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October 24, 2007

Here is a great free screencam video tutorial, titled Eclipse And Java For Total Beginners that will help get you started developing Java programs using Eclipse. To use these Java Eclipse tutorials you do not need to have previous experience with Eclipse or Java. You have access to a total of 16 tutorial lessons, with each being from 9 to 14 minutes in length, for a total of about 3 1/4 hours. The lessons take you through a step-by-step instructions on how to code and develop a simple 'personal lending library' application. All lessons are voice narrated.

You can access the Download files here for these Java Eclipse Tutorials and get started when you're ready. The lessons are recorded using Adobe Flash. Be sure to download the Tutorial Companion document as well. Here are the Lesson Descriptions. The tutorials use Eclipse version 3.3 (Europa), released June 2007. You can also download 12 Java Persistence Lessons at this site.

Eclipse Java Video Tutorial Lessons:

Lesson 1 – Create Your First Java Class (11:39)

Create Java project in Eclipse
Create Java package
Introduce classes and objects, naming conventions
Write a simple Java class (Person)

Lesson 2 – Add Methods To Class (13:20)

Introduce Eclipse Views and Perspectives
Introduce Eclipse user interface – drag / drop, context menus, help
Add get and set methods to Person class

Lesson 3 – Use Eclipse Scrapbook (12:33)

Introduce Eclipse Scrapbook
Introduce Java expressions, statements
Discuss Java packages
Create Person object in Scrapbook

Lesson 4 – JUnit Testing in Eclipse, Part 1 (12:26)

Create test source folder
Create PersonTest class
Run first JUnit test

Lesson 5 – JUnit Testing Continued (8:54)

Test Person class – part 2
Create test methods for constructor, getName, and getMaximumBooks
Static methods

Lesson 6 – Using Test-First Development in Eclipse (11:43)

Use test-first approach to write the Person toString() method
Method overriding
Field Hiding

Lesson 7 – Create Book Class (10:25)

Create BookTest before creating Book class
Test Book constructor
Create get and set methods

Lesson 8 – Add Person to Book Class (13:13)

Create a relationship between the Book class and the Person Class
Test getPerson method
Create JUnit Test Suite

Lesson 9 – MyLibrary Class and ArrayList (12:30)

How can we hold books, etc. in a collection?
MyLibrary object to hold Person & Entry objects
Introduce ArrayList in scrapbook
Introduce Java Generics
Method chaining

Lesson 10 – Start on MyLibrary Class (12:23)

Create MyLibraryTest JUnit test
Create testMyLibrary to test MyLibrary constructor
Create MyLibrary constructor
Introduce instanceof operator
Introduce assertTrue method

Lesson 11 – Create first methods in MyLibrary class (12:56)

Create test method for addBook, removeBook methods
Create addBook, removeBook methods and test
Create addPerson, removePerson methods
Introduce Eclipse refactoring – move local variable to field

Lesson 12 – Create checkOut, checkIn Methods (13:44)

Create test for checkOut, checkIn methods
Write checkout method
Introduce if / then / else syntax
Introduce boolean method
Write checkIn method

Lesson 13 – Continue checkOut Method (11:26)

Test checkOut, checkIn methods
Fix compiler error – misplaced {}
Add test for maximum books
Create test for getBooksForPerson() method
Refactoring – extract method

Lesson 14 – Finish checkOut Method (12:44)

Write getBooksForPerson method
Introduce “for each” loop
Introduce logical and operator “&&”
NullPointerException errors
Complete checkOut Method

Lesson 15 – Finish MyLibrary Methods (13:59)

Create test for getAvailableBooks
Create getAvailableBooks
Create getUnavailableBooks

Lesson 16 – Create main Method and JAR File (13:43)

Introduce main method
Write a main method
Run MyLibrary as Java application
Export to JAR file and run from Windows

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