Console application with layered design
Deliverable: A menu-driven application with clearly separated model, service and data layers, demonstrating encapsulation and interface use, with JUnit tests for the service layer.
Course
Java Programming
Core Java properly, then Spring Boot — with real weight given to object-oriented design and the collections framework, because that is what enterprise Java interviews actually test.
- Duration: 6 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: beginner to advanced
What you will be able to do
- Write, structure and debug object-oriented Java of substantial size
- Choose the right collection for a problem and explain the complexity trade-off
- Handle exceptions deliberately rather than by wrapping everything in try-catch
- Query a relational database from Java and map results into domain objects
- Build and secure a REST API with Spring Boot
- Write unit tests with JUnit and refactor safely behind them
Who this course is for
- Graduates in engineering, computer applications, science or mathematics
- Final-year students targeting campus or off-campus placements
- Working professionals moving into enterprise backend development
- No prior programming experience required, though logic aptitude helps
Syllabus
9 modules · 6 months
Module 1. Java fundamentals
- The JVM, JDK and JRE, and why the distinction matters
- Primitives, references and the difference beginners trip over
- Control flow, methods and parameter passing
- Arrays and strings, including immutability and the string pool
- Reading a stack trace and debugging with intent
Module 2. Object-oriented design
- Classes, objects, constructors and the object lifecycle
- Encapsulation and why getters are not automatically good design
- Inheritance, composition, and preferring the second
- Interfaces, abstract classes and choosing between them
- Polymorphism and dynamic dispatch
- equals, hashCode and the contract between them
Module 3. Collections and generics
- List, Set, Map and Queue, and picking correctly
- ArrayList versus LinkedList, HashMap versus TreeMap
- Time complexity of the operations you will actually use
- Generics, type erasure and bounded types
- Iterators, comparators and sorting
- Streams and lambda expressions
Module 4. Exceptions, files and modern Java
- Checked versus unchecked exceptions and when each is appropriate
- Custom exceptions and meaningful error design
- try-with-resources and deterministic cleanup
- File and stream input and output
- Optional, records, var and switch expressions
Module 5. Concurrency basics
- Threads, the Runnable interface and the executor framework
- Race conditions demonstrated rather than described
- Synchronisation and the cost of it
- Concurrent collections
Module 6. Databases with JDBC
- Relational modelling and normalisation refresher
- SQL through JDBC, prepared statements and injection prevention
- Connection pooling and resource management
- Mapping result sets to domain objects
- Transactions and rollback
Module 7. Spring Boot
- Dependency injection and inversion of control, explained without jargon
- Spring Boot project structure and auto-configuration
- Building REST controllers and designing sensible endpoints
- Spring Data JPA, repositories and derived queries
- Validation, exception handling and consistent error responses
- Spring Security basics with authentication and roles
- Configuration profiles for different environments
Module 8. Testing and build
- JUnit 5 fundamentals and assertions
- Mocking with Mockito
- Testing a Spring Boot application end to end
- Maven lifecycle, dependencies and packaging
Module 9. Portfolio and placement preparation
- Refactoring coursework into portfolio-quality repositories
- Core Java interview question drills
- Collections and complexity questions under time pressure
- Spring and system design questions at the fresher level
Tools and technologies you will use
- Java 21
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Maven
- JUnit 5
- JDBC
- Spring Boot
- Spring Data JPA and Hibernate
- MySQL
- Git and GitHub
- Postman
Projects you will build
JDBC-backed inventory system
Deliverable: A database-backed application using prepared statements and transactions, with connection pooling and a written note on how SQL injection is prevented at each entry point.
Spring Boot REST API
Deliverable: A documented REST API with JPA persistence, validation, consistent error responses and role-based security, covered by an automated test suite that runs in CI.
Full application with front end integration
Deliverable: A Spring Boot backend consumed by a simple front end, deployed and documented with an architecture note explaining the API contract and where validation is duplicated.
Where this course can take you
- Java Developer
- Backend Developer
- Software Engineer
- Spring Boot Developer
- Application Support Engineer
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 6 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by batch and delivery mode. Share your details and an advisor will confirm the current fee.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
Why object-oriented design gets a full module
Java is an object-oriented language and most Java courses treat that as a vocabulary lesson — four pillars, memorise the definitions, move on.
Then the learner writes a class with fifteen fields and thirty methods, and nobody explains why that is a problem. Later, in an interview, they are asked why they would prefer composition over inheritance and have no answer beyond the definition.
So module two spends real time on design decisions rather than terminology. When an interface is better than an abstract class. Why exposing a mutable field through a getter defeats the encapsulation you thought you had. What the equals and hashCode contract is actually protecting, demonstrated by breaking it and watching a HashSet behave strangely.
Collections, taught with complexity attached
The collections framework is the single most-tested area in Indian Java interviews, and it is usually taught as a list of class names.
We teach it with the cost attached. Why ArrayList lookup is constant time and insertion at the front is not. Why HashMap is fast until your key class has a bad hashCode. When TreeMap earns its ordering overhead.
Knowing that ArrayList exists is worth nothing in an interview. Being able to say why you chose it over LinkedList for a specific access pattern is the answer they are waiting for.
On Spring Boot arriving late
It would be easy to open with Spring Boot. It produces an impressive result quickly, and courses that do it are popular.
It also produces developers who can generate a working API and cannot explain what dependency injection is doing, why their bean is not being found, or what happens when auto-configuration guesses wrong. All three come up in the first month of a real job.
Spring Boot arrives in module seven, once objects and interfaces are genuinely understood. It then takes about three weeks rather than three months, because by that point the framework is doing things you can already name.
Questions
Java Programming — frequently asked questions
Is Java still worth learning when Python is more popular?
Yes, particularly in India. Java remains deeply entrenched in banking, insurance, telecom and the large services firms that hire in volume at entry level. Popularity indexes measure general usage; job postings in the enterprise segment tell a different story, and it is worth checking postings from firms you would apply to.
How much of the course is Spring Boot?
Roughly a third, and deliberately not more. Spring Boot is straightforward once you genuinely understand objects, interfaces and dependency injection, and confusing without them. Learners who rush to the framework spend the rest of the course unable to explain what auto-configuration is doing on their behalf.
What do Java interviews actually test?
Collections and their complexity, object-oriented design, exception handling, the equals and hashCode contract, and increasingly Spring. String immutability and the string pool come up constantly. The pattern is consistent enough that the final module drills exactly these areas under time pressure.
Java full stack or MERN — which has better prospects?
Both lead to jobs, in different segments. Java full stack dominates large enterprises and services companies, which hire in volume and offer structured training. MERN dominates startups and product companies, and is faster to become productive in because it is one language across the stack. Look at the employers you would actually target.
Do I need to learn data structures separately for placements?
For campus and product-company placements, yes — those interviews test algorithmic problem solving beyond what a language course covers. This course gives you the Java fluency and collections knowledge that make dedicated data structures practice far more efficient, but it is a separate body of work.
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