|
Topic |
Assignments and Handouts |
| Jan
17 |
MLK
Holiday
| no
class |
1
Jan 19
|
 | Introductions |
|
Review syllabus |
|
In-class group assignment: Using the Class Web Site |
| Hand out java install disk |
| Please set up your blackboard account and enter your
email address on blackboard |
|
Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting):
Reading:
| Chs 1 & 2 |
|
2
Jan 24 |
| Textpad and a first java program |
| Tour lab |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
| Ex 2.3, 2.4 |
Reading:
| Ch 3 |
|
3
Jan 26 |
| programming |
| object-oriented programming |
| intro to AWT graphics |
| Sequence structure |
| Style manual |
| Comments |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
| Ex 3.5, plus enclose the entire target in a rectangle
or do something similarly creative involving the draw methods,
drawstring and color fills. |
| Take 3.5 and revise it so
that it follows the style manual rules |
|
Reading:
 | Ch 4 |
|
|
| 4
Jan 31 |
| Literals |
| Primitive data types |
| Assignment |
| Arithmetic operators and expressions |
| Operator precedence |
| Variables |
| Identifiers |
| Introductory type conversion |
| New style issues |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in style manual
week 3
| Ex 4.2 (CSC) or 4.5 (CIS) |
| Ex 4.7 (hint) |
Reading:
| Ch 5 |
|
5
Feb 2 |
| Showing line numbers with textpad |
| Developing methods and generalizing code |
| Passing parameters |
| Local variables |
| Reusing methods |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in
style manual week 3
| I strongly suggest you enter the examples in the
chapter and get them to work. As you enter them, think about
what each line does. |
| Ex 5.4 (For purposes of this assignment, you
"person" can be a circle on top of a line:  .
Or, impress me by doing a more sophisticated person. This method
will not have a return. BRING
THIS PROGRAM TO CLASS.) |
Reading:
| Ch 6 |
|
6
Feb 7 |
| Methods that return a value |
| Understanding scope |
| The event concept |
| The AWT revealed |
| Adding scrollbar and label objects to the screen |
| Listening for events |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Create a program and put an awt object in the paint
area |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in
style manual week 3
| Do 5.6 Metric conversion (Don't forget. This method will
have a "return") |
| Ex 6.4 Event-driven Oval |
Reading:
| Ch 7, pgs 80-92 |
|
7
Feb 9 |
| intro to selection structure |
| if..else |
| comparison operators |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in this style manual 4
|
Please do all the self-tests |
| Ex 7.4 Tickets (use scrollbar) |
Reading:
| Ch 7, pgs 93-110 |
|
8
Feb 14
|
| boolean operators |
| nesting |
| boolean variables |
| textfields |
| buttons |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in style manual 4
| please do all the self-tests |
| ex 7.9 Elevator
(Do this one first) |
| ex 7.8 Calculator (Please note: calculator doesn't work the way
a normal calculator works. Read the description of its function
carefully.) Completed calculator program. |
Reading:
| Ch 8, pgs 116-121 |
|
9
Feb 16 |
| random numbers |
| switch |
| intro to loops |
| while loops |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in style manual 4
| 7.2 (Use switch to convert the numbers). |
| finish calculator program |
| 8.2 (Use while) |
Reading:
| ch8 p 122-132 |
|
| Feb
21 |
Presidents
Day |
No
class |
10
Feb 23 |
| for loops |
| do while loop |
| nested loops |
| brief description of exam |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| none. study for exam. |
Reading:
| none. study for exam. |
|
11
Feb 28 |
| Exam 1 over all text material covered to date except
loops. There will be some concept questions, however most
questions will be primarily one of two types:
| ask you to review code and correct it |
| ask you to write code |
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| exam |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| 8.3 (Use for) |
| 8.8 (Use nested loops.) |
Reading:
| Ch 8, pgs 127-135 |
|
12
Mar 2 |
| review exam 1 |
| Grade sheets |
| Intro to object-oriented design |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Review exam |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Do all self-test questions |
Reading:
| Ch 9 |
|
13
Mar 7 |
| Creating and controlling an object |
| Default Constructors |
| Displaying an object |
| Methods |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Due next class period: Build a base monster
class and a monster controller class as explained and demonstrated in
class. The monster and the monster controller should be placed
in separate files. |
|
Due Monday after Spring Break: If you have time, begin training your monster to do at least 5 things and enhance your
controller to direct the monster to do those things. |
Reading:
| Ch 9 (again), Ch 10 (optional) |
|
14
Mar 9
|
| Overloading |
| Accessor methods |
| Mutator methods |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Most of the class will be a monster training session |
Homework (due first meeting after spring break)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Train your monster, continued. Train your monster to do at least 5 things and enhance your
controller to direct the monster to do those things. |
Reading:
| Ch 11 |
|
| |
Spring
Break |
March
14-18 |
15
Mar 21 |
| Byval vs Byref. Why it doesn't matter as much
in OOP. |
| Static methods, attributes |
| garbage collection |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Anyone who hasn't finished monster, shoudl finish it |
Reading:
| none |
|
16
Mar 23 |
| Inheritance |
| super |
| Overriding |
| final |
| final static |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Monster demos |
Homework (due in one week)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Monster inheritance
assignment. Anyone who missed class and therefore did not
receive a disk, please download the Base monster
file and double-click on the file. That will create a folder
with a Monster in it that you can use to complete the
assignment. |
Reading:
| Ch 13, pgs 223-239 |
|
17
Mar 28 |
| Introduction to arrays |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| help with monster inheritance |
Homework (due in one week):
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
Reading:
| Ch 13, pgs 240-242 |
|
18
Mar 30 |
| Applications of arrays
|
| Sort algorithm
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Demos of monster inheritance |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
Reading:
| Ch 14 |
| Ch 12 |
|
19
Apr 4 |
| Multi-dimensional arrays |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| sort demo |
Homework (due in one week)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Add the sort method to the StatsArray. |
| Using a copy of the StatsArray class, create
MultiArray. MultiArray is the same as StatsArray, except that
the array it houses is two dimensional. Revise all methods to work
with the two dimensional array, except the sort method. You need
not include the sort method in MultiArray. Instead, create a
method that adds up the 2nd column of numbers in the multidimensional
array. |
Reading:
| Ch 23, Ch 24 |
|
20
Apr 6 |
| Exam review |
| Calculations |
| Testing - black box |
| Testing - white box |
| Debugging |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class
meeting)
Programs must meet standards in
Sun Java style
manual 5
| 23.2 - white box test plan |
| 23.2 - black box test plan |
Reading:
| Ch 15 |
|
21
Apr 11 |
| Strings |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework due in one week)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| 15.3. Also, convert the number to an
Int or
float as applicable. Do NOT display the converted number to
the Applet window. Instead, display it to System.out.println,
as described in Ch 24 on debugging. |
| Cool challenge: 15.6 |
Reading:
|
22
Apr 13 |
| Exam #2 (chs 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in
Sun Java style
manual 5
Reading:
| Ch 16 |
|
23
Apr 18 |
| Review exam #2 |
|
Exceptions
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Exercise 16.2. Throw an ArithmeticException if
the denominator is zero. |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| 16.3 or 16.4 |
Reading:
| Ch 18, Ch 23 243-249 (ArrayLists) |
|
24
Apr 20 |
|
Java applications |
| ArrayLists |
| Stacks/queues
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| ArrayList exercise 13.18 or 13.17, whichever you prefer. I
recommend using artist objects from the HitList
program as the objects
to be queued/stacked. I also recommend modifying the HitList
user interface code to create your stack or queue controller. |
| Convert any prior assignment to an application |
Reading:
| Ch 19 344-53, 360-66 (files) |
|
25
Apr 25 |
|
File streams |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
| Using the FileReader.txt
file, write a java program called FileR that reads in the data and
displays it using System.out.println |
| Modify FileRW to create a new program that reads in
FileReader.txt and writes the data to FileWriter.txt. |
| Modify FileRW to use the StringTokenizer to break the
input line into fields. |
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards in Sun Java style
manual 5
| Please write a class called NameSwitch which reads in
a text file containing first name and last name separated by
commas. Then, use System.out.println() to display each name in
lastname, then firstname format. Example input "George,Bush"
Example output: "Bush,George" I've created a file
called names.txt which contains 10 names. You can download
this file and use it with your program. |
| Modify NameSwitch so that the
reversed names are sent
to an output file instead of to System.out.println() |
Reading:
| Ch 21 |
|
26
Apr 27 |
|
OO Design
|
| Discuss final |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
Programs must meet standards Sun Java style
manual 5
| none. study for exam. |
Reading:
| none. study for exam. |
|
27
May 2 |
| Exam #3
|
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due in one week unless otherwise noted)
Programs must meet standards Sun Java style
manual 5
| none. |
Reading:
| none. |
|
28
May 4 |
| Exam #3 results |
|
Gradesheets
|
| Ethics |
|
In-Class Activities Handouts:
Homework (due next class meeting)
| Ethics assignment. Read Case
#1 and answer the questions. Pick a code of ethics from the
handouts above. Select one you believe will apply to you and
read it. What guidance does the code of ethics provide that
might help you resolve case #1? Your work must be typed and free
of spelling and grammatical errors. Approximately 500 words in
length. |
|
|
Final exam
|
| Monday May 9, 9:00-10:50am C104 |
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