exception Creation.

• Multithreading:

  • Thread Lifecycle and Thread Creation (Thread class vs. Runnable interface).

  • Synchronization: Thread safety, Synchronized blocks, and Volatile keywords.

  • Inter-thread Communication: wait(), notify(), and notifyAll().

  • Handling Deadlocks.

🛠️ Phase 4: Modern Java & Data Handling (Collections & API)

Focus: Industry-standard tools for data manipulation.

Java Collections Framework: List (ArrayList, Vector), Set (HashSet), and Map (HashMap, TreeMap).

Generics: Type safety in collections.

Modern Features: * Autoboxing and Unboxing.

Enumerations (Enums) & Annotations.

Lambda Expressions: Introduction to Functional Programming in Java.

Java 8 Date & Time API: LocalDate, LocalTime, and DateTimeFormatter.

🌐 Phase 5: Connectivity & UI (Networking, JDBC & GUI)

Focus: Connecting your code to the world and databases.

Input/Output (I/O): File handling, Streams (Byte vs. Character), and Serialization.

Database Connectivity (JDBC): * JDBC Drivers (Type I to IV).

Connecting to MySQL/Oracle, Statement vs. PreparedStatement, and ResultSets.

Networking: Socket Programming (TCP/UDP), URL class, and Client-Server architecture.

GUI & Event Handling: * AWT vs. Swing components.

The Delegation Event Model (Listeners and Adapters).

Layout Managers.