COMP 14: Introduction to Programming. Course Schedule

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The schedule of topics and assignments may vary slightly through the course.
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Lecture slides will be posted regularly.

Date	Class Topics	Assignments	Assignments Due	Additional Info
May 11	Syllabus, basic info, jGRASP	Assignment 1, Read ch. 1		Late registration begins
May 12	Overview of computers and programming languages	Read ch. 2 (pp. 21-37)		Late registration ends
May 13	Java basics: operators, expressions, data types, variables	Assignment 2, Read ch. 2 (pp. 37-end)	Assignment 1
May 14	Input/Output, writing a whole program, programming style  QUIZ MilesPerGallon.java	Read ch. 3
May 15
May 16			Assignment 2
May 17	Objects, methods, the String class, GUI I/O, StringTokenizer, file I/O UsingGUI.java   Tokenize.java	Assignment 3, Read ch. 4 (pp. 147-172)		Last day to drop courses (with refund)
May 18	Relational, logical operators and expressions, if, if-else statements ToLower.java	Read ch. 4 (pp. 172-end)
May 19	Nested if and switch statements RockPaperScissors.java	Read ch. 5
May 20	Repetition: while, for and do...while loops AverageKeyboard.java   AverageFile.java    AverageFile.txt		Assignment 3
May 21	Nested control structures   QUIZ AsteriskPattern.java   NumberPattern.java	Assignment 4, Read ch. 6
May 22
May 23
May 24	Object-oriented design, classes	Read ch. 7		Last day to drop courses (no refund)
May 25	Methods and classes Rectangle.java   Largest.java
May 26	Review for Mid-Term Exam		Assignment 4 TicTacToeReduced.java TicTacToe.java
May 27	MID-TERM EXAM (9:45am-11:15am, SN 014)	Read ch. 8
May 28	Writing classes Player.java   Basketball.java	Assignment 5, Read ch. 9
May 29
May 30
May 31	NO CLASS			Memorial Day
June 1	Arrays
June 2	Object-oriented design, review Parking.jar (extract the archive in jGRASP)		Assignment 5 Team.java Game.java ACCTournament.java ACCNoObjects.java ACCNoObjectsMethod.java
June 3	Arrays of objects	Assignment 6, Read ch. 10 (pp. 523-542)
June 4	Searching and sorting   QUIZ	Read ch. 6 (pp. 264-290) Skim ch. 13 (pp. 725-806)
June 5
June 6
June 7	Advanced GUIs BigGUI.java   constrct.gif
June 8	Buttons and Events; HTML and Applets LowerUpperCase.java	Assignment 7
June 9	Applet examples, Review object-oriented LowerUpperCaseApplet.java PracticeMethods.doc   PracticeMethodsSolutions.doc		Assignment 6 Participant.java StudyManager.java SHCStudy.java
June 10	Applet examples
June 11	Review for Final Exam Template.java     RockPaperScissorsGUI.java TicTacToeGUI.java   TicTacToeApplet		Assignment 7
June 12
June 13
June 14	FINAL EXAM (8am-11am, SN 014)

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