| Date: | Topics: | Handouts/Homework: | Slides/Reading: | Deadlines: |
| #1
Thurs 29 January |
Review of campus computer policy and academic integrity code. Overview of Eclipse. Begin programming in Java! Data types, variables, Java conventions, assignment statements. | Syllabus | Academic Integrity Policy, 1.3 Java virtual machine, 2.6.3 Eclipse, 2.1 The Basic Java Application (Hello world program), 2.2 Variables and the Primitive Types |
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| #2
Tues 3 February |
Type casting, keyboard and screen I/0 (Scanner), constants, math. | Problem set 1 | Chapter 2 slides, 2.4.6 Using Scanner for input, 2.3.1 Built-in Subroutines and Functions (math functions), 2.5.6 Assignment Operators and Type Conversion (type casting), 2.5.1 Arithmetic Operators (math operators), 2.5.2 Increment and Decrement (more math operators) |
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| #3
Thurs 5 February |
Strings | Problem set 2 | 2.3.3 Operations on Strings | Problem set 1 due Sat. Feb. 7 |
| #4
Tues 10 February |
If-else statements, boolean expressions, == vs. .equals() | Problem set 3 | Chapter 3 slides, 3.1.3 The Basic If Statement, 3.5 The if statement, 3.2 Algorithm Development, 2.5.3 Relational Operators, 2.5.4 Boolean Operators |
Problem set 2 due Wed. Feb. 11 |
| Thurs 12 February | Lincoln's Birthday: No classes | |||
| #5
Tues 17 February |
Conditional operator, exit, while loops, for loops Practice quiz 1 | Problem set 4 | Chapter 4 slides,
2.5.5 Conditional Operator, System.exit (discussed in paragraph 3 of Section 2.3.1), 3.1.2 The Basic While Loop, 3.3.1 The while statement, 3.3.2 The do...while statement, 3.4 The for statement |
Problem set 3 due |
| #6
Thurs 19 February |
Loops cont'd, continue and breakQuiz 1 | Problem set 5 | Chapter 5 slides, 3.3.3 break and continue |
Problem set 4 due Sat. Feb. 21 |
| #7
Tues 24 February |
Introduction to classes and objects: instance variables and constructorsPractice quiz 2 | Problem set 6 Project 1 |
Chapter 6 slides, 5.1.1 Objects, Classes, and Instances, 5.1.2 Fundamentals of Objects, 5.2 Constructors and Object Initialization |
Problem set 5 due Wed. Feb. 25 |
| #8
Thurs 26 February |
Classes and objects continued: toString() and non-static methodsQuiz 2 | Problem set 7 | 5.3.2 The class "Object", including toString(), 5.6.1 The Special Variable this |
Problem set 6 due Sat. Feb. 28 |
| #9
Tues 3 March |
Classes and objects continued: Getters (mutators) and setters (accessors) Practice quiz 3 | Problem set 8 | 5.1.3 Getters and Setters | Problem set 7 due Wed. March 4 |
| #10
Thurs 5 March |
Switch statement; classes and objects continued Quiz 3 | Problem set 9 | 3.6 The switch statement | Problem set 8 due Sat. March 7 |
| #11
Tues 10 March |
Classes and objects continued Practice quiz 4 | Problem set 10 | Problem set 9 due Wed. March 11 | |
| #12
Thurs 12 March |
Arrays Quiz 4 | Problem set 11 | 3.3 Introduction to Arrays, 7.1 Array Details, 7.2 Array Processing 7.5 Two-dimensional Arrays |
Problem set 10 due Sat. March 14 |
| #13
Tues 17 March |
Selection Sort Practice quiz 5 | Problem set 12 | Chapter 7 slides, 7.4.4 Selection Sort |
Problem set 11 due Wed. March 18 |
| #14
Thurs 19 March |
Selection sort cont'd, insertion sort, multidimensional arrays Quiz 5 |
7.4.3 Insertion Sort, 7.5 Two-dimensional Arrays |
Problem set 12 due Sat. March 21 | |
| #15
Tues 24 March |
Review for midterm | |||
| #16
Thurs 26 March |
Midterm, Chapters 1-7 | |||
| #17
Tues 31 March |
Midterm recap, intro to project 2 | Project 2 | ||
| #18
Thurs 2 April |
Inheritance Practice quiz 6 | Problem set 13 | Chapter 8 slides
Chapter 8 Figures slides, 5.5 Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Abstract Classes, 5.6 this and super |
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| 3-11 April | Spring recess: no classes | |||
| #19
Tues 14 April |
Inheritance cont'd Quiz 6 | Problem set 14 | Problem set 13 due Wed. April 15 | |
| #20
Thurs 16 April |
Interfaces Practice quiz 7 | Problem set 15 | 5.7 Interfaces, Lecture notes on Comparable interface and compareTo from the University of Washington |
Problem set 14 due Sat. April 18 |
| #21
Tues 21 April |
Recursion: Merge sort Quiz 7 | Problem set 16 | Problem set 15 due Wed. April 22 | |
| #22
Thurs 23 April |
Recursion: Binary search Practice quiz 8 | Problem set 17 | Chapter 11 slides, Chapter 11 figures and listings, 9.1 Recursion, 9.2.1 Recursive linking |
Problem set 16 due Sat. April 25 |
| #23
Tues 28 April |
Recursion: Fibonacci series and Factorials Quiz 8 | Problem set 18 | Problem set 17 due Wed. April 29 | |
| #24
Thurs 30 April |
Recursion: Strings Practice quiz 9 | Problem set 19 | Problem set 18 due Sat. May 2 | |
| #25
Tues 5 May |
Streams and File I/O (text files only) Quiz 9 | Problem set 20 | Chapter 10 slides, Chapter 10 figures and listings, 11.2 Files, 11.3 Programming with Files |
Problem set 19 due Wed. May 6 |
| #26
Thurs 7 May |
Exceptions Practice quiz 10 | Chapter 9 slides, Chapter 9 figures and listings, 3.7 Introduction to Exceptions and try..catch, 8.3 Exceptions and try..catch |
Problem set 20 due Sat. May 9 | |
| #27
Tues 12 May |
Exceptions continued, review for final exam Quiz 10 | |||
| #28
Thurs 14 May |
Review for final exam, Project 2 in-class code reviews | Project 2 due | ||
| Thurs 21 May | Final exam 11am - 1pm | |||