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Java SE Foundations
This learning path is actively in production. More content will be added to this page as it gets published and becomes available in the library. Planned content includes:
**Java Language Fundamentals** - Java SE Foundations: The Big Picture (video course) - What's New in Java SE 25 (video course) - Java SE: Foundations (video course) - Guided: Type Inference and Intro to Pattern Matching (hands-on lab) - Guided: Write Java SE Programs with Variables and Control Flow (hands-on lab) - Java SE Foundations: Debugging (video course) - Guided: Debugging Java SE Applications (hands-on lab) - Java SE Foundations: Classes, Packages, and Access Control (video course) - Guided: Organize Java Code with Classes, Packages, and Access Modifiers (hands-on lab) - Java SE Foundations: Exception Handling (video course) - Guided: Exception Handling (hands-on lab)
**Java Tooling and Project Structure** - Java SE Foundations: Maven Fundamentals (video course) - Guided: Automate Builds and Project Setup with Maven in Java SE(hands-on lab)
**Object-oriented Foundations** - Java SE Foundations: Object-oriented Programming (video course) - Guided: Implement Object-oriented Concepts in a Java SE app (hands-on lab)
**Core Java APIs** - Java SE Foundations: Collections (video course) - Guided: Java SE Functional Interfaces and Lambda Expressions (hands-on lab)
The core principles of Java SE through modern, practical development techniques starting with foundational syntax, control flow, and debugging and extending to exception handling object-oriented programming and project setup with Maven. This path prepares you to build maintainable Java applications with strong language fundamentals and essential tooling skills.
Content in this path
Java Language Fundamentals
Learn the essential Java SE language features including variables, control flow, exception handling, and debugging
Java Tooling and Project Structure
Understand how to structure Java SE applications and manage builds using Maven and standard project conventions
Object-oriented Foundations
Explore the principles and practical applications of object-oriented programming in Java
Core Java APIs
Explore essential Java SE libraries that support core development tasks from collections and generics to input and output operations using files and the console
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What You'll Learn
- Java syntax
- Variables and Data Types
- Control flow
- Type Interface
- Exception Handling
- Debugging techniques
- Classes and Packages
- Access Control
- Object-oriented principles
- Collections Framework
- Functional Interfaces
- Lambda Expressions
- Maven fundamental
- Project structure
- Prior exposure to basic programming concepts (e.g., variables, loops, functions)
- Some experience writing or reading code in any language
- No prior Java experience is required
- Object-oriented programming
- Java Syntax
- Lambda Expressions
- Debugging
- Maven
- Functional Interfaces
- Control Flow








