Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 5 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Matt Speake, Java Easily
Rating
2 views
Course Overview
Harness the power of the Java 8 platform and functional programming with Java Lambdas, Java Streams and more!
Do you want to learn the fundamentals of the Java 8 programming platform? Would you like to be able to understand how to make use of the latest Java 8 functional programming features? Maybe you're on a new project which is based on Java 8 and you'd like a gentle introduction to how the Java 8 platform hangs together?
Then this course is for you!
I take you from knowing nothing about Java 8, assuming just an intermediate level knowledge of Java, and take you through each concept in the Java 8 platform, step by step, from first principles.
In this course you'll be introduced to and come to understand:
What's new in Java 8 (and why you should take notice!)
Lambda Expressions (what they are and how to use them)
Functional Interfaces (why they're important and what role they play)
Function Descriptors (a handy tool for understanding lambdas and functional interfaces)
Method References (the different types and how to use and apply them)
Default Methods (what they are, why they were introduced and where to use them)
Pipelines and Streams (understanding through example)
Optionals and the Optionals API (what they're for and how to use them)
This course is a concise, no-nonsense guide to Java 8 which explains just enough detail so that you can absorb and understand the core concepts and get you up and running, quickly and effectively with coding in Java 8.
I can't wait to teach you all about the exciting features of Java 8 inside! ;)
Course Content
- 8 section(s)
- 31 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Lambda Expressions and Functional Interfaces
- Section 3 Pipelines and Streams
- Section 4 Other Features
- Section 5 Java 8 Coding Demos: Lambda Expressions and Functional Interfaces
- Section 6 Java 8 Coding Demos: The Stream API
- Section 7 Java 8 Coding Demos: Other Features
- Section 8 Wrapping Up
What You’ll Learn
- A sound foundational understanding of the main Java 8 concepts
- Understand how to use and apply lambda expressions and be able to write your own
- Be able to use and write functional interfaces and work with them in functional code
- Understand optionals and the optionals API for guarding against null pointer exceptions
- Understand the basics of streams and be able to process collections with them by forming a pipeline to map, filter and collect elements
- Have confidence to be able to read and understand modern functional code written using the Java 8 constructs
- Appreciate other aspects such as default and static methods, why they're introduced and how they work
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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AAvni̇ Gürel Gürdere
Java 8 Topics is well structured. While I find it too theoretical at times, it provides a good starting point.
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KKen Bennett
The examples given were well explained but there weren't enough of them. Usage of Java 8 concepts in a real world example would have been very useful.
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SSowjanya Puvvada
Good introduction to java 8 .. easy to understand ! Matt gives a good insight to the what's and why's of each new language feature , following by good coding examples.. You would be no longer an alien to java 8!
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VVarun Nambiar
Covers a good amount of topics in short time. Good course to get initiated with Java 8 features.
