| Date |
Before class... |
Activity Links and Announcements |
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8/25 |
Read some
fun quotes about programming |
Session 1 - An introduction to the course and software development [Student
info sheet] |
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8/27 |
Read Chapter 1 and Section 2.1 |
Session 2 - What is Object Oriented Programming?
Introduction to class modeling with UML. |
|
8/29 |
Read 3.1 and 3.2 |
Session 3 - Writing our first Java class
HW1 - Thinking about classes |
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9/1 |
No Class - Labor Day |
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9/3 |
Read Sections 4.1-4.4.9 |
Session 4 - More with our first Java class |
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9/5 |
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Session 5 - Fixing our first Java class
HW2 - Creating a "clock" |
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9/8 |
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Session 6 - Still Fixing, looking at memory in Java |
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9/10 |
Read Section 5.1 |
Session 7 - Creating a Die class |
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9/12 |
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Session 8 - Programming with collections |
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9/15 |
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Session 9 - Command line args, wrapper classes and arrays of objects
HW3 - What's wrong with the design of
our clock |
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9/17 |
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Session 10 - Design issues with our
Clock |
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9/19 |
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Session 11 - Back to issues of design
HW4 - Experiencing "bad" design |
|
9/22 |
Scan chapter 2 |
Session 12 - Wrapping up design (for now) |
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9/24 |
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* class cancelled * |
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9/26 |
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Session 13 - What did you learn in HW4 ? |
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9/29 |
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Session 14 - Introduction to the
Accumulator |
|
10/1 |
Read 5.2 |
Session 15 - Introduction to Inheritance
HW#5 DUE on FRIDAY |
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10/3 |
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* class cancelled * |
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10/6 |
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Session 16 - Inheritance for substitutability / polymorphism |
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10/8 |
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Session 17 - More with polymorphism.
A brief introduction to BallWorld (Graphical programming)
HW#6 - Beginning our drawing program |
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10/10 |
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Session 18 - More with BallWorld |
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10/13 |
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Session 19 - CannonGame |
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10/15 |
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Session 20 - Wrap up CannonGame, Debrief HW#6 |
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10/17 |
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Mid-term Exam #1 |
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10/20 |
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Session 21 - CannonWorld (Event Driven Programming) |
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10/22 |
Read 5.3 |
Session 22 - Listeners, Interfaces
HW#7 - DomeWorld |
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10/24 |
Read 8.1 and 8.3 |
Session 23 - Layout Managers |
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10/27 |
Read 6.1 |
Session 24 - Introduction to PinBallGame |
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10/29 |
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Session 25 - Improving PinBallGame |
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10/31 |
Read 6.1.4, While I won't explicitly discuss it in lecture, you should read
6.2-6.4 |
Session 26 - Wrapping up PinBallGame, discussion of HW#7
HW#8 - Making more improvements to PinBallGame |
|
11/3 |
Read 8.1 |
Session 27 - Frameworks and Abstract
Classes |
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11/5 |
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Session 28 - An activity to introduce types of inheritance |
|
11/7 |
Types of Inheritance (To read
this file you must access from an on campus computer. Warning, 6 MB
pdf file. You may borrow and photocopy the version hanging outside my
office). |
Session 29 - Types of inheritance,
compostion |
|
11/10 |
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Session 30 - Wrapping up composition, Object
Recursion |
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11/12 |
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Session 31 |
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11/14 |
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Mid-term Exam #2 |
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11/17 |
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Session 32
HW09 - RobotWars |
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11/19 |
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Session 33 |
|
11/21 |
Scan chapter 7 (focus on the explanation of design patterns and the catalog
of patterns presented without worrying about code TOO much)
Read this article about
non-software design patterns |
Session 34 |
|
12/1 |
Read 8.4 |
Session 35 |
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12/3 |
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Session 36 |
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12/5 |
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Session 37
HW#10 |
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12/8 |
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Session 38 |
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12/10 |
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Session 39 |
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12/12 |
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Session 40 |
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12/15 |
FINAL EXAM - 1:00-2:50 |
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