■ 30-Day Java Roadmap (Beginner to Competitive Programming)
Day Focus Area & Tasks
Day 1 Setup Java (JDK, IDE), Learn basic syntax, variables, operators
Day 2 Control flow: if-else, switch
Day 3 Loops: for, while, do-while with examples
Day 4 Functions & methods: definition, parameters, return types
Day 5 Practice problems: conditions, loops, functions
Day 6 Arrays: 1D & 2D basics
Day 7 Strings: operations and practice problems
Day 8 Introduction to OOP: classes, objects, constructors
Day 9 Encapsulation & access modifiers
Day 10 Inheritance, super & this keywords
Day 11 Polymorphism: overloading & overriding
Day 12 Abstraction: abstract classes, interfaces
Day 13 Hands-on OOP mini project (Bank System / Student Record)
Day 14 Revision of OOP concepts + problem solving
Day 15 Exception handling: try-catch, throw, throws, finally
Day 16 Java Collections: List, ArrayList, LinkedList
Day 17 Collections: Set, HashSet, TreeSet
Day 18 Collections: Map, HashMap, TreeMap
Day 19 File I/O: reading & writing files
Day 20 Multithreading basics & Runnable interface
Day 21 Practice problems on Collections & I/O
Day 22 Stacks & Queues (implementation + problems)
Day 23 LinkedList & Hashing techniques
Day 24 Trees: Binary Tree basics & traversal algorithms
Day 25 Graphs: Representation & BFS/DFS
Day 26 Sorting: Bubble, Selection, Insertion, Merge, Quick
Day 27 Searching: Linear, Binary, practice problems
Day 28 Dynamic Programming: Fibonacci, Knapsack, LIS
Day 29 Greedy algorithms & Backtracking (N-Queens, Rat Maze)
Day 30 Mock Contest: 3-hour timed practice + revision
