CPSC 124 Syllabus

Week 1: 1/17-1/21

Topics: overview and introduction, structure of a basic Java application, variables, primitive types, strings, text input and output

Reading: 1.1-1.7, 2.1-2.3, 2.4-2.5
Plan to do the readings before coming to class, so that class time can be spent on addressing questions and trickier topics.

Examples: Eliza0.java (basic program structure, output), Eliza1.java (variables, TextIO), Average.java (TextIO, integer vs. double division)

Week 2: 1/24-1/28

Topics: String and Math, algorithm design, conditionals

Reading: 2.3, 3.1-3.2, 3.5-3.6

Examples: MathStringDemo.java (using Math and String), rules for risk (top-down design - overview, then refine with details), Calculate1a.java, Calculate1b.java (two versions of the simple calculator problem)

Jeliot information (program animation)

Week 3: 1/31-2/4

Topics: loops

Reading: 3.3-3.4

Examples: Folding.java (while loops), Max.java and Max3.java (finding maximums), PrintNums.java (fencepost problems), DiceCount1.java (random integers, while loops), DiceCount2.java (for loops)

Max2.java is an advanced version of the maximum-finding program, where the user can enter "quit" instead of a number to quit - this is provided as an example for the curious, but it uses things that are beyond the scope of this course

Week 4: 2/7-2/11

Topics: loops; subroutines, parameters, return values

Reading: 3.3-3.4; 4.1-4.4

Examples: MultTable.java (nested loops), Beer0.java (subroutines), Beer1.java, Beer2.java (subroutines with parameters)

Week 5: 2/14-2/18

Topics: subroutines, parameters, return values; review

Reading: 4.1-4.4

Examples: RollSum.java (parameters and return values), DiceCount3.java (switch), StringCap0.java, StringCap1.java (functions, string manipulations)

exam review information

Week 6: 2/21-2/25

Topics: exam; top-down design with subroutines, constants

Reading: 4.6-4.7

Examples: MathQuiz.java (design with subroutines)

Week 7: 2/28-3/4

Topics: classes and objects

Reading: 5.1-5.2

Examples: War.java (using classes and objects), Student2.java (a small class, constructors, public vs. private), StudentDemo.java (demo of using Student2)

Week 8: 3/7-3/11

Topics: classes and objects, object oriented design

Reading: 5.1-5.3

Examples: Dice.java (writing a class, static vs. non-static), DiceTester.java (using objects, static vs. non-static), CyberPet.java (writing a class), CyberPetDemo.java (using objects)

Spring Break

Week 9: 3/21-3/25

Topics: arrays

Reading: 8.1-8.2, 8.5

Examples: ArrayDemo.java (arrays as function parameters, array assignment), ArrayDemo2.java (arrays of objects), CommandLineDemo.java (commandline arguments), ArrayDemo3.java (2D arrays), TicTacToe.java (main program), TicTacToePlayer.java, (tic-tac-toe player - example of classes), TicTacToeBoard.java (tic-tac-toe board - 2D arrays)

Week 10: 3/28-4/1

Topics: introduction to applets and graphics, toolboxes, APIs, packages; review for exam

Reading: 4.5, 6.1-6.3

Examples: BasicApplet.java (basic Swing applet), BasicComponent.java (basic Swing component), basicapplet.html (web page for running BasicApplet), BullseyeApplet.java, BullseyeComponent.java (components with constructors and instance variables), bullseyeapplet.html

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Week 11: 4/4-4/8

Topics: exam; layout managers and events

Reading: 6.1, 6.3-6.6

Examples: LayoutDemoApplet.java, layoutdemo.html, BorderLayoutDemoApplet.java, borderlayoutdemo.html, ComplexLayoutDemoApplet.java, complexlayoutdemo.html (layout managers), ButtonDemoApplet.java, buttondemo.html (event handling - applet class handles), ButtonDemoApplet2.java, buttondemo2.html (event handling - nested class handles), ButtonDemoApplet3.java, buttondemo3.html (enabling/disabling components)

Week 12: 4/11-4/15

Topics: events

Reading: 6.4-6.5

Examples: PaintSplotchApplet.java, PaintSplotchPanel.java, paintsplotch.html (mouse and mouse motion events), WanderingDotApplet.java, WanderingDotComponent.java, wanderingdot.html (mouse motion events), ClickDemoApplet.java, ClickDemoPanel.java, clickdemo.html (determining mouse buttons and modifier keys on mouse events, and event timestamps), KeyDemoApplet.java, KeyDemoPanel.java, DotPanel.java, keydemo.html (key and focus events), WhackAMole.java, WhackAMolePanel.java, whack-a-mole.html (timer and mouse events)

Week 13: 4/18-4/22

Topics: inheritance & polymorphism

Reading: 5.4-5.6

Examples: Shape.java, Rectangle.java, RoundedRectangle.java, Oval.java, Circle.java (defining classes using inheritance), ShapeDemoApplet.java, shapedemoapplet.html (inheritance and polymorphism), PaintSplotchApplet2.java, PaintSplotchPanel2.java, paintsplotch2.html (inheritance and polymorphism), TicTacToe2.java, TicTacToePlayer2.java, TicTacToeBoard.java, HumanPlayer.java, ComputerPlayer.java (inheritance and polymorphism, abstract classes)

Week 14: 4/25-4/29

Topics: more about arrays: dynamic arrays, searching, sorting

Reading: 8.3-8.4

Examples: Hand.java (partially full array, dynamic arrays, sorting, shuffling)

Week 15: 5/2-5/6

Topics: arrays: searching, ArrayList/Vector

Reading: 8.3-8.4

Examples: Hand.java (partially full array, dynamic arrays, sorting, shuffling), Hand2.java (using ArrayList)

Final Exams: 5/7-5/10

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