Starting with Java Code for Manual Testers

1. Java App structure (2hr)

• Class and its responsibility
• Method and its intention
• Package and its cohesion
• JARs
• Simple App with packages and JAR demo

2. Maven Overview (0.5)

• Build cycle
• Dependencies
• Über-jar pattern POM structure

3. IDEA Overview (0.5)

• Building
• Debugging

4. Java Syntax Basics for Procedure Style (3)

• Naming conventions
• Code style conventions
• Static modifier
• Enums
• Flow control structures
• Primitive types
• Operators
• Casting

5. JUnit recap (1)

• Test structure
• Tests as specifications

6. Primitive types VS Reference types (2)

• Heap and Stack
• Parameter passing styles
• Arrays
• Strings
• Wrappers

7. Java Syntax Basics for OOP (3)

• Visibility
• Constructor
• Inheritance
• Classes and Interfaces
• Polymorphism
• Best practices for class design
• Design quality criteria

8. Exceptions (2)

• Exceptions in Java
• Exception handling strategies
• Try-with-resources
• Exception types in Java
• Best practices for exception type system design

9. System Library (1)

• j.l.System
• j.l.Object
• Collections API Overview
• Java 8 Streams Overview

10. Threading Overview (1)

• Threads in Java
• Thread API
• Concurrency issues overview
• Best practices for multithreaded design

11. Data interaction with flat txt files (2)

• j.i.File
• Java IO Streams Overview
• Apache Commons IO library

12. Data interaction with CSV txt files (1)

• Apache Commons CSV library

13. Data interaction with XLS files (1)

• Apache POI library

14. Data interaction with XML files (3)

• XML recap: namespaces, elements, attributes
• Well-formed vs Valid documents
• APIs overview: SAX vs DOM
• Java API for SAX
• Java API for DOM
• OXM with JAXB overview

15. Data integration with JSON files (1)

• JSON recap
• Jackson library

16. DB interaction with JDBC API (3)

• JDBC API Overview
• Derby Overview
• Connection, DriverManager and ConnectionPools
• DDL and DML recap
• Inserting and updating data with Statement and PreparedStatement
• Fetching data with ResultSet

17. Buffer (3hr)

18. DB interaction with Spring jdbcTemplate *

• Intro to Spring
• Spring configuration for dataSource
• JdbcTemplate and RowMapper
• DAO pattern

19. DB Interaction with JPA *

• ORM concept
• Key annotations
• JPA API Overview