Weekly Schedule

For an alternative presentation of the listing of course materials, see the Lectures page.

Week 1

• Monday (1/3): Lab
  • Introduction to Eclipse
  • Discuss/Start Program #0 Computing Infrastructure
    (due on Wednesday, 1/5, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (1/4): Lecture
  • Course Overview (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1, 3, 5, 9
  • EBNF Chapter / Powerpoint
    Student presentation of solutions: Chapter 1, 2, 4, 8 and Powerpoint Slide #24
  • Distribute & Discuss: Academic Integrity Handout
    (to be signed, and returned in Thursday's Lecture)

• Wednesday (1/5): Lab (but I will lecture today)
  • Tokens in Java Programs (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12
  • Variables and Operators (Introduction thru- The % Operator)
    Student presentation of solutions: 2, 3

• Thursday (1/6): Lecture
  • Variables and Operators (Relational Operators thru Experiment!)
    Student presentation of solutions: 4, 5, 6
  • Expressions (Expressions - Pragmatics)
    Student presentation of solutions: 7, 8, 10, 13, 23
  • Collect: Signed (+ 5 digit key) Academic Integrity Handout

• Friday (1/7): Lab
  • Discuss/Start Program #1 Simple Program Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/12, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #1: Handed out in class (you can also download it on Friday)
    (due on Monday, 1/10, at the start of Lab)

Week 2

• Monday (1/10): Lab
  • Quiz #1 due at start of Lab
  • Work on Program #1 Simple Program Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/12, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (1/11): Lecture
  • Simple Statements: Declaration, Expression, and Block (Introduction - Boxing Statements)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
  • Simple Control Structures: Decision and Looping (if Statement - More Boxing)
    Student presentation of solutions: 11, 12, 18, 19, 26, 31
  • Advanced Control Structures: Exceptions (try/catch - File Reading)
    Student presentation of solutions: 38, 39

• Wednesday (1/12): Lab
  • Basics of the Eclipse Debugger
    
  • Work on Program #1 Simple Program Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/12, at 11:30pm)
  • Discuss/Start Program #2 Intermediate Programming Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/19, at 11:30pm)

• Thursday (1/13): Lecture
  • Program Construction and Debugging (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: None
  • More Java (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1,3-6
  • Coding Style (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1,2
  • Simplification (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1,2,3,4,5

• Friday (1/14): Lab
  • Work on Program #2 Intermediate Programming Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/19, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #2: Handed out in class (you can also download it on Friday)
    (due on Tuesday, 1/18 (Monday is a holiday), at the start of Lecture)

Week 3

• Monday (1/17): Lab
  • No Classes: Martin Luther King's Birthday

• Tuesday (1/18): Lecture
  • Quiz #2 due at start of Lecture
  • Classes and Objects: Fundamentals (Introduction - == vs equals)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1, 2, 3
  • Reading/Using Classes (Class Terminology - Field Members)
    Student presentation of solutions: 5, 6
  • More Useful Classes (OOP Summary - Other Useful Classes)
    Student presentation of solutions: 7

• Wednesday (1/19): Lab
  • Work on Program #2 Intermediate Programming Suite
    (due on Wednesday, 1/19, at 11:30pm)
  • Discuss/Start Program #3 Programming Using Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 1/26, at 11:30pm)

• Thursday (1/20): Lecture
  • A File I/O Class (Java File I/O - Buffering)
    Student presentation of solutions: 9, 11, 12
  • Writing static Methods (Introduction - Method Design)
    Student presentation of solutions: 2-6, 8
  • Writing static Methods in Classes (Defining Classes: EBNF -Eclipse IDE)
    Student presentation of solutions: none

• Friday (1/21): Lab
  • Work on Program #3 Programming Using Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 1/26, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #3: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Monday, 1/24, at the start of Lab)

Week 4

• Monday (1/24): Lab
  • Quiz #3 due at start of Lab
  • Work on Program #3 Programming With Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 1/26, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (1/25): Lecture
  • Writing Classes (Classes with Objects - Methods)
    Student presentation of solutions: 21-24
  • Writing Classes (continued) (Special Methods - Class Summary)

• Wednesday (1/26): Lab
  • Discuss/Start Program #4 Writing Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 2/2, at 11:30pm)

• Thursday (1/27): Lecture
  • The 1-d Array Class (Introduction - Modeling Data)
    Student presentation of solutions: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
  • The Object Class (Wrapper Classes - Reference Casting)
  • Simple Collections via Arrays (Collecton Classes - Doubling Performance)
    Student presentation of solutions: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

• Friday (1/28): Lab
  • Work on Program #4 Writing Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 2/2, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #4: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Monday, 1/31, at the start of Lab)

Week 5

Week 6

• Monday (2/7): Lab
  • Discuss/Start Program #5 Writing Classes with Arrays and Interfaces
    (due on Monday, 2/14, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (2/8): Lecture
  • Model Classes in the MVC Pattern (all)
    
  • Interfaces (all)
    Student presentation of solutions: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
    
  • Analysis of Algorithms (big-O notation)
    

• Wednesday (2/9): Lab
  • Work on Program #5 Writing Classes with Arrays and Interfaces
    (due on Monday, 2/14, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #5: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Monday, 2/14, at the start of Lab)

• Thursday (2/10): Lecture
  • Collection Classes: Overview, Generics, Stacks, [Priority]Queues (pgs 1-4)

• Friday (2/11): Lab
  • Work on Program #5 Writing Classes with Arrays and Interfaces
    (due on Monday, 2/14, at 11:30pm)

Week 7

• Monday (2/14): Lab
  • Work on Program #5 Writing Classes with Arrays and Interfaces
    (due on Monday, 2/14, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (2/15): Lecture
  • Midterm Exam (Lectures 1/4-2/8, not 2/3 and not Analysis of Algorithms from 2/8)

• Wednesday (2/16): Lab
  • Programming Exam #2: Writing Classes + Arrays

• Thursday (2/17): Lecture
  • Collection Classes: Lists and Sets (pgs 5-11)
    Collection Classes: Iterators (pgs 11-13)
    Collection Classes: Maps (pgs 13-18)
    Phone Database via Map Eclipse Folder.

• Friday (2/18): Lab
  • Discuss/Start Program #7 Programming with Collection Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 3/2, at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #6: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Tuesday, 2/22 (Monday is a holiday), at the start of Lecture)

Week 8

• Monday (2/21): Lab
  • No Classes: President's Day

• Tuesday (2/22): Lecture
  • Quiz #6 due at start of Lecture
  • Inheritance in Class Hierarchies (all)
    
  • Abstract Classes (all)
    

• Wednesday (2/23): Lab
  • Work on Program #7 Programming with Collection Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 3/2 at 11:30pm)

• Thursday (2/24): Lecture
  • Inheritance in Class Hierarchies ()
    
  • Exceptions in Detail (all)
    

• Friday (2/25): Lab
  • Work on Program #7 Programming with Collection Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 3/2 at 11:30pm)
  • Quiz #7: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Monday, 2/28, at the start of Lab)

Week 9

• Monday (2/28): Lab
  • Quiz #7 due at start of Lab
  • Work on Program #7 Programming with Collection Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 3/2, at 11:30pm)

• Tuesday (3/1): Lecture
  • Self-Referential Classes: Linked Objects
    Student presentation of solutions: 1,2
  • Linked List Processing
    Student presentation of solutions: 2,3

• Wednesday (3/2): Lab
  • Work on Program #7 Programming with Collection Classes
    (due on Wednesday, 3/2, at 11:30pm)
  • Discuss/Start Program #8 Programming with Linked Lists
    (due on Friday, 3/11, at 11:30pm)

• Thursday (3/3): Lecture
  • Recursion: Fundamentals (powerpoint)
    Student presentation of solutions: Slide 26/Slide 27 (equals)
  • Recursion: Linked Lists
    Student presentation of solutions: 11

• Friday (3/4): Lab
  • Programming Exam #3: Using Collection Classes
  • Quiz #8: Handed out in class (you can also download it)
    ( Eclipse Helper project for Quiz)
    (due on Monday, 3/7, at the start of Lab)