Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer Exam (1Z0-803) Complete Video Course

Description

14+ Hours of Video Instruction

Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer Exam Complete Video Course is a comprehensive training course designed to help you master the Java Certified Associate exam. The course brings the Java Certified Associate exam topics to life through the use of real-world live instruction, demonstrations, and animations, so these foundational Java programming topics are easy and fun to learn. Simon Roberts—a leading Java instructor, trainer, book author and video trainer, and creator of the original Sun Certified Programmer, Developer, and Architect certifications for Sun Microsystems—will walk you through each topic covered in the exam, so you have a full understanding of the material. He begins with an introduction to the Oracle Certification program and also discusses preparation and test-taking strategies, so you can begin your training confidently. Simon then dives into the exam topics, covering all objectives in the Associate exam using a variety of video presentation styles, including live whiteboarding, code demonstrations, and dynamic KeyNote presentations.

Skill Level

• Beginning to Intermediate

Who Should Take This Course

The primary audience includes candidates for the Oracle Certified Java SE 7 Associate Exam; however, anyone interested in building a basic competence in the Java programming language will benefit from using this course.

Course Requirements

The audience should have a basic knowledge of Java or another object-oriented programming language in the syntactic traditions of C/C++. For example, a candidate with a good knowledge of C# should be able to benefit from this material, even if one does not have prior experience in Java. 

Table of Contents

Module 1 Before you begin

Lesson 1 Why would i take the oracle certified associate java programmer exam?

Lesson 2 The path to certification

Lesson 3 Preparation strategies

Module 2 Java basics

Lesson 1 Define the scope of variables

Lesson 1.1 The meaning of scope, blocks, and curly braces

Lesson 1.2 Special cases of scope

Lesson 2 Define the structure of a Java class

Lesson 2.1 Java class files: contents and naming rules

Lesson 2.2 Java classes: the class, member variables, methods, and constructors

Lesson 3 Create executable java applications with a main method

Lesson 3.1 Creating executable Java applications with a main method

Lesson 4 Import other java packages to make them accessible in your code

Lesson 4.1 About packages and their purpose

Lesson 4.2 Statement order, wildcard imports, importing sub-packages, and handling duplicate class names

Module 3 Working with Java data types

Lesson 1 Declare and initialize variables

Lesson 1.1 Using the general form of simple declarations

Lesson 1.2 Using the general form of initialized declarations

Lesson 1.3 Understanding integer primitive types literal forms

Lesson 1.4 Understanding floating point primitive types literal forms

Lesson 1.5 Understanding logical and character primitive types literal forms

Lesson 2 Differentiate between object reference variables and primitive variables

Lesson 2.1 Using the == operator with primitives and references

Lesson 2.2 Understanding method argument passing

Lesson 3 Read or write to object fields

Lesson 3.1 Selecting a field from a reference expression

Lesson 3.2 Using "this" to access fields

Lesson 3.3 Code examples

Lesson 4 Explain an object's lifecycle (creation, "dereference" and garbage collection)

Lesson 4.1 Understanding allocation and referencing

Lesson 4.2 Collecting garbage

Lesson 5 Call methods on objects

Lesson 5.1 Invoking a basic method and expressions that have behavior

Lesson 5.2 Invoking overloaded methods

Lesson 5.3 Calling overridden methods

Lesson 5.4 Distinguishing overridden and overloaded methods

Lesson 6 Manipulate data using the stringbuilder class and its methods

Lesson 6.1 Understanding the common StringBuilder constructors

Lesson 6.2 Using methods that modify StringBuilders

Lesson 6.3 Using methods that read and search in StringBuilders, and using methods that interact with the internal storage of StringBuilders

Lesson 7 Creating and manipulating Strings

Lesson 7.1 Creating Strings

Lesson 7.2 Understanding common String methods: immutability

Lesson 7.3 Using common String methods

Lesson 7.4 Using common String methods to perform comparisons

Module 4 Using operators and decision constructs

Lesson 1 use Java operators

Lesson 1.1 Using operators, operands, and expressions

Lesson 1.2 Using arithmetic operators + -* / %

Lesson 1.3 Using the plus operator with Strings

Lesson 1.4 Promoting operands

Lesson 1.5 Using increment and decrement operators

Lesson 1.6 Using shift operators

Lesson 1.7 Using comparison operators

Lesson 1.8 Using logical operators

Lesson 1.9 Using short-circuit operators

Lesson 1.10 Using assignment operators

Lesson 1.11 Understanding assignment compatibility

Lesson 1.12 Using the ternary operator

Lesson 1.13 Using other elements of expressions

Lesson 2 Use parentheses and operator precedence

Lesson 2.1 Using parentheses and operator precedence

Lesson 3 Test equality between strings and other objects using == and equals()

Lesson 3.1 Understanding the meaning of == and the intended meaning of equals()

Lesson 3.2 Determining if equals() is implemented, and implementing equals()

Lesson 4 Create if and if/else constructs

Lesson 4.1 Understanding the basic form of if and if/else

Lesson 4.2 Using braces with if/else. Effect of “else if”

Lesson 4.3 Understanding the if/ else if/ else structure

Lesson 5 Use a switch statement

Lesson 5.1 Using the general form of switch, case, break, and default

Lesson 5.2 Code examples for the general form of switch

Lesson 5.3 Understanding break

Lesson 5.4 Identifying switchable types

Module 5 Creating and using arrays

Lesson 1 Declare, instantiate, initialize and use a one-dimensional array

Lesson 1.1 Understanding simple array declarations, and variables of array type

Lesson 1.2 Instantiating an array, array length

Lesson 1.3 Initializing arrays by iteration, array indexes

Lesson 1.4 Using a combined declaration and initialization of arrays

Lesson 1.5 Using immediate array creation not in a declaration

Lesson 1.6 Initializing arrays by copying

Lesson 2 Declare, instantiate, initialize and use multi-dimensional array

Lesson 2.1 Declaring multi-dimensional arrays

Lesson 2.2 Using immediate initialization of multi-dimensional arrays

Lesson 2.3 Using iterative initialization of multi-dimensional arrays

Lesson 2.4 Code examples for multi-dimensional arrays

Lesson 3 Declare and use an ArrayList

Lesson 3.1 Understanding the purpose and benefits of ArrayList

Lesson 3.2 Declaring and initializing ArrayList

Lesson 3.3 Using common methods of, and uses of, ArrayList

Lesson 3.4 Investigating documentation and code for ArrayList

Lesson 3.5 Understanding simple generics with the ArrayList

Module 6 Using loop constructs

Lesson 1 Create and use while loops

Lesson 1.1 Creating and using while loops

Lesson 1.2 Code examples of the while loop

Lesson 2 Create and use for loops including the enhanced for loop

Lesson 2.1 Understanding simple use of the for loop

Lesson 2.2 Understanding the initialization section of the for loop

Lesson 2.3 Understanding the test section of the for loop

Lesson 2.4 Understanding the increment section of the for loop

Lesson 2.5 Omitting sections of a for loop

Lesson 2.7 Understanding the simple use of the enhanced for loop

Lesson 2.8 Identifying the valid targets of the enhanced for loop

Lesson 2.9 Using the enhanced for loop with generic collections

Lesson 2.10 Code examples for enhanced for loops

Lesson 3 Create and use do/while loops

Lesson 3.1 Creating and using do/while loops

Lesson 4 Compare loop constructs

Lesson 4.1 Comparing while and do while loops

Lesson 4.2 Comparing while and simple for loops

Lesson 4.3 Comparing while and enhanced for loops working on iterables

Lesson 4.4 Comparing while and enhanced for loopsworking on arrays

Lesson 5 Use break and continue

Lesson 5.1 Using break from single loop

Lesson 5.2 Using continue in a single loop

Lesson 5.3 Using a labeled break from multiple loops

Lesson 5.4 Using a labeled continue from multiple loops

Module 7 Working with methods and encapsulation

Lesson 1 Create methods with arguments and return values

Lesson 1.1 Creating Methods

Lesson 1.2 Code example

Lesson 2 Apply the static keyword to methods and fields

Lesson 2.1 Comparing class fields and object fields

Lesson 2.2 Using static on methods

Lesson 2.3 Code example

Lesson 3 Create an overloaded method

Lesson 3.1 Understanding basic syntax of overloaded methods

Lesson 3.2 Understanding rules and guidance for using overloaded methods

Lesson 3.3 Code example

Lesson 4 Differentiate between default and user-defined constructors

Lesson 4.1 Differentiating between default and user defined constructors

Lesson 5 create and overload constructors

Lesson 5.1 Creating and overloading constructors

Lesson 6 Apply access modifiers

Lesson 6.1 Using the access modifiers public and private

Lesson 6.2 Using default access and the protected modifier

Lesson 7 Apply encapsulation principles to a class

Lesson 7.1 Designing for encapsulation

Lesson 7.2 Implementing encapsulation

Lesson 8 Determine the effect upon object references and primitive values when they are passed into methods that change the values

Lesson 8.1 Changing values through method local variables

Lesson 8.2 Changing the value of method local variables

Lesson 8.3 Code example

Module 8 Working with inheritance

Lesson 1 Implement inheritance

Lesson 1.1 Understanding interface and implementation inheritance

Lesson 1.2 Basic coding of implementation inheritance

Lesson 1.3 Changing inherited behavior

Lesson 1.4 Code examples

Lesson 2 Develop code that demonstrates the use of polymorphism

Lesson 2.1 Understanding the concepts of polymorphism

Lesson 2.2 Code example

Lesson 2.3 Understanding the core terminology of polymorphism

Lesson 3 Differentiate between the type of a reference and the type of an object

Lesson 3.1 Understanding variable type and object type

Lesson 3.2 Determining object type

Lesson 3.3 Code examples

Lesson 4 Determine when casting is necessary

Lesson 4.1 Understanding the liskov substitution principle and the “is a” relationship

Lesson 4.2 Recognizing impossible assignments

Lesson 4.3 Understanding casting with interface types in assignments

Lesson 5 Use super and this to access objects and constructors

Lesson 5.1 Understanding “this()” for accessing object features

Lesson 5.2 Understanding “super()” for accessing parent features

Lesson 5.3 Understanding “this()” for accessing overloaded contructors

Lesson 5.4 Understanding “super()” for accessing parent constructors

Lesson 5.5 Understanding the underlying principles of “this” and “super” for invoking other constructors

Lesson 5.6 Code examples

Lesson 6 Use abstract classes and interfaces

Lesson 6.1 Preventing instantiation

Lesson 6.2 Marking behaviors abstract

Lesson 6.3 Understanding the rules about abstract classes and methods

Lesson 6.4 Understanding and defining interfaces

Lesson 6.5 Implementing and using interfaces

Lesson 6.6 Code example for interfaces

Lesson 6.7 Understanding the rules about interfaces

Module 9 Handling exceptions

Lesson 1 Differentiate among checked exceptions, RuntimeExceptions and errors

Lesson 1.1 Understanding exception types

Lesson 2 Create a try-catch block and determine how exceptions alter normal program flow

Lesson 2.1 Code try and catch

Lesson 2.2 Passing an exception to our caller

Lesson 2.3 Using finally to clean up resources

Lesson 2.4 Using the try with resources mechanism

Lesson 2.5 Code example for try / catch / finally

Lesson 2.6 Code example for try with resources

Lesson 3 Describe what exceptions are used for in Java

Lesson 3.1 Investigating the philosophy of the exception mechanism

Lesson 4 Invoke a method that throws an exception

Lesson 4.1 Handling exceptions thrown by called node

Lesson 4.2 Code example

Lesson 5 Recognize common exception classes and categories

Lesson 5.1 Common exception classes

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