In order to training outstanding engineers for the emerging industry, the projects of ?Plan for educating and training outstanding engineers? (P4ETOE) and ?Strategic Emerging Pillar Industry Project? (SEPIP) have been carried out in the Electronics and Information Engineering specialty of Yangtze University, China in recent years. Since Java language is an important course of Electronics and Information specialty, a teaching reform was carried out on it to solve the problem of traditional teaching, focusing on the following three aspects: the theory teaching, the practice teaching, and assessment method. The teaching reform has been proven effective and successful based on the teaching practices of the P4ETOE and SEPIP experimental classes of Yangtze University. It can enhance the students? comprehensive abilities of engineering and innovation.