Java + DSA Mastery Roadmap for Placements
Java + DSA Roadmap
JAVA + DSA MASTERY ROADMAP (SELF-CONTAINED)
Phase 1 - Core Java Foundations (Weeks 1-4)
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Week 1 - Basics & Flow Control
- Install JDK 17, IntelliJ IDEA, Git.
- Java Program Structure, Compilation, Execution.
- Data Types & Variables, Operators, Type Casting.
- Input/Output (Scanner), Control Flow (if, switch, loops).
- Arrays (1D & 2D), Traversal, Arrays.sort.
Practice Problems:
1. Multiplication table.
2. Prime number check.
3. Reverse array.
4. Count vowels in string.
5. Fibonacci series.
Week 2 - Methods, Recursion, Strings
- Methods (static, non-static, overloading).
- Recursion (factorial, Fibonacci, sum of array).
- String handling (String, StringBuilder, StringBuffer).
- String methods: length, charAt, substring, equals.
- Time Complexity basics.
Practice Problems:
1. Reverse words in sentence.
2. First non-repeating char.
3. Remove duplicates from string.
4. Check anagram.
5. Print all subsequences.
Week 3 - OOP Basics
- Classes & Objects, Constructors, this keyword.
- Inheritance, super, final keyword.
- Encapsulation, Access Modifiers.
Practice Problems:
1. Bank Account class.
2. Student marks calculation.
3. Shape subclasses.
4. Vehicle subclasses.
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Week 4 - Advanced OOP + Exceptions
- Abstract classes, Interfaces.
- Polymorphism, Object class methods.
- Exception handling (try-catch-finally, throw, throws).
- Custom exceptions.
Phase 2 - Collections, Streams, File I/O (Weeks 5-7)
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Week 5 - Collections
- ArrayList, LinkedList, HashSet, TreeSet, HashMap, TreeMap, Queue.
- Iterators, for-each loop, Complexity.
Practice:
1. Word frequency counter.
2. Remove duplicates from list.
3. Top-K frequent elements.
Week 6 - Generics & Streams
- Generics, Lambda, Streams API, Optional, java.time API.
Practice:
1. Filter even numbers (streams).
2. Sum of squares (streams).
3. Sort employees by salary.
Week 7 - File I/O & Multithreading
- FileReader, BufferedReader, FileWriter.
- Serialization, Deserialization.
- Threads, Runnable, synchronized.
Phase 3 - DSA in Java (Weeks 8-20)
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Week 8-9: Arrays & Two Pointers
Week 10-11: Strings & Hashing
Week 12-13: Stack & Queue
Week 14-15: Linked List
Week 16-17: Trees
Week 18-19: Heaps
Week 20: Graphs & DP Basics
Phase 4 - Projects (Weeks 21-24)
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1. Spring Boot REST API with JWT, CRUD.
2. CLI Project (bank management/ticket booking).
Java + DSA Mastery Roadmap for Placements
3. Deploy one project.
Phase 5 - Interview Prep (Weeks 25-26)
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- Revise OOP, Collections, Java 8, Exceptions.
- Revise DSA patterns.
- Mock interviews & Behavioral questions.
Daily Checklist for Week 1-4
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Day 1: Install tools, HelloWorld program.
Day 2: Variables, Data Types, Operators.
Day 3: if-else, switch, loops.
Day 4: Arrays & Traversal.
Day 5: Methods & Overloading.
Day 6: Recursion Basics.
Day 7: String methods practice.
Day 8: OOP basics - Classes, Objects.
Day 9: Constructors, this keyword.
Day 10: Inheritance.
Day 11: Method overriding, super.
Day 12: final keyword, Access modifiers.
Day 13: Encapsulation practice.
Day 14: Abstract classes & Interfaces.
Day 15: Polymorphism.
Day 16: Exception handling basics.
Day 17: Custom exceptions practice.