Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal representations
Bravaco Chapters 1, 2 and 3
Paper:
All I Need to Know about Pair Programming I Learned in Kindergarten
Sun tutorials on Variables
and Operators
and Expressions
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Week 2
10/5 - 10/9
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- Interactive input
- Using Java Strings
- Coding style, errors, and debugging
- Flow control: if-else, while, do-while, for loops, switch
| Bravaco Chapters 4 and 5
Sun tutorial on Control Flow
Sun tutorial on Strings
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Week 3
10/12 - 10/16
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- Calling methods and passing parameters
- Writing methods
- Method overloading
- Variable scope
- The Java API
| Bravaco Chapter 6
Java API
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Week 4
10/19 - 10/23
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- OO Principles: encapsulation and data hiding
- Objects and references
- Defining classes
- Constructors, visibility, this
- Libraries and standard classes, Strings
- Static and non-static methods and data
- Comparing objects, immutable objects
| Bravaco Chapter 9 and 10
Sun tutorial on Object Oriented Programming
Sun tutorial on Classes and constructors
and this
Some behavior of String objects explained
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Week 5
10/26 - 10/30
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Sample midterm questions
and annotated with answers
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Midterm Exam Monday, November 2
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Week 6
11/2 - 11/6
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| Bravaco Chapter 7 (skip sections 7.7 and 7.8)
Sun tutorial on Arrays
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Week 7
11/9 - 11/13
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| Bravaco Chapter 8
Wikipedia article on recursion
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Week 8
11/16 - 11/20
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- Inheritance, Polymorphism
- Interfaces
- Event-listener model and its architecture
| Bravaco Chapters 12 and 13
Sun tutorial on Interfaces and Inheritance
An article about event-listener design
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Week 9
11/23 - 11/25
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- Container classes
- Searching and sorting arrays
- Abstract data structures: stacks and linked lists
- Primitive storage
| Bravaco Chapter 16, sections 7.7 and 7.8 of Chapter 7
also "Storing Integers" in the Bigger Picture at the end of Bravaco Chapter 1
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Week 10
11/30 - 12/4
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- Course wrap-up and wind-down
| Review for final.
Final review questions
and answers
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Final Exam
Tuesday, December 8, 6:00 PM
- Combined final for both sections - 302 Gerlinger
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