Big Java, 3rd ed.,
Cay Horstmann,
Wiley 2008,
ISBN 978-0-470-10554-2

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 18
Chapter 20
Chapter 22

Java language

• Instance variables, local variables, parameters

• Variable type (primitive / object)

• Accessibility (private, public, other)

• Methods (return type, parameters, overloading, structure, calling)

• Constructors, initialization, default value

• Inheritance (variables, methods, overriding, typecasting)

• Static, this, this(), super, super()

• Selection (if-else, switch)

• Iteration (for, for-each, while, do-while)

• Libraries (Swing, JDBC, util, collection ... etc.)

• Utilities (Math, Array ... etc.)

Implementation of designed model / techniques+tools

• Class diagrams (associations, aggregations, specializations)

• Dynamics (sequence diagrams / use cases)

• Sorting (different algorithms, big-Oh)

• Searching (linear, binary)

• Interfaces / Abstract classes

• Recursion

• Exceptions

• Persistence (Files / Database (JDBC))

• GUI (Swing, components, events)

• Testing

Architecture

• Abstract Data types / Data structures (collections, List, Array, ArrayList, Map, Queue, Stack, Heap ... etc.)

• Model, View, Control (MVC)

• Software Design Patterns (GRASP, Singleton, delegation etc.)

• Packages