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Java Developer Roadmap

December 27, 2024
Java Developer Roadmap

Java

Introduction

  • Why is Java widely used for enterprise solutions?
  • What is WORA (Write Once, Run Anywhere)?
  • How does Java achieve platform independence?
  • Weaknesses of Java
  • Java Coding Conventions

Core Concepts

  • What are JDK, JRE and JVM?
  • Bytecode and its significance
  • How is Java code compiled and interpreted?
  • JIT
  • Garbage Collector

OOP Principles

  • Inheritance
  • Encapsulation
  • Polymorphism
  • Abstraction
  • What is the Diamond Problem?
  • Interfaces vs Abstract Classes

Data Types

  • Primitive vs Non-Primitive
  • Immutable vs Mutable
  • Wrapper Classes
  • Access Modifiers
  • Static vs. Non-Static members
  • Enums
  • Generics and Wildcards

Exception Handling

  • Why an Exception might Occur?
  • Difference between Error and Exception
  • Checked Exception vs. Unchecked Exception
  • Exception Hierarchy
  • How to create custom exceptions

Collections Framework:

  • HashMap
  • HashSet
  • TreeMap
  • TreeSet

Threading and Concurrency

  • Multithreading
  • Thread Lifecycle
  • Deadlocks
  • Thread safety
  • Synchronized & Thread Join
  • Callable Interface
  • Concurrency vs. Parallelism

Others

  • Annotations
  • Comparator
  • String Pooling
  • Stream API
  • Lambda Expressions
  • Aspect Oriented Programming

Data Structures

  • Binary Search Tree (BST)
  • Balanced BSTs
    • Red-Black Tree
    • AVL Tree
  • B-Tree and B+Tree
  • Hash Table

Spring Boot

Prerequisites

  • Maven / Gradle
  • Understanding REST APIs: Basics of HTTP, JSON, and REST principles.

Introduction

  • What is Spring Framework vs. Spring Boot?
  • Setting up a Spring Boot Project using Spring Initializr

Basics

  • Project Structure in Spring Boot
  • How application.properties works
  • What @SpringBootApplication Annotation do?
  • Application Context

Dependency Injection

  • Overview of IoC
  • How to Inject Dependency?
    • @Autowired
    • Constructor Injection
    • Setter Injection
  • Bean Scopes and Lifecycles
  • Circular Dependency

Spring Data JPA

  • How database connection works?
  • How JPA works?
  • Lazy loading vs. Edger Loading

To be continue....


Database

  • ACID Properties
  • Normalization
  • SQL Query (Join, Where, Group By)
  • Database Indexing
  • RDBMS vs NoSQL

Clean Code

  • SOLID Principles

Design Patterns

  • Singleton
  • Prototype
  • Observer
  • Strategy
  • Factory
  • Builder

Networking

  • OSI Model
  • TCP/IP
  • TCP vs UDP
  • Domain
  • HTTP vs HTTPS
  • SSL
  • DNS
  • What happens when you enter a URL in Browser?

Tools and Resources

  1. IntelliJ IDEA Premium: Available via GitHub Student Package.
  2. Recommended YouTube Channels: