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1. Introduction to Java

• Overview of Java: History, features, and applications.
• Java Development Kit (JDK): Installing and configuring the JDK.
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM): Understanding their roles.
• Writing and Running Java Programs: Basics of compiling and executing Java programs.

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2. Basic Syntax and Structure

• Java Basics: Keywords, data types, variables, and constants.
• Operators: Arithmetic, relational, logical, bitwise, assignment, and conditional operators.
• Control Structures: if, if-else, switch-case, while, do-while, for loops.

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3. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Classes and Objects: Defining classes, creating objects, constructors.
• Methods: Method declaration, calling methods, method overloading.
• Encapsulation: Access modifiers, getter and setter methods.
• Inheritance: Superclass and subclass, method overriding, using the super keyword.
• Polymorphism: Method overriding and method overloading.
• Abstraction: Abstract classes and interfaces.

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4. Arrays and Strings

• Arrays: Single-dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays, array manipulation.
• Strings: String class, string methods, StringBuffer and StringBuilder classes.

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5. Exception Handling

• Basics of Exceptions: Types of exceptions, try-catch block, multiple catch blocks.
• Throw, Throws, and Finally: Understanding their usage.
• Creating Custom Exceptions: User-defined exception classes.

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6. Packages and Interfaces

• Packages: Creating and using packages, access protection.
• Interfaces: Defining and implementing interfaces, multiple inheritance using interfaces.

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7. Collections Framework

• Introduction to Collections: Overview of the Collections framework.
• List Interface: ArrayList, LinkedList.
• Set Interface: HashSet, TreeSet.
• Map Interface: HashMap, TreeMap.
• Queue Interface: PriorityQueue, Deque.

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8. File I/O and Serialization

• File Handling: Reading and writing files using FileReader, FileWriter, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter.
• Serialization: Serializing and deserializing objects using ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream.

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9. Multithreading

• Introduction to Multithreading: Creating and running threads, thread lifecycle.
• Thread Synchronization: Synchronized methods and blocks, inter-thread communication.
• Concurrency Utilities: Executor framework, Callable and Future interfaces.

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10. GUI Programming

• Introduction to AWT and Swing: Basic GUI components and containers.
• Event Handling: Event delegation model, handling events in AWT and Swing.
• Layout Managers: BorderLayout, FlowLayout, GridLayout.
• Advanced GUI Components: JTree, JTable, JTabbedPane.

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11. Networking

• Basics of Networking: Networking basics, TCP/IP protocol suite.
• Java Networking API: Sockets, ServerSocket, InetAddress, URL, HttpURLConnection.

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12. JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)

• Introduction to JDBC: JDBC drivers, establishing a connection.
• CRUD Operations: Creating, reading, updating, and deleting data using JDBC.
• Advanced JDBC: Transactions, batch processing, CallableStatement.

Recommended Books and Resources

• “Effective Java” by Joshua Bloch: Best practices for Java programming.
• “Java: The Complete Reference” by Herbert Schildt: Comprehensive guide to Java.
• “Head First Java” by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates: Beginner-friendly introduction to Java.
• Online courses and tutorials: Codecademy, Coursera, Udacity, edX.

Practical Assignments

• Basic Programs: Simple programs to understand syntax and control structures.
• OOP Assignments: Creating classes, objects, and demonstrating OOP principles.
• Collections and File I/O: Programs to manipulate collections and perform file operations.
• Multithreading and GUI Projects: Creating multithreaded applications and GUI-based projects.
• Database Connectivity Projects: Building applications that interact with databases using JDBC.

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