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Introduction to Java programming, Part 2: Constructs for real-world applications

More-advanced Java language features

J Steven Perry, Principal Consultant, Makoto Consulting Group, Inc.
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J. Steven Perry is a software developer, architect, and general Java nut who has been developing software professionally since 1991. His professional interests range from the inner workings of the JVM to UML modeling and everything in between. Steve has a passion for writing and mentoring; he is the author of Java Management Extensions (O'Reilly), Log4j (O'Reilly), and the IBM developerWorks articles "Joda-Time" and OpenID for Java Web applications." In his spare time, he hangs out with his three kids, rides his bike, and teaches yoga.

Summary:  In Part 1 of this tutorial, professional Java™ programmer J. Steven Perry introduced the Java language syntax and libraries you need to write simple Java applications. Part 2, still geared toward developers new to Java application development, introduces the more-sophisticated programming constructs required for building complex, real-world Java applications. Topics covered include exception handling, inheritance and abstraction, regular expressions, generics, Java I/O, and Java serialization.

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Date:  19 Aug 2010
Level:  Introductory
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About this series

The two-part "Introduction to Java programming" tutorial is intended to get software developers new to Java technology up and running with object-oriented programming (OOP) and real-world application development using the Java language and platform.

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About this tutorial

This second half of the "Introduction to Java programming" tutorial introduces capabilities of the Java language that are more sophisticated than those covered in Part 1.

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Objectives

The Java language is mature and sophisticated enough to help you accomplish nearly any programming task. In this tutorial, you'll be introduced to features of the Java language that you will need to handle complex programming scenarios, including:

  • Exception handling
  • Inheritance and abstraction
  • Interfaces
  • Nested classes
  • Regular expressions
  • Generics
  • enum types
  • I/O
  • Serialization

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Prerequisites

The content of this tutorial is geared toward programmers new to the Java language who are unfamiliar with its more-sophisticated features. The tutorial assumes that you have worked through "Introduction to Java programming, Part 1: Java language basics" in order to:

  • Gain an understanding of the basics of OOP on the Java platform.
  • Set up the development environment for the tutorial examples.
  • Begin the programming project that you will continue developing in Part 2.

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System requirements

The exercises in this tutorial require a development environment consisting of:

  • JDK 6 from Sun/Oracle
  • Eclipse IDE for Java Developers

Download and installation instructions for both are included in Part 1.

The recommended system configuration for this tutorial is:

  • A system supporting JDK 6 with at least 1GB of main memory. Java 6 is supported on Linux®, Windows®, and Solaris®.
  • At least 20MB of disk space to install the software components and examples covered.

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