Tentative Schedule

NO CLASS

intro to course;  intro to computer systems.

hardware; operating system; programming languages

HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)

using an IDE; introduction to course tools (Eclipse and CVS repositories); portability; intro to Object Oriented "lingo"

primitive Java examples; text output; variables; statements; main method; assignment operator; primitive types; expressions; operators; programming errors and debugging; strings and concatenation

arithmetic operators; integer truncation; comparison operators; input with Scanner; equals with Strings; if-statements; blocks

logical operators; nesting of statements; more about if-statements

Java identifier names; Camel case; choosing proper variable names; named constants; while loops; do-while loops

nested loops; literals; escape sequences; short-circuiting; increment/decrement operators; various assignment operators

rules of precedence; suggestions for readable code; type casting (of primitives); overview of program design

pseudocode; overview of testing/debugging; Objects in Java; state/behaviors; classes; instance variables

primitive vs. reference to Objects; the Heap; memory diagrams; garbage collection

assignments with reference variables; aliasing; equals method; begin example of Object Oriented class...

...continue example of Object Oriented class, including: parameters; return values; constructors; setters/getters; writing an equals method; toString

for-loops; static vs. non-static; static methods vs. instance methods; the three kinds of variables:  instance, local, static; syntax for accessing static/instance members; example of static/instance members;

memory diagrams for passing parameters; Java libraries; intro to packages; fully qualified names; import; Math class; String class in detail

encapsulation and visibility; public vs. private; API; methods that modify parameters; copy constructors

Midterm #1 in Lab.

proper commenting; examples of good programming style;  instance methods calling other instance methods; summary of accessing class members

Java call stack; initialization of variables; setting "default" values; method overloading; prototype vs. signature

"this"; software testing; JUnit; assertTrue; assertEquals

connection between testing and debugging; using the Eclipse Debugger

typical uses of constructors; use of copy constructor to avoid aliasing; mutability; rounding errors in floating point calculations

23.

Example of a complete Java class, including test cases

24.

ternary ?: operator; switch statements; break; continue

25.

arrays of primitives; arrays of references

privacy leaks; three ways to copy arrays:  reference/shallow/deep

27.

Java interfaces; polymorphism

more interface examples

algorithms; intro to complexity

design of large projects; command line Java; passing arguments to main method

proper use of commenting; internal vs. external comments; Javadoc

Review for Midterm #2 (Midterm is on Wednesday in Lab session.)

two-dimensional arrays (ragged and rectangular

Midterm #2 in Lab.

package visibility; overview of Java packages

exception handling; throwing exceptions; catching exceptions; try/catch

Fun day. (topics to be announced).

HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)

more on exception handling; finally block; Java generics (brief intro); overview of collections; Stack class; ArrayList

for-each loops; StringBuffer class; overview of inheritance; superclasses and subclasses

inheritance examples; super in constructors; memory diagrams with inheritance; method overriding; using super with overridden methods; variable shadowing

connection between super and this; early vs. late binding; Object class; polymorphic arrays; inheritance example

instanceOf; getClass; explicit type casting;proper equals method (in view of inheritance); inheritance vs. association vs. composition; overloading vs. overriding; multiple inheritance (and Java's lack thereof);

TBA

Review for Final Exam.  (Final is on Friday at 4:00PM).

NO CLASS

FINAL EXAM   4:00pm - 6:00pm