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Welcome: what to expect in this class?

What is a computer? (Canvas video)

Java objects: what is an object?

Writing a Java program (Eclipse IDE)

HelloWorld

Lab 1:

Writing a Java program: using the Eclipse IDE (Canvas video)

Java objects: writing a class - a first example

Person, PersonUser

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Apr 14

Object based programming: class design (class diagram and object diagram - Canvas video)

Java objects: more about writing a class.

Vocabulary list

using String: notes

Apr 16

Using graphics: notes, FirstGraphicsApp

(Canvas video)

Lab2: Class design: using methods (in class and also as Canvas video)

FaceScene, SmilingFace

Exercises #1 (due 4/18)

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Apr 21

Class diagram, object diagram, swapping variables, etc. - an illustration (Canvas video)

Apr 22

Programming project 1, quiz 1: explanations

LibraryMember example: A first view of conditionals (Canvas video)

Book, LibraryMember, LibaryMemberTest

Instance Methods: defining a method

Quiz 1

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Instance methods: control flow, local variable vs instance field (Canvas video)

Instance Methods: calling a method, PracticeIt examples (ex1, ex2, ex3), written homework #2 explanations

Using the debugger in Eclipse (Canvas video)

Programming project #1 due

May 1

Lab3: Using several classes, the String class

SmilingFace, PineTree, FunnyPicture

Exercises #2 (due 5/2)

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Primtive types (Canvas videos: part 1 + examples)

May 6

Class exercise

Dog, DogUser

May 7

Primtive types (Canvas video: part 2)

May 8

Primtive types: examples

Lab4: Arithmetic

Programming project #2 due 5/10

Quiz 2

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May 12

Conditionals (Canvas videos: conditionals, examples of conditionals expressions)

May 13

Parameter practice

References and primitives: ReferenceVsPrimitive

May 14

No office hour (college-wide professional development day)

Conditionals (Canvas videos: Writing a method that returns a boolean: some examples, Examples of code with conditionals)

May 15

InputExample

Lab 5: Call by value, conditionals, standard I/O

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May 19

Iterations (see Canvas video: Loops)

May 20

Conditionals: PracticeIt 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 4.19, 4.21

Programming project #3 due

May 21

Iterations examples: ex1, ex2 (see Canvas video: for, while, do-while examples with PracticeIt)

May 22

Exam 1

sample1, sample2

Exercises #3 (due 5/23)

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May 26

Memorial Day (no office hour)

Iterations: MandelbrotSet (see Canvas videos: Mandelbrot set - parts 1 and 2)

programs shown in class: Mandelbrot, MandelbrotWithIterations

May 27

Lab 6: Iterations, ArrayList

ArrayListFirstExample

ArrayListExample,

May 28

ArrayLists, Arrays (1D)

(see Canvas videos: ArrayList - an introduction, ArrayList examples, 1D arrays)

Arrays (1D)

Lab 7: 1D arrays, mouse events

RandomArray

Quiz 3

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June 2

1D - 2D arrays (see Canvas video: 1D-2D arrays examples)

June 3

Lab 8: 2D arrays, designing several classes

TwoDimensionalArray

June 4

Overloading, static keyword, scope, packages
(see Canvas videos: Methods revisited)

Exercises #4 (due 6/5)

June 5

Inheritance: what is inherited

Quiz 4
(See videos on Canvas to prepare for the quiz)

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Jun 9

Inheritance (see Canvas video: Inheritance: an introduction)

Jun 10

Lab 9: Overloading, inheritance

Person, Student, PersonStudentTest

Jun 11

Talk by a former student (see Canvas video)

Exercises #5 (due 6/12)

inheritance: abstract classes, interfaces

Inheritance exercise

Critter, Poodle, Bovine, Cow, Buffalo, TestCritter, Trainable, Sellable

Quiz 5

Programming project #4 due 6/14

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Exam 2 review

Practice questions, solution

sample exam, solution

sample exam, solution

Jun 17

Exam 2

Jun 18

Jun 19