Syllabus

You can download the syllabus here. The syllabus includes information on grading, course goals, and policies I will use in teaching this course.

Text

You have a choice of textbooks:

• Java For Everyone (Late Objects) by Cay Horstmann. This is a more traditional textbook.
• Java with BlueJ Part I by Ron McFadyen. This is an open book available here.
• Introduction to Programming Using Java by David Eck. This is also open, but may be a little harder to read. It’s here.

Finally, my JOI textbook can be found here. (You will need the password, and it is a work in progress.)

Other Resources

Additional resources will be placed here.

• If you wish to configure your personal system to program, you can find the instructions here. We will start by using the BlueJ programming environment. If you are doing well in the class and would like to move on, you may also use Emacs or Eclipse.
• The applet on sorters (selection, bubble, and shaker) is here.

Homework

Specific assignments are given below. Please note that homeworks are very important, and make up a very large portion of your grade. If you fall behind, you will likely do poorly on the exams as well. Homework should follow the specifications given here.

Homeworks can be turned in here.

Exam Grades

The exam distributions will be placed here, after they are graded.

• Midterm 1
• Midterm 2
• Final Exam

Class Schedule

This is a problable schedule for the class. I may change it depending on how the class progresses. We will start by talking about basic data structure and control, and from there move into more complicated object-oriented programs.

	Lab	Lab Date	Homework	HW Due Date	Files	McFadyen Readings	Horstmann Readings
1	Hello World	Aug. 31	Basic Math	Sep. 4	—	Ch. 1, 2.1-2.4	Ch. 1, 2.1-2.2
2	Conversation	Sep. 7	Strings	Sep. 10	—	2.5-2.7 (skip JOptionPane)	2.3-2.5
3	If Math	Sep. 14	Calculator	Sep. 17	—	3.1-3.3	Ch. 3
4	Loop Lab	Sep. 21	Loop Math	Sep. 25	—	3.4-3.6, Ch. 4	Ch. 4, 5
Yom Kippur (יום כפור)
Midterm I: Thursday, September 28
5	Partners	Oct. 5	Business	Oct. 8	—	Ch. 5-6	6.1-6.4
6	Selection Sort	Oct. 12	Bubble Sort	Oct. 17	—	Wikipedia bubble sort & selection sort	skim 14.1-14.3
Fall Break!
7	Rabbits & Foxes	Oct. 19	Sieve of Eratosthenes	Oct. 22	—		6.5-6.8
8	Vector Object	Oct. 26	Fraction Object	Oct. 29	Vector.java (docs) TestVectors.java Fraction.java (docs) TestFractions.java	Ch. 7	Ch. 8
Midterm II: Thursday, November 2
9	Card Object	Nov. 9	CardSet Object	Nov. 12	TestCards.java	—	—
10	Pretty Pictures	Nov. 16	Fantasy Game	Nov. 19	GraphicsWindow.java (docs) terrain.png wizard.png	—	—
Thanksgiving!
11	—	—	Chess Problems	Nov. 29	setup.cp problem1.cp chess-pieces.png		Ch. 7
12	Checkers	Nov. 30	Card Shuffling	Dec. 6	cards.png	—	—
Final Exam: Friday, December 15 (8am)