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Introduction to Java® Using WebSphere® Studio App Developer

Audience
(5 Days)

Application developers, programmers and other technical professionals transitioning to Java® that will be utilizing IBM’s WebSphere® Studio Application Developer as their IDE development tool.

Course Abstract

Through a combination of instructor-led discussions and hands on workshops the course will illustrate the methods and techniques for developing applications using IBM’s WebSphere® Studio Application Developer.  The course will offer a practical introduction to the Java® programming language and discuss Java® topics like; class definitions and hierarchies, polymorphism, encapsulation, abstraction, exception handling, Java® data types, flow control, conditional testing, single and multidimensional arrays, JDBC access and the creation of Java® applications.  Each of the topics will be taught while utilizing the basic components of IBM’s toolset; project creation and navigation, source editor and team development, Java® compiler, debugging and testing tools and the other aspects of IBM’s WebSphere® Studio Application Developer IDE.

Course Objectives

Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills:

• Understand the roots and benefits of object oriented application design.

• Illustrate each of the key OO concepts of inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation and abstraction.

• Understand a class definition and its components of data and access methods.

• Depict the major differences between procedural application development and object-oriented systems in both design and implementation.

• Utilize the source repository and debugging features of VisualAge for managing all Java® source testing binary files.

• Understand the role of exception handling and its implementation.

• Illustrate Java® file access considerations using streams and buffers.

• Depict the role of JDBC in RDBMS database access and updating.

• Illustrate the basic concepts behind even-driven programming and its role in an OO application environment.

Course Topics

• OO Overview

• VisualAge Environment

• Debugging

• Encapsulation/Abstraction

• Inheritance

• Polymorphism

• Class Definitions

• Exception Handling

• JDBC

Prerequisites

Each student should have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and a fundamental knowledge of any application programming language.  No object-oriented background is required.