Java Multithreading and Parallelism Online Course
Java Multithreading and Parallelism Online Course
This course is designed to help you master multithreading and parallel programming using Java. From foundational concepts to advanced techniques, it covers everything you need to create efficient, high-performing applications. Through hands-on exercises, real-world projects, and practical examples, you’ll learn to harness the power of multithreading and connect it with popular frameworks like Spring Boot, RxJava, and JavaFX. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to implement multithreading effectively in your applications and optimize their performance.
Key Benefits
- Comprehensive course material, including all necessary resources and tools
- Engaging, hands-on lectures supported by real-world examples and projects
- Step-by-step explanations starting from the basics to advanced concepts
- Practical examples to apply concepts to real-world scenarios
- Clear connections between multithreading and popular frameworks for better understanding
Target Audience
- Beginner Java developers eager to enhance their skills in multithreading
- Developers looking to boost application performance using parallel programming
- Programmers who want to start learning multithreading from the ground up
- Professionals interested in applying multithreading concepts in real-world frameworks
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand the fundamentals of multithreading and its role in Java applications
- Learn how to manage, synchronize, and reuse threads effectively
- Identify scenarios where multithreading improves performance and where it does not
- Explore multithreading challenges and their solutions
- Apply multithreading concepts to real-world frameworks and tools like Spring Boot and RxJava
- Enhance your problem-solving skills with advanced multithreading algorithms
Course Outline
The Java Multithreading and Parallelism Exam covers the following topics -
Module 1 - Introduction to the Course
- Overview of what the course offers and how it is structured
- Tips for getting the most out of the course
- Course prerequisites and resources for coding
Module 2 - General Multithreading Concepts
- Understanding the difference between a process and a thread
- Comparing threads to processes
- Explaining the concepts of parallel, concurrent, asynchronous, and non-blocking programming
- Introduction to Amdahl’s Law, which explains the limits of performance improvement with multithreading
Module 3 - Thread Management
- How to create threads in Java
- Managing thread priorities and understanding thread states
- Working with thread groups for better organization
- Differences between daemon threads and user threads
- Handling thread exceptions effectively
- Using thread-local variables to prevent race conditions
- [Project] Parallel text file processing
Module 4 - Thread Synchronization – Part 1
- What thread synchronization means and why it’s needed
- Using the synchronized keyword to control thread access
- Understanding wait sets and notifications with a producer-consumer example
- Exploring locks through a parallel vector sum example
- Using read/write locks and spin locks for efficient synchronization
- Managing jobs with semaphores and condition variables
Module 5 - Thread Synchronization – Part 2
- Using CountDownLatch to search arrays in parallel
- Crushing matrices in parallel using barriers
- Processing arrays in parallel with phasers
- Transferring data between threads using exchangers
- Identifying and avoiding deadlocks
- The importance of the volatile keyword
- [Project] Simulating a MapReduce job using threads – Part 1
- [Project] Simulating a MapReduce job using threads – Part 2
Module 6 - Thread Reusability
- Why thread reusability matters in multithreading
- Introduction to the ThreadPoolExecutor class for managing threads
- Using work queues to organize tasks in thread pools
- Handling exceptions in thread pools
- Managing rejected tasks efficiently in thread pools
- Monitoring and improving thread pool performance
- Scheduling tasks with ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
- Exploring ForkJoinPools for better task distribution
- How to create thread pools using Executors
- Deciding the proper size for a thread pool
Module 7 - Parallel Algorithms
- Making Quick Sort faster with parallelism
- Improving Binary Search using multithreading
- Performing parallel matrix multiplication – from a basic approach to the optimal way
Module 8 - Famous Multithreading Problems
- Solving the Dining Philosophers Problem
- Understanding the Readers-Writers Problem
- Exploring the Sleeping Barber Problem
- Resolving the No-Starve Mutex Problem
Module 9 - Multithreading in the Real World
- Tools for observing what happens inside a JVM
- Introduction to the Spring Boot framework
- Running asynchronous tasks using Spring Boot
- Introduction to RxJava for building reactive programs
- Creating parallel data pipelines using RxJava2
- Enhancing the user interface with JavaFX and multithreading
