Archive of Old Announcements
Important announcements related to the course will be posted in the class CMSC 131 home page. Old announcements will be moved here.
Thu, July 28, 8:50 pm: Appendix E of the textbook provides good information about access specifiers.
Thu, July 28, 8:31 pm: Information about the final exam has been posted on the Exams link of the class web page. No previous final exams will be posted.
Thu, July 28, 8:13 pm: The take home quiz #6 has been posted and you can find the description in the Quizzes link of the class web page. If you finish this quiz ahead of time drop Dov a line so he can grade it immediately.
Thu, July 28, 10:07 pm: Double-check the recorded grades in grades.cs.umd.edu are correct. You have until Monday Aug 1 to report any problems related to homeworks 1 through 6, quizzes 1 through 5, and both midterms. After Monday we will assume the recorded grades are correct and no regrade requests will be accepted regarding these scores. Please contact Dov if you have any questions. Thanks.
Wed, July 27, 6:22 pm: IMPORTANT: You must get a glue account. As a student of the University you are entitled to a free glue account. Please check the following link to get your account:
YOU MUST GET AN ACCOUNT BY FRIDAY JULY 29 OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A TAKE HOME QUIZ. Also, make sure you can access you wam account. If you have any questions talk to Dov tomorrow in lab.
Tue, July 26, 7:43 pm: Homework #8 posted.
Mon, July 25, 11:57 pm: Dov will have office hours tomorrow Tuesday at 11:00 am.
Thu, July 7, 5:53 pm: Participants Needed for University Research Study: Earn Cash. More information at ResearchStudy
Thu, July 21, 12:15 pm: Dov's office hours for Friday July 22 are cancelled.
Tue, July 19, 10:00 am: Homework #7 has been posted.
Mon, July 18, 9:16 pm: Our next quiz will be on Friday July 22. This quiz will use the last worksheet posted (Worksheet #5).
Fri, July 15, 4:44 pm: I edited the homework and now CompanyDatabase references have been replaced with CableCompany. I have also corrected the findChannel method description.
Tue, July 12, 8:07 pm: Homework #6 has been posted.
Fri, July 8, 8:48 pm: The worksheet for Quiz #5 has been posted. The second problem in the worksheet makes a reference to deep and shallow copying. We will cover this topic next week. The quiz will be on Friday, July 15.
Fri, July 8, 8:30 pm: The second midterm will be on Thursday, July 14. As discussed today in class, you will not need to write code involving arrays for the second midterm, however, you should know how to draw memory maps involving arrays.
Fri, July 8, 8:29 pm: Lecture notes for next week have been posted.
Thu, July 7, 11:47 am: The midterm #2 topics and old exams are now available through the Exams link. Tomorrow Friday, we will decide the exam date.
Wed, July 6, 11:25 am: It was suggested today in class to move the midterm from Tuesday to Thursday. I will consider moving the exam if all the students agree. If you do not agree please drop me a line (nelson@cs.umd.edu). Notice that regardless of when the exam takes place the next project will be posted next Tuesday.
Tue, July 5, 8:52 am: Lecture's supplements and code snippets for this week are now available.
Tue, July 5, 8:10 am: Homework #5 has been posted.
Sat, July 2, 10:40 am: The worksheet for Quiz#4 has been posted.
Wed, Jun 29, 1:08 am: One of the submit server public tests was failing but this problem has been corrected.
Wed, Jun 29, 8:02 am: Homework typo. The third row of the TAG_FORMAT entry must use <roadLength> instead of <roadNumber>. The homework description have been corrected. The TAG_FORMAT should read as follows:
TAG_FORMAT →
"Road Number: "<roadNumber>
"Road Name: "<roadName>
"Road Length (miles): "<roadLength>
Tue, Jun 28, 1:18 am: Dov will have office hours this Thursday, June 30, from 11am-12noon.
Tue, Jun 28, 9:24 am: Dov will not have office hours this Friday July 1. If you have any questions please stop by during Nelson's office hours (8:30am-9:15 am)
Tue, Jun 28, 9:24 am: Homework #4 has been posted.
Mon, Jun 27, 8:42 am: Quiz#3 and HW#3 scores are now available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Wed Jun 29 to discuss with Dov any doubts you may have about the grading.
Fri, Jun 24, 3:38 pm: I have created a wiki entry for discussions associated with the Midterm.
Tue, Jun 21, 10:21 am: Midterm #1 will be next Tuesday June 28 starting at 9:30 am. Please see the Exams link for further information.
Mon, Jun 20, 1:56 pm: Homework #2 has graded and scores are available through grades.cs.umd.edu. You have until Wednesday to talk to Dov about any grading doubts or possible regrades related to this homework.
Thu, Jun 16, 12:02 pm: Homework #3 has been posted.
Wed, Jun 15, 8:02 pm: The worksheet for the third quiz (Friday, June 24) is now available. Remember that we have our second quiz this Friday June 17.
Wed, Jun 15, 8:02 pm: Updating Eclipse. Once you have finished and submitted hw#2, update your Eclipse version. Notice that you don't need to remove your previous Eclipse version. Just put the new version in a different folder and create the appropriate shortcut. The Eclipse version we want to use is:
Release Build: 3.0.2, March 11, 2005
You can download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads. It is extremely important you install the correct eclipse version. You will find the appropriate version under the heading "Top-10 Eclipse Downloads" and by selecting the link "Eclipse SDK 3.0.2 (latest release)".
Mon, Jun 13, 5:41 pm: The following office hours changes apply only to this week (week of June 13):
Thursday (June 16): Nelson will have office hours on Thursday from 8:30 am - 9:30 am.
Friday (June 16): Nelson will not have office hours. Dov will hold a lab session on Friday. If you have any questions address those concerns with him in lab. He will not have office hours on Friday.
Mon, Jun 13, 5:39 pm: Your hw1 and quiz#1 scores are posted. You can see your scores through grades.cs.umd.edu. If you have any concerns about the grading, you must talk with Dov tomorrow in lab. The last day to discuss any issues about the quiz and the homework is Wednesday June 15 during Dov's office hours.
Thu, Jun 9, 7:22 pm: The worksheet for next week quiz is now available (worksheet #2). Tomorrow Friday we will have our first quiz.
Thu, Jun 9, 10:17 am: Updating Java. Once you have finished hw#1, update your java version. If you have a mac the update should be automatic and you have nothing else to do. If you have a PC (Windows XP) then follow these steps:
- Using the Win XP "Add and Remove Programs" option remove the java version (s) you have.
- Reboot your computer.
- Install the new java version available at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp (select Download JDK 5.0 Update 3)
- Notice that once you bring up Eclipse, it will automatically recognize the new java version.
The process describe above should take you no time and it will benefit a lot. I will explain more in lecture tomorrow Friday.
Thu, Jun 9, 3:40 pm: I will not have office hours tomorrow Friday June 10. We will have lecture as usual.
Thu, Jun 9, 10:17 am: Homework #2 has been posted.
Wed, Jun 8, 1:34 pm: Dov's office hours for Friday June 10 will be from 2pm-3pm instead of 11am-12pm.
Fri, Jun 3, 4:54 pm: The worksheet (Worksheet#1) for the first quiz is now available in the Quizzes section of the class web page.
Tue, May 31, 5:54 pm: Lecture supplements for this week have been posted. You will find them by selecting the Lectures link.
Thu, Jun 2, 1:35 pm: Dov next office hours will be in lab next Tuesday. He will not have office hours tomorrow Friday or on Monday (June 6).
Fri, Jun 3, 8:54 am: Homework #1 posted.
Fri, Jun 3, 4:28 pm: The reading list (Schedule section) for this week and the coming week has been updated.
Fri, Jun 3, 4:30 pm: Try to submit your project #1 even if you have not started working on it yet. This will allow you to determine whether you have any submission problems. Immediately after checking out the homework try to submit.