The syllabus is broken up into fourteen one-week sections and a week's
break:
- Introduction
- Java Tools
- Objects and Classes
- Java Basics
- Inheritance
- Interfaces and Inner Classes
- Exceptions and Debugging
- Spring Break
- Streams and Files
- Generics
- Graphics Programming
- Event Handling
- Applets and Applications
- Swing
- Miscellaneous
Note: The phrase “X through Y” means “from the
beginning of X to the end of Y.”
- Week 1 – Introduction, Tuesday, 22 January & Thursday, 24 January.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 1.
- Class notes
-
Introduction
Object-Oriented Programming
- Quiz
- Thursday, 24 January
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- Week 2 – Java Tools, Tuesday, 28 January & Thursday, 31 January.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 2.
- Class notes
-
Java Tools
- Quiz
- Thursday, 31 January
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 3 – Objects and Classes, Tuesday, 5 February & Thursday, 7 February.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 4.
- Class notes
-
Classes, part 1
Classes, part 2
- Quiz
- Thursday, 7 February
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 4 – Java Basics, Tuesday, 12 February & Thursday, 14 February.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 3.
- Class notes
-
Types
Methods
- Assignment
-
Assignment 1a (last modified on 4 April 2008) available on Tuesday, 12 February; due
on Tuesday, 4 March at 11:30 p.m.
An example solution.
The API documentation grades.
The assignment grades.
- Quiz
- Thursday, 14 February
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 5 – Inheritance, Tuesday, 19 February & Thursday, 21 February.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 5, pages 151 through 189, 207 through 210.
Reflection, pages 189--207, optional.
- Class notes
-
Inheritance
Polymorphism
- Quiz
- Thursday, 21 February
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 6 – Interfaces and Inner Classes, Tuesday, 26 February & Thursday, 28 February.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 6.
Proxies optional.
- Class notes
-
Interfaces
Inner Classes
- Quiz
- Thursday, 28 February
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 7 – Exceptions and Debugging, Tuesday, 4 March & Thursday, 6 March.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 11, pages 557 through 604 (7th ed.) or 551 through 598 (8th ed.).
Pages 604 through 618 (7th ed.) or 598 through 611 (8th ed.) optional.
- Class notes
-
Exceptions
Testing and Debugging
- Assignment
-
Assignment 1b (last modified on 4 April 2008) available on Thursday, 6 March; due
on Thursday, 20 March at 11:30 p.m.
An example solution.
- Quiz
- Thursday, 6 March
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 8 – Spring Break, Monday, 10 March through Friday, 14 March.
No class this week.
- Mid-term grades
- due 10 March
-
- Week 9 – Streams and Files, Tuesday, 18 March & Thursday, 20 March.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 12 (7th ed).
Zip file streams (pages 643 to 652) optional.
Object streams (pages 662 to 683) optional.
New I-O (pages 689 to 697) optional.
Basic I/O
(8th ed).
- Class notes
-
Stream I-O
I-O &c
- Assignment
-
Assignment 1c (last modified on 18 March 2008) available on Thursday, 20 March; due
on Thursday, 3 April at 11:30 p.m.
An example solution.
The assignment grades.
- Quiz
- Thursday, 20 March
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 10 – Generics, Tuesday, 25 March & Thursday, 27 March.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 13 (7th ed.) or 12 (8th ed.).
Reflection and Generics (pages 729 to 734 (7th ed.) or 640 to 647 (8th ed.)) optional.
- Class notes
-
Generics
Advanced Generics
- Quiz
- Thursday, 27 March
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 11 – Graphics Programming, Tuesday, 1 April & Thursday, 3 April.
- Drop Day
- Monday, 31 March
-
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 7.
- Class notes
-
Computer Graphics
Java Graphics
- Assignment
-
Assignment 1d (last modified on 8 April 2008) available on Thursday, 3 April; due
on Tuesday, 29 April at 11:30 p.m.
- Quiz
- Thursday, 3 April
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 12 – Event Handling, Tuesday, 8 April & Thursday, 10 April.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 8.
- Class notes
-
Event Handling
- Quiz
- Thursday, 10 April
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 13 – Applets and Applications, Tuesday, 15 April & Thursday, 17 April.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 10, pages 493 through 528.
Chapter 10, pages 528 through 556 optional.
)
- Class notes
-
Java Programs
Java Applets
- Quiz
- Thursday, 17 April
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 14 – Swing, Tuesday, 22 April & Thursday, 24 April.
- Readings
-
Horstmann and Cornell, Chapter 9.
- Class notes
-
Swing Components
Swing Layout
- Quiz
- Thursday, 24 April
-
The answers.
The grades.
- Week 15 – Miscellaneous, Tuesday, 29 April & Thursday, 1 May.
- Class notes
-
The Java Virtual Machine
Scripting Java
- Quiz
- Thursday, 1 May
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- Open Lecture about Scala at 5:30 to 7:30 on 8
May in HH C1.
