syllabus

subject to change regularly!!! last updated: Sun Dec 16 14:30:10 EST 2001

tue 4 sep lecture #1 topics: introduction to the course lecture notes #1 reading: ch 1.1 Introduction ch 1.2 Hardware Components ch 1.3 Networks ch 1.4 Programming ch 1.5 Programming Languages	thu 6 sep lecture #2 topics: introduction to computers introduction to networks creating your first program editing, compiling, linking, running applets and applications lecture notes #2
tue 11 sep classes cancelled	thu 13 sep lecture #3 topics: creating your first program editing, compiling, linking, running assignment #1 out lecture notes #3
tue 18 sep lecture #4 topics: UNIX commands emacs commands Java output (System.out) lecture notes #4 reading: ch 2.1 Introduction to Objects ch 2.2 String Literals	thu 20 sep lecture #5 topics: classes, objects and methods data types and storage variables and assignment binary numbers and arithmetic ASCII lecture notes #5 reading: ch 2.3 Variables and Assignment ch 2.4 Primitive Data Types and Expressions
tue 25 sep lecture #6 topics: mathematical operators logical operators truth tables relational operators the if branching statement flow charts assignment #1 due assignment #2 out (corrected version!) lecture notes #6 reading: ch 3.1 Control Flow ch 3.2 The if Statement ch 3.3 The switch Statement ch 3.4 Boolean Expressions Revisited ch 3.5 More Operators	thu 27 sep lecture #7 topics: the java.lang class reading command-line input String class Integer class type conversion lecture notes #7 reading: ch 2.6 Class Libraries and Packages ch 3.6 The while Statement ch 3.7 The do Statement ch 3.8 The for Statement
tue 2 oct lecture #8 topics: the switch branching statement loops lecture notes #8 assignment #2 due reading: ch 2.6 Class Libraries and Packages ch 3.6 The while Statement ch 3.7 The do Statement ch 3.8 The for Statement	thu 4 oct MIDTERM EXAM I
tue 9 oct lecture #9 topics: arrays (one-dimensional) lecture notes #9 please complete the on-line Midterm Course evaluation here: http://www.esurveys.columbia.edu/wces/. assignment #3 out (updated Wed Oct 10 22:59:08 EDT 2001) reading: ch 3.5 More operators (increment, decrement and assignment) ch 3.6 The while Statement ch 3.7 The do Statement ch 3.8 The for Statement ch 6.1 Arrays examples from class: example #1 example #2	thu 11 oct lecture #10 topics: more arrays 2-dimensional arrays constants lecture notes #10 reading: ch 6.1 Arrays ch 6.4 Two-dimensional arrays p 63-64 Constants
tue 16 oct lecture #11 topics: debugging techniques java.util.Date class java.util.Random class conditional operator program organization methods assignment #3 due assignment #4 lecture notes #11 reading: p 81-83 The Random class p 130 The Conditional operator ch 4.1 Objects revisited ch 4.2 Anatomy of a class ch 4.3 Anatomy of a method question: Where did Jan 1, 1970, 12.00am GMT come from? See the news page for answers!	thu 18 oct lecture #12 topics: keyboard input java.lang.System class java.io package program organization writing your own classes and methods String class, revisited lecture notes #12 reading: ch 4.1 Objects revisited ch 4.2 Anatomy of a class ch 4.3 Anatomy of a method
tue 23 oct lecture #13 topics: applets graphics assignment #4 due WED OCT 24 -- EXTENDED TO FRI OCT 26 lecture notes #13 reading: ch 2.9 An Introduction to Applets ch 2.10 Drawing Shapes ch 4.7 Applet Methods ch 4.8 Graphical Objects	thu 25 oct lecture #14 topics: more graphics assignment #5, due WED NOV 7 lecture notes #14 reading: ch 2.10 Drawing Shapes ch 4.8 Graphical Objects
tue 30 oct lecture #15 topics: GUI's lecture notes #15 reading: ch 9 Graphical User Interfaces	thu 1 nov MIDTERM EXAM II
tue 6 nov HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) assignment #5 due WED NOV 7	thu 8 nov lecture #16 topics: more GUI's: menus simple animation assignment #6, due WED NOV 21 at 12NOON lecture notes #16 reading: ch 9 Graphical User Interfaces
tue 13 nov lecture #17 topics: vectors, arrays of objects sorting assignment #6, due WED NOV 21 at 12NOON lecture notes #17 reading: ch 6 Arrays and Vectors	thu 15 nov lecture #18 topics: recursion lecture notes #18 reading: ch 11 Recursion
tue 20 nov lecture #19 topics: more recursion inheritance lecture notes #19 assignment #6 due WED NOV 21 reading: ch 7 Inheritance	thu 22 nov THANKSGIVING (NO CLASS)
tue 27 nov lecture #20 topics: streams files lecture notes #20 assignment #7 out, due WED DEC 5 (updated version as of Wed Nov 28 22:59:40 EST 2001) reading: ch 8 Exceptions and I/O Streams especially: ch 8.2 Input/Output Streams ch 8.4 Text Files	thu 29 nov lecture #21 topics: software engineering command line and menu interface search lecture notes #21 reading: ch 10 Software Engineering
tue 4 dec lecture #22 topics: more on search data structures lecture notes #22 assignment #7 due WED DEC 5 reading ch 12 Data Structures	thu 6 dec lecture #23 LAST CLASS data structures lecture notes #23 reading ch 12 Data Structures
tue 11 dec READING PERIOD	thu 13 dec READING PERIOD
tue 18 dec FINAL EXAM 9am-12noon 301 FAYERWEATHER	thu 20 dec MAKEUP FINAL EXAM 1pm-4pm 417 IAB (International Affairs Building)