Schedule - CS 305J - Spring 2010
| Date | Topic | Reading and Events Reading Assignments with a cited chapter are from the required textbook, Building Java Programs by Stuart Reges and Marty Stepp. Complete the readings before class. |
| Tuesday, January 19 | CS305j Discussion sections do not meet today! | CS305j Discussion sections do not meet today! |
| Wednesday, January 20 | Topic 1: Course mechanics. Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. After class read syllabus and review schedule. 2. Read Sections 1.1 and 1.3 from the textbook. 3. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 1 numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5. 4. Apply for your CS Department account today! |
| Friday, January 22 | Topic 2:
Introduction to Java programming.: Simple programs, println, static methods Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 1 numbers 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 1.1 Stewie, 1.5 Stewie 2. 4. Puzzler of the Day 4th class day. Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration require the approval of the department chair and usually the student’s dean. |
| Monday, January 25 | Continue Topic 2 |
1. Ch 1 self-check problems: 5, 15, 16, 17, 19 2. Practice-It! exercises: 1.6 DrawEgg 3. Puzzler of the Day |
| Tuesday, January 26 | Discussion Section. | Optional help session. No quiz. Meet in the computer lab on the 5th floor of Painter Hall.. |
| Wednesday, January 27 | Topic 3: Procedural decomposition case study Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Section 1.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 1 numbers 16, 17, and 22 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 1.9 Star Figures, 1.10 Shining 4. Puzzler of the Day Assignment 2 available. |
| Thursday, January 28 | Assignment 1 due by 11 pm | Assignment 1 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, January 29 | Topic 4: Variables: primitive types, expressions, variables, and
assignment Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 2.1 and 2.2 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 2 numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 3. Practice It! exercises: 2.4: expressions 3 |
| Monday, February 1 | Continue Topic 4. | |
| Tuesday, February 2 | Discussion Section | 1. Quiz 1 2. Help on assignment 2 3. Lab exercises on syntax errors, output, structured programs. Program with Syntax errors to fix Lab Exercises Number 1 |
| Wednesday, February 3 |
Start Topic 5: for loops |
1. Read Sections 2.3 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 2 numbers 12, 13, 15, 20, 21 3. Suggested Practice it exercises: 2.2 loop Squares, 2.3 fibonacci 12th class day. Last day to drop for a possible refund. Last day to add a course. Assignment 3 available |
| Thursday, February 4 | Assignment 2 due by 11 pm | Assignment 2 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, February 5 | Continue Topic 5 | |
| Monday, February 8 | Topic 6: Nested loops, class constants Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read sections 2.3 and 2.4 from the book. 2. Suggested Practice It exercises: 2.5 Star Triangle, 2.6 number Triangle |
| Tuesday, February 9 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 2 2. Q and A for assignment 3 3. Lab Exercises Number 2 |
| Wednesday, February 10 | Topic 7: Managing complexity and a loops case study Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Section 2.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 2 numbers 27 and 28. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 2.8 spaces And Numbers, 2.10 numbers Output 60 |
| Friday, February 12 | Topic 8: Parameters and methods Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 3.1 and 3.2 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 3 numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 3.1 print Numbers, 3.2 print Powers of Two, 3.3 print Powers of N |
| Monday , February 15 | Guest lecture by
Professor Peter Stone Assignment 4 available |
20th class day. Last day to drop a course without a possible academic penalty. Assignment 4 available |
| Tuesday, February 16 | Discussion Section Assignment 3 due by 11 pm |
1. Quiz 3 2. Q and A for assignment 3. 3. Complete problems for Lab Exercise 2 Assignment 3 due by 11 pm |
| Wednesday, February 17 | Topic 9: Using objects, interactive programs and loop
techniques Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 4.1 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 3 numbers 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, Chapter 4, number 2. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 3.6 quadratic |
| Friday, February 19 | Topic 9: Using objects, interactive programs and loop techniques |
1. Suggested Practice It exercises:
3.8 vertical,
3.9 print Reverse Javabat problem set 1 due by 4pm. |
| Monday, February 22 | Topic 10: Parameters Case Study Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Section 3.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Practice It exercise: 3.10 swap Points |
| Tuesday, February 23 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 4 2. Review for midterm. |
| Wednesday, February 24 |
Midterm 1 in class Assignment 5 available |
Midterm 1 in class. Midterm 1 will cover material up to and including
the parameters case study, topic 10. Assignment 5 available |
| Friday, February 26 | Topic 11: Introduction to simple graphics Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing Assignment 4 due by 11 pm |
1. Read all of chapter 3G from the textbook.. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 3G numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. Assignment 4 due by 11 pm |
| Monday, March 1 | Topic 12: Conditional execution Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 4.1 and 4.2 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 4 numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 4.3 replicate, 4.4 print Factors |
| Tuesday, March 2 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 5 2. Midterm handed back and reviewed. 3. Q and A for Assignment 5. Javabat problem set 2 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, March 3 | Topic 13: More on conditional execution, text processing |
1. Read Sections 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 4 numbers 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 4.7 smallest Largest, 4.10 print Triangle Type Assignment 6 available |
| Thursday, March 4 | Assignment 5 due by 11 pm | Assignment 5 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, March 5 | Topic 14: Conditional case study Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Section 4.6 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Exercises (NOT the Self-Check Exercise): Chapter 4 numbers 2, 15, and 16. |
| Monday, March 8 | Topic 15: While loops, the boolean type, Boolean logic Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 5.1 and 5.2 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 5 numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 15, 16. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 5.2 print Average, 5.6 dice Sum |
| Tuesday, March 9 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 6 2. Q and A for assignment 6 3. Lab exercises (Section handout) Javabat problem set 3 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, March 10 | Continue Topic 15 Assignment 7 available |
Assignment 7 available |
| Thursday, March 11 | Assignment 6 due by 11 pm | Assignment 6 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, March 12 | Guest lecture by Professor Calvin Lin | |
| March 15 -19 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| Monday, March 22 | Topic 16: Creating correct programs. user errors,
assertions, program logic Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing Topic 17: While loop case study. (Done earlier.) |
1. Read Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 5 numbers 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 5.7 gcd, 5.11 season 4. Read Section 5.6 from the textbook. 5. Suggested Exercise (NOT the Self-Check Exercise): Chapter 5 numbers 3 6. Suggested Practice It exercise 5.9 show Binary |
| Tuesday, March 23 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 7 2. Q and A for assignment 7 3. Lab exercises. Here are sample files for the text processing problems: FixSpacing.txt, EvenNumbers.txt, NegativeSum.txt, EvenOddSum.txt, TextCount.txt Javabat problem set 4 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, March 24 | Topic 19: Arrays part 1 Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing Assignment 8 available |
1. Read Section 7.1 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 7 numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 3. Suggested Practice It exercise: 7.1 last Index Of |
| Thursday, March 25 | Assignment 7 due by 11 pm | Assignment 7 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, March 26 |
Continue Topic 19 | 1. Read Section 7.2 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 7 numbers 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 3.Suggested Practice It exercises: 7.2 count In Range, 7.3 copy All |
| Monday, March 29 | Topic 18: File processing Slides:
PowerPoint,
PDF,
PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 6.4 and 6.5 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 6 numbers 13, 14, 15 and Exercises 2 and 9. 3. Suggested Practice It exercise 6.1 double space Assignment 8 available Mid semester. Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean's approval, withdraw from the University or drop a course except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons. ("Q drop" a course.) Last day a student may change registration in a course to or from the pass/fail or credit/no credit basis. In practice I always grant approval for "Q drops" up to this date as long as their are no issues with academic integrity. |
| Tuesday, March 30 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 8 2. Q and A for assignment 8 3. Lab exercises Javabat problem set 5 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, March 31 | Topic 20: Arrays part 2 Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing Assignment 9 available |
1. Read Section 7.3 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 7 numbers 17, 20, and 22. 3. Suggested Practice It exercises: 7.4 copy Range, 7.5 mode Assignment 9 available |
| Friday, April 2 |
Topic 20: Arrays part 2 Assignment 8 due by 11 pm |
1. Suggested Practice It exercises:
7.6 standard Deviation,
7.7 kth Largest Assignment 8 due by 11 pm |
| Monday, April 5 | Review for Midterm 2 | Review for Midterm 2 |
| Tuesday, April 6 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 9 2. Review for midterm. Javabat problem set 6 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, April 7 | Midterm 2 in class | Midterm 2 in class. Midterm 2 will cover up to and including the material on arrays. |
| Friday, April 9 |
Topic 21: Sorting Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Suggested Practice It exercise:
7.8 median |
| Monday, April 12 |
Topic 22: Two dimensional arrays Assignment 10 available |
1. Read section 7.4 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 7 numbers 14 and 26. 3. Read the Wikipedia article on Conways' Game of Life 4. Look at this Game of Life Applet Assignment 10 available |
| Tuesday, April 13 | Discussion Section Assignment 9 due by 11 pm |
1. Quiz 10 2. Return and review midterm 3. Q and A for assignment 9 Assignment 9 due by 11 pm |
| Wednesday, April 14 | Continue Topic 22 | 1. Suggested Practice It exercise: 7.13 equals |
| Friday, April 16 |
Topic 26: ArrayLists |
1. Read Section 10.1 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 10 numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |
| Monday, April 19 | Continue Topic 26 | |
| Tuesday, April 20 | Discussion Section |
1. Quiz 11 2. Q and A for assignment 10 3. Lab exercises |
| Wednesday, April 21 | Topic 23: Creating classes part 1 Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing Assignment 11 available |
1. Read Sections 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 8 numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Exercises 1 and 2. Assignment 11 available |
| Thursday, April 22 | Assignment 10 due by 11 pm | Assignment 10 due by 11 pm |
| Friday, April 23 |
Continue Topic 23 | |
| Monday, April 26 | Topic 24: Creating classes part 2 Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read Sections 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6 from the textbook. 2. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 8 numbers 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and Exercises 4 and |
| Tuesday, April 27 | Discussion Section | 1. Quiz 12 2. Intro to Unix OS Javabat problem set 7 due by 4pm. |
| Wednesday, April 28 | Topic 25: Creating classes case study | |
| Friday, April 30 | Continue Topic 25 | |
| Monday, May 3 | Topic 27: Interfaces Slides: PowerPoint, PDF, PDF for Printing |
1. Read section 9.5 and 10.2 from thee book. 1. Suggested Self-Check Exercises: Chapter 10 numbers 14, 15, 16, 18. |
| Tuesday, May 4 | Discussion Section | 1. Quiz 13 2. ArrayList problems 3. TA Evals |
| Wednesday, May 5 | Continue Topic 27 Course Instructor Evals |
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| Thursday, May 6 | Assignment 11 due by 11 pm | Assignment 11 due by 11 pm. No Slip days may be used on assignment 11. |
| Friday, May 7 |
Catch up day | |
| May 10 & 11 | Dead Days | Dead Days |
| Monday May, 17 | Final Exam, 2 - 5 pm. | Final Exam, 2 - 5 pm. Location TBD |