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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT · BEGINNER LEVEL
Junior Java & AI Engineer
A 5-month, hands-on program that takes complete beginners from their first line of Java to building, testing, and shipping real Spring Boot applications — with AI integrated into the way they learn and develop.
Beginner20 weeks200 hoursHybrid
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
AI-native from day one
You learn to use AI coding assistants as a learning aid, while developing the judgment to review and correct their output.
Ship real, working apps
You deploy your own Spring Boot application to Railway, so you can see and share what you built, not just read theory.
YOUR LEVEL
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WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
The skills you will have by the end of this course.
- Write Java programs confidently using variables, control flow, loops and methods (OCA SE level fundamentals)
- Apply core OOP principles (classes, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism) to structure simple programs
- Use Git and GitHub to version, manage and collaborate on personal code projects
- Navigate a Linux terminal confidently for everyday development tasks
- Use AI coding assistants responsibly to learn faster, explain code and support debugging
- Build and expose REST APIs using Spring Boot
- Persist and query application data with JPA/Hibernate and PostgreSQL
- Write basic unit tests and deploy a real application to production using a simple CI/CD flow on Railway
CONDENSED SYLLABUS
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01Programmer Mindset & Dev Environment Setup4 lessons+
What does a programmer actually do? A practical problem-solving mindset
Installing the JDK and IntelliJ IDEA, setting up your workspace
Your first Java program: Hello World and how compilation works
Reading and understanding error messages like a professional
02Java Core Fundamentals I: Variables & Decisions5 lessons+
Variables, primitive data types and operators
Working with Strings and basic console input/output
Conditional logic: if/else and switch statements
Understanding variable scope in Java
Hands-on lab: building a simple calculator
03Java Core Fundamentals II: Loops, Arrays & Methods6 lessons+
For, while and do-while loops
Arrays and basic collection handling
Basic data structures: Lists, Sets and Maps
Writing clean, reusable methods
Handling exceptions with try/catch and common exception types
Hands-on lab: number guessing game and simple data processing
04Object-Oriented Programming Basics6 lessons+
Classes, objects and constructors
Encapsulation and access modifiers
Inheritance and polymorphism fundamentals
Interfaces and abstract classes
Static vs instance members: fields and methods
Mini project: modeling a small real-world domain in Java
05Git & Version Control Essentials4 lessons+
Git fundamentals: init, add, commit, branch
Working with GitHub: remotes, pushing and pull requests
Resolving merge conflicts safely
Practice: versioning your OOP mini project
06Linux Terminal for Everyday Development4 lessons+
Navigating the filesystem and essential commands
File permissions, processes and basic package management
Running and managing Java applications from the terminal
Shell basics that support daily development tasks
07Using AI Coding Assistants Responsibly4 lessons+
What AI assistants can and cannot reliably do
Writing effective prompts for coding tasks
Using AI to explain, refactor and debug your code
Verifying AI-generated code and avoiding blind trust
08Building REST APIs with Spring Boot5 lessons+
Spring Boot project structure and dependency injection basics
Build tools basics: Maven and Gradle
Building your first REST controller
Handling requests, responses and JSON
Hands-on lab: building a simple CRUD API
09Data Persistence with JPA, Hibernate & PostgreSQL4 lessons+
SQL fundamentals: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, filtering and joins
Mapping entities with JPA and Hibernate
Writing repositories and basic queries
Connecting your Spring Boot API to a real database
10Testing, Debugging & Shipping with Railway7 lessons+
Writing basic unit tests with JUnit
Integration testing basics for Spring Boot applications
API testing with tools like Postman or REST-assured
Debugging techniques and using AI to review code before merging
Basic CI/CD concepts for small applications
Deploying your app to Railway
Capstone project: build, test and ship a complete application
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- Format
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- Duration
- 20 weeks · 200 hours
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