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Overview of Java 8 technologies

• The Java 8 language and application types.
• Vocabulary and portability.
• Java and memory management.
• Security, Java 8 programs and multithreading concepts.
• Overview of Javadoc and compiling.
• Getting started with Eclipse.

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Object-oriented programming with Java 8

• Basic data types in Java.
• How to declare a class with its methods.
• Instantiation, constructor.
• Data manipulation by methods.
• How to access methods.

3

Syntax of the Java language

• Structure of a .java file.
• Instantiation process.
• The concept of Object identity, the declaration of variables and initialization.
• How to access methods and primitive types and classes of the java.lang package.
• Constants and assignment operators.
• Instruction of controls, loops and iterations.

4

Advanced object-oriented programming and arrays

• Tables and collections.
• Creating and initializing an ArrayList and how to access the elements (loops).
• Simple inheritance in Java.
• Method overloads.
• Superclasses, subclasses and interfaces in Java.

5

Managing errors

• All types of errors in Java.
• How to manage error types.
• Find the exceptions of the basic class methods in the documentation.
• Implementing exception handling in Java.
• What is a package?
• The CLASSPATH variable and naming conventions.
• Customizing your own package.

6

Overview of some Java APIs

• StringBuilder and its methods, use of the class.
• Creating and working with strings.
• Creating and working with calendar data.
• Writing a simple lambda expression.

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Preparing for Java 8 certification

• Summaries of recurring questions.
• Tips for the certification exam.