Eclipse and Java for beginers

Description

Contents:

Create Your First Java Class

• Create Java project in Eclipse
• Create Java package
• Introduce classes and objects, naming conventions
• Write a simple Java class (Person)

Add Methods To Class

• Introduce Eclipse Views and Perspectives
• Introduce Eclipse user interface — drag / drop, context menus, help
• Add get and set methods to Person class

Use Eclipse Scrapbook

• Introduce Eclipse Scrapbook
• Introduce Java expressions, statements
• Discuss Java packages
• Create Person object in Scrapbook

JUnit Testing in Eclipse, Part 1

• Create test source folder
• Create PersonTest class
• Run first JUnit test

JUnit Testing Continued

• Test Person class — part 2
• Create test methods for constructor, getName, and getMaximumBooks
• Static methods

Using Test-First Development in Eclipse

• Use test-first approach to write the Person toString() method
• Method overriding
• Field Hiding

Create Book Class

• Create BookTest before creating Book class
• Test Book constructor
• Create get and set methods

Add Person to Book Class

• Create a relationship between the Book class and the Person Class
• Test getPerson method
• Create JUnit Test Suite

MyLibrary Class and ArrayList

• How can we hold books, etc. in a collection?
• MyLibrary object to hold Person & Entry objects
• Introduce ArrayList  in scrapbook
• Introduce Java Generics
• Method chaining

Start on MyLibrary Class

• Create MyLibraryTest JUnit test
• Create testMyLibrary to test MyLibrary constructor
• Create MyLibrary constructor
• Introduce instanceof operator
• Introduce assertTrue method

Create first methods in MyLibrary class

• Create test method for addBook, removeBook methods
• Create addBook, removeBook methods and test
• Create addPerson, removePerson methods
• Introduce Eclipse refactoring — move local variable to field

Create checkOut, checkIn Methods

• Create test for checkOut, checkIn methods
• Write checkout method
• Introduce if / then / else syntax
• Introduce boolean method
• Write checkIn method

Continue checkOut Method

• Test checkOut, checkIn methods
• Fix compiler error — misplaced {}
• Add test for maximum books
• Create test for getBooksForPerson() method
• Refactoring — extract method

Finish checkOut Method

• Write getBooksForPerson method
• Introduce for each loop
• Introduce logical ‘and’ operator &&
• NullPointerException errors
• Complete checkOut Method

Finish MyLibrary Methods

• Create test for getAvailableBooks
• Create getAvailableBooks
• Create getUnavailableBooks

Create main Method and JAR File

• Introduce main method
• Write a main method
• Run MyLibrary as Java application
• Export to JAR file and run from Windows

Course Duration: 30  hours