Mehran Sahami Handout #2 CS 106A September 24, 2007 CS 106A Syllabus (subject to change) Monday Wednesday Friday September 24 Welcome to CS106A Administrivia Meet Karel the Robot 26 Programming with Karel Control structures in Karel Read: Karel, Chapters 1-3 28 Problem-solving in Karel Program decomposition The idea of an algorithm Read: Karel, Chapters 4-6 October 1 Introduction to Java Classes and objects The Program class hierarchy Read: Java, Chapters 1-2 3 Variables, values, and types Arithmetic expressions Read: Chapter 3 5 Control statements Boolean expressions Read: Chapter 4 Due: Assignment #1 8 Methods Using parameters Read: Chapter 5 10 Pseudorandom numbers The RandomGenerator class Read: Chapter 6 12 Stylistic expectations Engineering for reuse Using javadoc 15 The acm.graphics package The collage graphics model Read: Chapter 9.1-9.3 Due: Assignment #2 17 More graphics Event driven programming Read: Chapter 9.4 Read: Chapter 10.1–10.4 19 Character data The Java String class Read: Chapter 8.1-8.4 22 String manipulation Problem-solving with strings Read: Chapter 8.5 24 Objects and memory More on parameter passing Read: Chapter 7 Due: Assignment #3 26 File processing Exception handling Read: Chapter 12.4– 2 – Monday Wednesday Friday 29 Debugging strategies 31 Arrays in Java Read: Chapter 11.1-11.5 November 2 Belated midterm recovery day (No class) 5 Arrays (continued) The ArrayList class Read: Chapter 11.6-11.8 Due: Assignment #4 7 Java collections framework The HashMap class Iterators Object-oriented design Read: Chapter 13 9 Swing interactors The JComponent hierarchy Action listeners Read: Chapter 10.5–10.6 12 Graphical user interfaces Interactors Read: Chapter 10.7–10.8 14 Large-scale data structures Data-driven programs Due: Assignment #5 16 Sorting and searching Algorithmic analysis Read: Chapter 12.1-12.3 19 Thanksgiving recess (No class) Be happy to be on break... 21 Thanksgiving recess (No class) Prepare to eat a lot... 23 Thanksgiving recess (No class) Recover from over-eating... 26 Programming in the large Software engineering Programming patterns 28 Additional topics Due: Assignment #6 30 Standard Java The main method December 3 Life after CS106A (is there any?) 5 Review for Final Exam 7 Dead Day: our token attempt at Dead Week (No class lecture; sections meet as usual) Due: Assignment #7 Final Examination: Thursday, December 13th, 12:15pm to 3:15pm Tuesday, October 30th 7:00-8:30pm:
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