Java, from the Ground Up - Outline

Tuesday, 1/18/2000

Introduction

Java History

	Origins - Oak project and conversion to WWW
	JavaScript vs Java
	JDK 1.0x, 1.1, 2.0
	100% "Pure Java" and legal implications
	Specialized versions: embedded, personal java, etc

Applet Example

	Java and HTML
	Differentiate between Applet and Application

Java Architecture Overview

Language (Details later)

	Features
	Java Basics
	Sample Code

API (Details later)

API vs Java

Using Java

JDK versions

Tools

	IDEs
	Others

Books

Links

Wednesday, 1/19/2000

Java Architecture in Depth

Java the Language

java.lang

	Primitive Data Types
	Classes, Fields, and Methods
	Objects
	Visibility
	Types of Classes
	Running Example
	Classes and Interfaces
	Inheritance
	Inheritance Challenges
	Method and Field Resolution
	Interfaces
	Control Flow
	Exceptions
	Threads

Java Core APIs

java.util (collections API)

java.awt

java.applet

Creating Applets

java.awt.event (Java 1.1 Event Model)

Live Example

Subtlety

	why Java is truly OO
	why Java is truly typesafe
	why Java is Y2K (Y3K, etc) compliant
	Trends in Java uses

Thursday, 1/20/2000

Java Core APIs (con't)

java.io

	What's in the java.io package?
	Streams
	InputStreams, OutputStreams, Readers and Writers
	Files and FileDescriptors
	Serialization

java.net

	What's in the java.net package?
	Networking Basics
	URLs and URLConnections
	UDP and TCP Sockets
	Miscellaneous Networking Utilities

java.util.jar / java.util.zip

	Why use JAR files?
	Common JAR Usage
	Manifests

java.security

	Evolution of the Security Model
	Java 1.2 Security Model in depth
	How to control Applets and Applications

Java VM and Bytecode

Java VM Structure

Friday, 1/21/2000

Java Extensions

javax.swing

	What is JFC and Swing?
	Swing Component Architecture
	Practical Usage of Swing
	Live Example 2

javax.servlet

	What's a Servlet?
	Why use Servlets?
	Quick Introduction
	Live Example 3

Not Discussed...

java.awt

	java.awt.color
	java.awt.datatransfer
	java.awt.dnd
	java.awt.font
	java.awt.geom
	java.awt.im
	java.awt.image

java.beans[.*]

java.lang.ref[.*]

java.lang.System

java.lang.reflect[.*]

java.math

java.rmi[.*]

javax

	javax.accessibility
	javax.swing.colorchooser
	javax.swing.filechooser
	javax.swing.table
	javax.tree

Other APIs