Java Developer + DSA Roadmap (2025)
1. JVM, JDK, JRE, Java Architecture
2. Java Hello World Program and Compilation Process
3. Data Types, Variables, and Type Casting
4. Operators (Arithmetic, Logical, Bitwise, Relational, etc.)
5. Control Statements (if-else, switch)
6. Loops (for, while, do-while), break and continue
7. Classes and Objects in Java
8. Constructors and Constructor Overloading
9. OOP Concepts: Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction
10. Method Overloading and Overriding
11. this and super keyword
12. static and final keywords
13. Interfaces and Abstract Classes
14. String Handling (String, StringBuilder, StringBuffer)
15. 1D and 2D Arrays in Java
16. Collections Framework: List, Set, Map Overview
17. ArrayList, LinkedList
18. HashSet, TreeSet
19. HashMap, TreeMap
20. Iterator and ListIterator
21. Exception Handling (try-catch-finally, throw, throws)
22. Custom Exceptions
23. File I/O (FileReader, FileWriter, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter)
24. Serialization and Deserialization
25. Multithreading (Thread, Runnable Interface)
26. Thread Lifecycle, Synchronization, wait/notify
27. Java 8 Features: Lambda Expressions
28. Stream API and Functional Interfaces
29. Method References and Default/Static methods in Interfaces
30. Time and Space Complexity Analysis
31. Arrays: Searching, Sorting, Two Pointers, Sliding Window
32. Strings: Anagrams, Palindromes, StringBuilder Usage
33. Recursion and Backtracking (Subsets, Permutations, N-Queens)
34. Linked Lists: Single, Double, Circular, Reverse, Cycle Detection
35. Stacks: Next Greater Element, Balanced Parentheses
36. Queues and Deques: Circular Queue, Sliding Window Max
37. HashMap & HashSet Problems (Two Sum, Frequency Count, Group Anagrams)
38. Trees: Traversals, Height, Diameter, Lowest Common Ancestor
39. Binary Search Trees (Insert, Delete, Search, Validate BST)
40. Heaps: Min-Heap, Max-Heap, PriorityQueue, Kth Largest Element
41. Graphs: BFS, DFS, Cycle Detection, Topological Sort, Union Find
42. Dynamic Programming: Fibonacci, Knapsack, LCS, LIS, Tabulation vs Memoization
43. JDBC: Connection, Statement, ResultSet, CRUD Operations
44. Servlets: Lifecycle, doGet/doPost, RequestDispatcher
45. JSP (Java Server Pages): Scriptlets, JSTL, Directives
46. MVC Architecture and Servlet-JSP Integration
47. Spring Core: IOC Container, Beans, Dependency Injection
48. Spring MVC: Controllers, Models, View Resolvers
49. Spring Boot: Starters, Autoconfiguration, REST APIs
50. Creating REST APIs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
51. Testing APIs using Postman (Status Codes, JSON)
52. Spring Data JPA / Hibernate: Entities, Repositories, Relationships
53. Authentication with Spring Security (JWT, Role-based Auth)
54. Mini Project: Spring Boot + REST + MySQL Integration
55. Deploying Java Applications (WAR/JAR, Localhost, Cloud Basics)
56. Maven / Gradle: Build Automation Tools
57. Git & GitHub: Version Control, Pull Requests, Branching
58. JUnit and Mockito: Unit Testing Basics
59. Logging and Debugging in Java (Log4j, breakpoints)
60. IntelliJ IDEA / Eclipse IDE Proficiency
61. CI/CD Basics: Jenkins Overview (Optional)
62. System Design Basics: HLD vs LLD (Optional but Recommended)
