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CSC
140 Programming in Java
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point total:
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134
(Eleven In-Class Labs for 2 points each, Skill Test 1 for 4 points,
Project
1 for 8 points, Skill Test 2 for 5 points, Project 2 for 12
points, Skill Test 3 for 8 points, Project 3 for 20 points, Skill Test
4 for 10 points, Project 4 for 30 points, and Skill Test 5 and
Final for 15 points.)
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| Grading
Scale:
(subject to change if the point
totals change). |
A
121 to 134 points
B 108 to 120
points
C 94 to 107
points
D 81 to 93
points
F 80 points or
below
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| Class
Notes: |
All
grades are in. Have a nice holidays!
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| Syllabus: |
Syllabus |
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Installing
your CD |
Instructions
for the CD we burned for you. |
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| Skill
Tests: |
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| Wed., Aug 29 |
Skill
Test 1 |
Creating a
Specific Graphics Output |
| Wed., Oct. 3 |
Skill
Test 2 |
Creating a
Runnable Applet with Graphics Animation. |
| Wed., Oct.
31 |
Skill Test 3 |
Using a
supplied class in an Application -- Statics, Exceptions, and File I/O |
| Mon., Nov. 26
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Skill Test 4 |
Implementing
simple is-a, has-a, and know-a relationships. |
| Thurs., Dec. 13 8:00 to 10:00 AM
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Skill Test 5
(The Final) |
Implementing
a simple Object Oriented Design |
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| Projects: |
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| Wed., Sept.
19 |
Project
1 |
A Specialized Interactive Educational Applet |
| Mon., Oct
22 |
Project 2 |
An Animated
Demonstration of a Random Process |
| Wed., Nov. 7 |
Project 3 |
A Flat File
Database |
| Wed., Dec 5 |
Project 4 |
An
Intersection Simulator |
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Topics: |
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Mon., Aug. 20
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Environment
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Compiling your first Java Applet
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| Wed., Aug. 22 |
Applets
and Graphics |
Starting to understand
the syntax of Java. Using the Graphics g object. |
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Mon., Aug 27
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Constructors,
Constants, and Documentation
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Continuing our analysis of Java syntax.
Understanding how to use the documentation
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Wed., Aug. 29
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Differences from C
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Skill Test 1
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Mon., Sept. 3
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College closed
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Labor Day
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Wed., Sept 5
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Components (Widgets)
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Adding Labels, Buttons, Checkboxes, Choices, Lists,
TextFields, and TextAreas
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Mon., Sept. 10
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Events and
Listeners
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Responding to Button presses and other actions.
ActionListener, ItemListener, MouseListener, and MouseMotionListener.
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Wed., Sept. 12
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Layout Managers
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FlowLayout, BorderLayout, and GridLayout
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Mon., Sept. 17
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Arrays
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Differences between Java and C Arrays, both single
and multi-dimensional.
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Wed., Sept. 19
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Interactive Grading
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Project 1
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Mon., Sept. 24
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Threads and Animation 1
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Graphics Animation using objects derived from class
Thread. Implementation of a Runnable Interface
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Wed., Sept. 26
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Threads and Animation 2
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Continuation of Sept.24th.
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Mon., Oct. 1
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Images
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Loading and displaying Images from files in both Java
1.1 and Java 2
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Wed., Oct. 3
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Skill Test 2
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Mon., Oct. 8
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Applications
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Stand alone Java programs
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Wed., Oct. 10
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Exceptions
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Understanding and using the Throwable heirarchy to
throw and catch Exceptions
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Mon., Oct. 15
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Statics
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static variables and methods
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Wed., Oct. 17
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File I/O (date
moved up)
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Text based File output and input
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Mon., Oct. 22
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Interactive Grading (date moved back)
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Project 2
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Wed., Oct. 24
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GridBag Layout
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Using the most powerful and complicated Layout
Manager
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Mon., Oct. 29
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Web Connections
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The InetAddress and URL classes and how they work.
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Wed., Oct 31
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Skill Test 3
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Mon., Nov. 5
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Relationships
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Is-A, Has-A, and Knows-A Relationships
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Wed., Nov. 7
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Interactive Grading
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Project 3
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Mon., Nov. 12
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Object Oriented Design
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Heuristics of good Object Oriented Design
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Wed., Nov. 14
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Group Project I
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Group project to get a head start on Project 4
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Mon., Nov. 19
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Group Project II
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Group project continued
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Wed., Nov. 21
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Open Lab Day, help with Project 4 or Skill Test 4
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Mon., Nov. 26
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Skill Test 4
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Implementing simple is-a, has-a, and know-a
relationships.
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Wed., Nov. 28
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Packages and Visual IDE's
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Packages and the package keyword, JBuilder and Forte
and how they work.
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Mon., Dec. 3
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Open lab and help on Projects 3 and 4.
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Wed., Dec. 5
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Interactive Grading
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Project 4
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Thurs., Dec. 13 8:00 to 10:00 AM
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Final - Skill Test 5
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Notice the unusual date and
time: Thursday and 8:00 AM!
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