Schedule and Assignments for Introduction to Java

• Six class sessions over three weeks

• Each class session has a reading and programming assignment

• Assignments should be done prior to class

• Primary reading and programming assignments are from Tutorial listed below.

• Optional supplementary reading from TIJ and Nutshell

• Resources: All but Nutshell are available on Web and on CD-ROM supplied in class.

• SDK and docs. Sun's Software Development Kit for Java.

            http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/

• Tutorial: Online tutorial by Bradley Kjell, Connecticut State University. Primary resource.

            http://chortle.ccsu.ctstateu.edu/cs151/cs151java.html
           Local version

• TIJ: Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition, by Bruce Eckel.

            http://www.bruceeckel.com/TIJ2/index.html (zipped files for download)
           Local unzipped version of text
           Local unzipped version of code examples

• Nutshell: Java in a Nutshell, Third Edition, by David Flanagan. O'Reilly. Available at bookstores

1 Monday Feb 12: Introduction

Assignment:

• Programming assignment 1. Install the SDK and docs. Compile and run HelloWorld. Follow instructions on CD-ROM.

• Review basic computer architecture if needed. Tutorial chapters  1, 2, 3, 4

• Read tutorial on compiling and running Java  chapters 5 , 6 , 7

In-class:

Class 1 Powerpoint slides. Best viewed in Explorer, but Netscape works.

• Objectives

• Practical issues: Resources, assignments

• Review of programming assignment

• Review of computer architecture

• Programming languages

• Evolution of programming languages

• Java versus Lisp

• Translation from source to machine language: compilation, interpretation

• The Java Virtual Machine

•  How I learn a new programming language: principles

• How I learn a new Algol-like language: steps

• Assignment for next class

• Additional Information

•  Nutshell: Ch 1

• TIJ: Introduction

2 Wednesday Feb 14: Basic syntax I

Assignment:

• Tutorial chapters 8, 9 , 9B-15 (one page only on constants)

• Programming assignment 2: Chapter 8 Exercise 1, Chapter 9 Exercise  2

In-class:

• Review of compiling and running programs

• Primitive data types

• Variables, expressions, and the assignment statement

• Review of programming assignment

• Reading the java docs

• Introduction of next assignment

• Additional Information

•  Other chapters in tutorial: 9B,11,13,14,16-23

•  Nutshell: Ch 2, pp19-58

•  TIJ :  Ch 3 pp133-188

(Mon Feb 19: Holiday)

3 Wed Feb 21: Basic Syntax II

Assignment

• Tutorial Chapters 10, 12, 15

• Programming assignment 3. Chapter 10 Exercise 1, Chapter 12 Exercise 2, Chapter 15 Exercise 1

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In-class:

• I/O

• If Statement

• Loops and the while statement

• Additional Information

•  Other chapters in tutorial: 26-29, 32-34, 34B

•   TIJ: Ch 3

4 Monday Feb 26: Objects I

 Assignment:

• Tutorial chapters 25, 30

• Programming assignment 4. Chapter 30 Exercise 3

In-class:

• Introduction to Objects in Java

• Constructing your own objects

• Discuss programming assignment

• Reading and programming assignment for next class

• Additional Information

• TIJ: Ch  1,2

• Nutshell: Ch 3

5 Wed Feb 28: Objects II

Assignment:

• Tutorial chapter 31, 50

• Programming assignment 5. Chapter 31, exercise 1

In-class:

• Designing Interacting Classes

• Inheritance

• Discuss programning excercise

• Additional Information

• TIJ: Chs 4-9

• Nutshell: Ch 3-4

6 Monday March 5:  Applets, The World of Java, and Where Do We Go from Here?

 Assignment:

• Tutorial: Ch 36

• Programming assignment 6. Chapter 36 Exercise 1

• Extra credit: Add a button that toggles the background between blue and green.

In-class:

• Applets

• Programming assignement: applet that displays your name centered in a circle

• Graphical User Interface Programming

• Making the applet interactive

• Versions of Java

• The Java Foundation Classes

• Development environments

• Other topics: Beans, Enterprise Java

• Additional Information

• Tutorial Chapters 55, 56, 57 for intro to GUI programming in AWT

• TIJ: Chapter 13 for windows and applets using Java 2

• Other chapters in TIJ

• An example program to study