1. Course scope
2. Expectations & prerequisites
3. Tools & environment setup (JDK, IntelliJ IDEA, Git)
4. Java basics – HelloWorld, general structure and syntax, variables, operators

1. Loops (for, while, for..in)
2. Conditionals
3. Arrays
4. Primitives vs Objects
5. Methods

1. Recap
2. Enums
3. String operations
4. Basic algorithms (search, sort)
5. Debugging

1. OOP intro, principles
2. Classes and objects
3. Encapsulation
4. Static members

1. Inheritance
2. Polymorphism
3. Interfaces, abstract classes

1. Data structures overview
2. Collections types & implementations

1. Boxing, wrapper types
2. Comparable & Comparator, sorting
3. Iterable & Iterator
4. Generics, type erasure

1. Anonymous classes
2. Lambda expressions
3. Streams
4. Optional

1. Call stack
2. Exceptions
3. Standard I/O
4. Working with files

1. Unit testing (JUnit)
2. Introduction to TDD
3. Recap important concepts
4. Work on more complex/interactive exercises

1. HTTP Protocol
2. Using Java for a web client (crawler)
3. Using Java for server-side code
4. Simple apps using Spark web framework
5. HTML, CSS intro

1. Relational databases intro
2. Creating tables, constraints
3. SQL basic statements (select, insert, update, delete)
4. Joins
5. Using SQLite, MySQL

1. JDBC (connections, statements)
2. Connection pooling
3. Transactions
4. SQL injection

1. Design Patterns – categories, common patterns (Singleton, Builder, Adapter, Factory)
2. Working with threads
3. Concurrency related issues, solutions (synchronized, atomic updates)
4. Concurrent collection

1. Start working, on an individual or group project
2. Projects combine: basic Java + DB and/or web
3. Student proposed projects also accepted/encouraged

1. Why soft skills matter
2. Technical knowledge coverage
3. What kind of interview questions should you expect
4. Interview simulation

1. Continue working on projects
2. Review code and functionality
3. Assistance as needed
4. Finish working on projects
5. Final review
6. Public presentation of each project

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