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Jeya Lakshmi
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Java syllabus

S*tep 1: Java Fundamentals (Core Java)*

*1.1 Basics of Java
*

History and Features of Java

Setting up Java and IDE (IntelliJ/Eclipse)

Java Syntax & Program Structure

Hello World Program

1.2 Variables & Data Types

Primitive vs Non-Primitive

Type Casting

Constants (final keyword)

1.3 Operators and Expressions

Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, Bitwise, Assignment

1.4 Control Statements

if, if-else, nested if

switch-case

for, while, do-while loops

break & continue


**Step 2: Arrays & Strings (Strong Concepts)

**
2.1 Arrays

1D and 2D Arrays

Array Traversing, Searching, Sorting

Reverse, Duplicate, Frequency Count, Rotations

2.2 Strings

String, StringBuilder, StringBuffer

Common string operations (substring, replace, equals, compareTo)

Palindrome, Anagram, Word count


*Step 3: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
*

Class & Object

Constructor & Constructor Overloading

Inheritance

Polymorphism (Method Overloading & Overriding)

Encapsulation

Abstraction (interface vs abstract class)

this & super keywords

static keyword


*Step 4: Java Memory & Exception Handling
*

Stack vs Heap

Garbage Collection

try, catch, finally, throw, throws

Custom Exceptions


*Step 5: Collections & Generics
*

List (ArrayList, LinkedList)

Set (HashSet, TreeSet)

Map (HashMap, TreeMap)

Queue (PriorityQueue, Deque)

Iterator, ListIterator

Generics in Collections


*Step 6: Java 8+ Features (Modern Java)
*

Lambda Expressions

Functional Interfaces

Stream API

Method References

Optional Class

Date & Time API


*Step 7: File I/O & Serialization
*

Reading & Writing files

FileReader, BufferedReader, FileWriter

Serialization & Deserialization


*Step 8: Multithreading & Concurrency
*

Thread Class & Runnable Interface

Thread Lifecycle

Synchronization

ExecutorService & ThreadPool

wait(), notify(), join()


*Step 9: JDBC (Database Connectivity)
*

JDBC Architecture

Steps to connect to DB

CRUD operations using JDBC

PreparedStatement

Handling SQL Exceptions


*Step 10: Projects in Core Java
*

Student Management System (with File I/O)

Library Management System

ATM Interface


*Step 11: Spring Framework
*

11.1 Spring Core

Dependency Injection (DI)

Beans, ApplicationContext

11.2 Spring Boot

REST API Development

Spring Initializr, Auto Configuration

Controllers, Services, Repositories

Application.properties

11.3 Spring MVC

Model-View-Controller Pattern

RequestMapping, PathVariable, RequestParam

11.4 Spring Data JPA

Entity Mapping

Repository Interfaces

JPQL

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Thank you all so much for support over the past month!
This community truly kept me going, and to express my gratitude, I’ve written a special article just to say thanks to every one
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