Java Visual Learning Hub

YearUp Spring 2026 - Interactive animations to support your learning

Introduction to Java

IntelliJ, Git & GitHub, binary, data types, operators, Scanner, conditionals, methods

25 visuals + 4 reference guides + 10 exercise companions + 13 games

Strings, Loops & Arrays

String methods, StringBuilder, classes & objects, encapsulation, loops, arrays, IntelliJ debugger

16 visuals + 4 reference guides + 13 exercise companions + 12 games

Collections & File I/O

try/catch, BufferedReader/Writer, dates, ArrayList, HashMap, plus Agile and GitHub project boards

14 visuals + 4 reference guides + 11 exercise companions + 11 games

Capstone 1: Accounting Ledger

Hint visuals for the Accounting Ledger capstone — menu flow, CSV mapping, reports, file lifecycle

Introduction to OOP

Thinking in objects, derived getters, cohesion & coupling, JUnit testing, static members, has-a relationships

14 visuals + 4 reference guides + 9 exercise companions + 10 games

Week 06 Coming Soon

Inheritance

Extending classes, polymorphism

Week 07 Coming Soon

Advanced OOP

Interfaces, abstract classes

Week 08 Coming Soon

Capstone 2

Second capstone project

Week 09 Coming Soon

Introduction to SQL

MySQL, queries, joins

Week 10 Coming Soon

Working with JDBC

Connecting Java to databases

Week 11 Coming Soon

REST APIs & Spring Boot

Building web APIs

Week 12 Coming Soon

Capstone 3

Final capstone project