Date: 25-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/WJT-2761.xml

J2SE 5.0 New Features and Behavioral Changes: Overview (WJT-2761)

The J2SE 5.0 New Features and Behavioral Changes: Overview course provides students with the knowledge about the new features, behavioral changes, and skill sets necessary to work with J2SE 5.0. Students will get an overview of the new features in J2SE 5.0 including the new JSRs, quality improvements, and other enhancements. Students will understand the performance and scalabililty features and the ease of developing using J2SE 5.0. Students will learn about JVM monitoring and management; desktop client enhancements including necessary upgrades; and the standard library API enhancements and additions.

Course Length

4 hours

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Languages

English

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are Java Programmers, GUI developers, and Java application developers and deployers.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should have:

Use UML for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Understand the fundamentals of the Java programming language
Construct GUI using Java Foundation Class

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Understand and identify all the new features in J2SE 5.0 (language and others)
Understand the difference when running an application on J2SE 5.0 as compared with J2SE 4.0

Related Courses

Before:

Java Programming Language (SL-275)
GUI Construction with Java Foundation Classes (SL-320)

After:

J2SE Platform 5.0 for the Developer: Language Changes (WJO-2762)

Course Content

Module 1 - Overview of the new features in J2SE 5.0

Describe the important changes in J2SE 5.0
Describe the new JSRs in J2SE 5.0
Identify the quality improvements in in J2SE 5.0
List the new performance and scalability features in J2SE 5.0
Compare the ease of development in J2SE 5.0 as opposed to J2SE 4.0
Describe monitoring and manageability features in J2SE 5.0
Describe profiling and diagnostics in J2SE 5.0
List the desktop client enhancements in J2SE 5.0
List the other enhancements of J2SE 5.0

Module 2 - Performance and Scalabililty

List GC enhancements
List the class file enhancements of J2SE 5.0
Describe Targeted JVM for Server class machines

Module 3 - Ease of Development

Describe the language specification changes in J2SE 5.0 that ease development
Describe the standard library enhancements in J2SE 5.0 that ease development
Describe the new tools in J2SE 5.0 that ease development

Module 4 - JVM Monitoring and Management

Describe JVM monitoring and management features
Describe JVM profiling features
Examine new fatal error diagnostic tools
Describe monitoring, management, and diagnostic tools

Module 5 - Desktop Client Enhancements

Describe the Java plug-in and Java WebStart upgrade in the desktop client
List graphics upgrades in the desktop client
List performance upgrades in the desktop client

Module 6 - Standard Library API Enhancements and Addition

Describe XML and Web Services API Upgrades
Describe JDBC API upgrades
Describe Unicode Support Enhancements
Describe security API enhancements
Describe concurrency utilities