Begin exploring the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). We will also look at the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the main method.

We will introduce you to the Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) Process.

We will introduce you to XML and show you how to serialize objects from Java to an XML file and read them back into your Java program.

We will show you, by using try and catch blocks, how to stop your program from crashing when invalid user input is entered.

In this lab, you will explore the Eclipse IDE and use the main method as the starting point for your applications. You will also move the BlueJ Shop project into Eclipse format.

In this lab, you will implement CRUD into ShopV3.0. You will also apply your CRUD knowledge to another domain i.e. start to build a DVD library.

On completion of this lab you should be able to:

In this lab, you will implement exception handling in ShopV5.0.