JavaScript and Java (Live Online)

This program will be delivered in Greek, however, basic knowledge of English is required in order for participants to be able to follow it without difficulty.

This 100-hour training program provides the essentials for professional application development using JavaScript and Java programming languages. Additionally, it introduces the participant to the important aspects of modern software development that help increase productivity and quality. The program is jointly developed with Deloitte.

The JavaScript module presents in detail all the fundamental concepts of Bootstrap, jQuery and Angular 11. Using these technologies, Front-End developers can build large-scale web applications that are more responsive, interactive and easy to maintain.

The Java module starts from the fundamental syntax and object-orientation aspects and extends to elements of design and advanced implementations with classes, objects and interfaces. It facilitates a deeper understanding of Object-Oriented Design and Development (OODD) concepts. Moreover, it presents the powerful and versatile Spring framework along with common topics that a Java developer might need, such as database development, portable desktop interfaces, web development, web services, multithreading and TCP/IP programming. A variety of other Java technologies, libraries and tools are covered like Java Stream API, Jackson and JUnit.

The program includes hands-on training and concludes with a capstone project that gives the participants the opportunity to apply the programming skills they have gained throughout the program sessions.

How you will benefit

The program:

Covers all fundamental concepts of JavaScript and Java programming languages, as well as advanced programming techniques.
Presents Bootstrap, a lightweight Front-End framework that helps developers become more efficient and design more responsive web applications.
Presents jQuery, a widely used JavaScript library that leads to more interactive and dynamic web applications.
Presents Angular 11, a framework to build large-scale, high-performance and easy to maintain web applications. Developers can write client-side applications in JavaScript using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture.
Focuses on practical aspects of using Java and targets efficient and clean code development.
Follows the professional development approach: write Java applications with tools that increase productivity, in pair with a single versatile and powerful Java-based framework that covers any development needs.
Covers elements of software design in parallel with object-oriented development.
Elaborates on advanced object-oriented subjects that target optimal software design and code implementation.
Presents common software design patterns and their implementation in Java.
Introduces test automation for Java projects, highlighting the importance of software testing.
Presents the essentials for connecting to databases, creating desktop user interfaces that are portable across a variety of devices, web applications and web services.
Extends to parallel programming and network programming.

Train-To-Hire Opportunities

Candidates will be able to transfer technical knowledge and knowhow in a job-focused scope.

Deloitte offers hiring opportunities based on candidates' results.

Qualified applicants will be funneled to Deloitte to be considered for hiring.

Participant Profile & Selection Criteria

Α degree from a University or Technological Educational Institution (already graduated or expected to graduate within 2021) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar technical course of study.
Α good understanding of the software lifecycle and problem solving skills.
Knowledge of one of the following programming languages: Python (or another object oriented language). Knowledge of Angular, Node.js, React Native or Vue.JS is considered a plus.
Good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Basic understanding of Ajax is preferred
Good knowledge of Java /C++/C# syntax, data types, decision, loop statements, exception handling, etc. Basic knowledge of objects and classes in Java /C++/C#.
Basic understanding of UML diagrams
Basic knowledge of SQL and DDL is preferred

Program Schedule

Program duration: 100 hours

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Program Syllabus

JavaScript

Java

Java and Object-Oriented Design and Development (OODD) Basics

Introduction to the IntelliJ Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Overview of the IDE, features, types of projects, source code files.
Basics of the Java language syntax
Recap of the data types, variables, constants, loops, conditions, enumeration types, classes and objects.
Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design and Development (OODD) with Java
Includes classes, instantiation of objects, fields, methods, properties, constructors, static members, overloaded methods.
Depicting a software design in UML using Visual Paradigm
Includes UML Class Diagram, UML Sequence Diagram, UML State Diagram, UML Package Diagram.

Additional language features

Exceptions
Includes handling/raising exceptions, exception classes.
Generics
Includes generic classes and methods, bounded type parameters.
Lambdas
Includes multiple parameters and statements, forEach method, action listeners.
Streams and Text
Using Java I/O streams and Java Stream API to read/write binary data and text. Includes string operations, encodings and key-value dictionaries.

Dynamic Polymorphism

Dynamic binding and virtual methods
How to override methods and implement polymorphism in the descendant classes.
Reflection and dynamic instantiation
Includes reflection, dynamic class instantiation with constructor parameters, dynamic class loading.

Software Design Patterns and Interfaces

Implementation of creational patterns
Includes Lazy Initialization, Singleton, Factory Method.
Implementation of structural and behavioral patterns
Includes Facade, Command, Mediator.
Understanding interfaces
How to declare, implement and use interfaces. Understand the garbage collector (GC) mechanism.
Implementation of patterns based on interfaces
Includes Adapter, Iterator, Observer.
The Dependency Injection (DI) pattern
Overview of DI through examples.

Improved Software Quality with Unit Testing

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Overview of integration, performance, unit tests based on expected behavior/value/state assertions.
Unit testing with JUnit
How to create unit tests in your project using JUnit.

Improved Object-Oriented Design with Modules and Layers

Packaging classes
Understand packages as namespaces, explore built-in and additional packages.
Modules
Create a custom package.
Layers
Implement a 3-tier architecture in Java.

Data Layer Objects

JDBC
Includes connecting to different RDBMS, wrapping functionality in data layer objects.
XML
Includes reading XML, recursion on XML trees and writing XML files.
JSON
Includes serializing/deserializing Java objects with Jackson.

Presentation Layer Objects

User interface design and implementation
Includes mockups, declarative UI programming with JavaFX.
The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern
Understand and implement MVC without any framework.

The Spring Framework

Spring Core and Spring Boot
Overview of the Spring framework modules, the concept of Inversion-of-Control (IoC). Includes IoC container and beans, application configuration.
Spring Data
How to develop database applications with Spring.
Spring MVC
How to develop MVC web applications with Spring.
Spring Rest
How to develop a RESTFul web API with Spring.

Parallel Programming

Asynchronous execution
Includes Future, CompletableFuture, ListenableFuture interfaces.
Multithreading
Include threads, semaphores.
TCP/IP socket programming
Create a custom TCP stack layer 5 protocol using sockets in Java.

Capstone Project

Instructor Bios

Pantelis I. Kaplanoglou 692x692 GrayBack Pantelis I. Kaplanoglou is a Machine Learning Engineer and Ph.D. candidate in Explainable Machine Learning, with an M.Sc. in Web Intelligence and a B.Sc. in Software Engineering. He has worked for 20+ years in computer industry, in both IT Services and Software Development, before pursuing research and teaching. He has served as a team leader for a software R&D department and an international software development associate for a major multinational retailer. He has acquired knowledge on various domains and subjects, that spans from IT Security to Deep Neural Networks, and diverse programming languages from x86 Assembly to ASP.NET/C# and Python. The last three years he is participating in research projects relative to Computer Vision for Autonomous UAV, Big Data Recommender Systems, Natural Language Understanding.

Viktoratos Image Dr Iosif Viktoratos holds a BSc, MSc in Computer Engineering and Informatics from University of Patras, Greece and a MSc degree in Informatics and Management from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He completed his PhD in the department of Economic Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Iosif has worked as a teaching assistant in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Department of Economics) and is currently teaching as an adjunct professor at ACT (American College of Thessaloniki) and the International University of Greece, department of Accounting and Information Systems. Regarding his research work, he is currently a postdoc researcher (personalized advertising, Department of Economics) and he has published various works in academic journals and international conferences. Two of his works have won awards in competitions for the best application. His research interests focus on mobile commerce and development, semantic web, artificial intelligence, context-aware computing and social networking.

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