Course: Android Java primer

This training is OS platform-independent

Mike the Android robot Java has become a very popular programming language over the past years with a lot of application areas. One of these areas is programming of mobile apps for the Android platform that has a market share of more than 50% in the meantime. The course Android Java primer particularly covers the Java elements that are needed to write programs in the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) environment. These Java building blocks and constructions will not be explained with all subtleties (there is not enough time for that), however you will obtain enough Java luggage to start exploring the world of Android apps. Read more >>>

Target audience

This course is meant for programmers who want to gain enough Java knowledge to start building apps for the Android platform (i.e. as a preparation for the course "Android development fundamentals").

Duration and cost

This is a two day course.

Price in 2012: € 950.- plus 19% VAT p.p;

Discounts:

When combined with the course "Android development fundamentals" you will pay for both courses together (total of 5 days) € 1995,-.
For introduction you will receive an additional discount of 25% on the previously mentioned prices when you subscribe for the first public course (may 2012).

Scheduled dates

This course is part of our regular programme. For the courses that are mentioned below, the course material is in English and the teaching language will be English unless the attendants prefer the Dutch language unanimously.

Currently scheduled course dates are:

21,22 May 2012	Utrecht
20,21 Sep 2012	Utrecht

Detailed information about this course

Java programming language

Java is an interpreted language. The compiler — that is integrated within the Eclipse development environment — translated a Java program to so-called "bytecode". This bytecode will be interpreted by the Java Virtual Machine that is part of the Android platform.
The Java syntax is based on the syntax of the programming languages C en C++. Like C++, Java is an object oriented language.

Prerequisite knowledge

To follow this course programming experience is required with other languages. It does not matter whether you have gained experience with a compiled language (like C or Pascal) or a scripting language (shell, awk). It is especially important that you are able to tackle a task at an algorithmic level.

Technical content of the course

The course covers:

Introduction, basic principles of Java
Essentials of object oriented programming
Classes and methods
Declarations
Control structures
Exceptions
Collections
Multithreading

The course does not cover:

Android-specific knowledge. You can gain this knowledge with the follow-up course "Android development fundamentals".

Documentation

Course attendees receive a student pack with copies of the presentations, lab exercises and answers to the exercises.

Certificate

Shortly after the course the student will receive a certificate as a proof of participation.