| Date |
Topic |
Assignments & Announcements (tentative) |
Slides & Labs |
| Week 1, 01/11 |
Introduction to Computers and Java
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[CourseOverview]
[Slides]
[Lab1]
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| Week 2, 01/18 |
Introduction to Java Applications, Data Types |
- First Glance of Java Programs
- Java’s Primitive Types
- Arithmetic Computation
- Evaluation Order & Decision-making Statements
|
[Slides]
[Lab2] |
| Week 3, 03/01 |
Control Statements I (including structured programming) |
Welcome Back!
Assignment 1 was out on Blackboard [Assignment1]
Please submit the assignment via Online Judge (OJ) [OJ Tutorial Site]
- Control Statment Introduction
- If Else Selection Statement
- While Statement
- Counter-Controlled and Sentinel-Controlled Repetition
- Type Cast and Scope
- Operators
|
[Slides]
[Lab3] |
| Week 4, 03/08 |
Control Statements II (including structured programming) |
- For Statement
- Do While Switch Break Continue Statements
- Logical Operators
- Structured Programming
|
[Slides]
[Lab4] |
| Week 5, 03/15 |
Array |
Assignment 2 was out on Blackboard [Assignment2]
- Array Declaration and Creation
- Array Initialization Rolling Dice Example
- Enhanced For Statement
- Two and Multi Dimensional Arrays
|
[Slides]
[Lab5] |
| Week 6, 03/22 |
Procedural programming (static methods, APIs) |
- Why Use Methods
- Program Modules and Static Methods
- Details of Methods
- Method-call Stack and Argument Passing
- Method Overloading and Command-line Args
|
[Slides]
[Lab6] |
| Week 7, 03/29 |
Introduction to OO (Classes, Objects, Methods) |
Assignment 3 was out on Blackboard [Assignment3, LocalJudge.java]
- Introduction to Object-Oriented via Car Story
- Class and Method Declaration
- Object Creation & Method Calling & Instance Variables & Getter and Setter
- Constructors
- Case Study Ⅰ Pet Show
- Case Study Ⅱ Account Balances
|
[Slides]
[Lab7] |
| Week 8, 04/05 |
No Class |
- No Class Due to Qingming Holiday (清明节)
|
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| Week 9, 04/12 |
Strings and Wrapper Classes |
Assignment 4 was out on Blackboard [Assignment4]
Project description was out on Blackboard [Project Description]
- String Class
- String Methods
- StringBuilder and Wrapper Classes
|
[Slides]
[Lab8] |
| Week 10, 04/19 |
Classes, Objects and Methods: A Deeper Look |
- Designing Classes & Controlling Access to Class Members
- Data Hiding and This Reference
- Overloaded Constructors & Setter Getter Methods
- Composition
- Static Variables and Methods
- final Instance Variables and Garbage and PackagesCollection
- Java Heap Stack Memory
|
[Slides-part1]
[Slides-part2]
[Slides-Self-Study]
[Lab9] |
| Week 10, 04/25 |
Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance |
- Inheritance Introduction
- Superclass and Subclass
- A Payroll Application & Overriding
- Subclass Constructor & Accessing Fields of Superclass
- Super Keyword and Inheritance Summary
|
[Slides]
[Lab10] |
| Week 11, 04/26 |
Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism |
- Polymorphism in OOP
- Polymorphic Behavior
- Abstract Classes
- 1 Case Study A Payroll System Using Polymorphism
- 2 Case Study A Payroll System Using Polymorphism
- final Methods and Static Binding and Java Interface
- Interface Example - Developing a Payable Hierarchy
|
[Slides]
[Lab11] |
| Week 12, 05/03 |
No Class |
Assignment 5 was out on Blackboard [Assignment5]
- No Class Due to Labor Day Holiday (劳动节)
|
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| Week 13, 05/10 |
Generic Classes and Methods，Generic Collections (ArrayList) |
- Motivation of generic methods
- Declaring and using generic methods
- Bounded Type Parameter and ArrayList
- Generic classes
- The “hardest” question about generics
- Generic Collections
- GUI Programming (brief overview, self-study)
|
[Slides]
[GUI Slides]
[Lab12-GUI]
|
| Week 14, 05/17 |
Exception Handling: A Deeper Look |
- What exceptions are & How exception handling works
- Exception class hierarchy & Checked unchecked exceptions
- Stack traces and chained exceptions
|
[Slides]
[Lab13] |
| Week 15, 05/24 |
Course Review & Project Demo |
- Review and Demo
- Invited Lunch/Dinner if your final score is 96% or more
|
[Slides]
[Final Exam Topics] |
