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Required text Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals, 8th Edition,by Gary Cornell, Cay S. Horstmann
ISBN: 978-0132354769

Recommended Texts (not required)

• Just Java by Peter Van Der Linden
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
• The Java Programming Language by Arnold and Gosling
• Java How to Program, Deitel and Deitel

Required Software

• Oracle's Java SE 6: available free here and already installed on CS Linux cluster.
  Note: Java SE is disabled on abyss
• You will probably want to install JDK locally on your own computer if you prefer to work remotely. Displaying Swing graphics is clumsy across the network and requires additional emulator software if you're not using X-windows.
• If you choose to use something other than JDK, you are responsible for exporting the source and verifything that it runs on the local system under JDK.

Useful Links

• Oracle's Java Website
• Java SE 6 online API
• JGuru's Java tutorials (see Introduction to Java course link on right panel)
• JavaWorld's everything-about-java pages.
• Java IAQ
• Bruce Eckel's free online books, etc.
• Java Language Specification
• Coding standards

All course material (updated throughout course)

• All examples by topic
• All Homeworks
• All Notes by subject
• All Quizzes
• Mid-term assignment
• Final assignment

Lectures

Week 1 Sept. 26: Introduction

Topics
• Overview of Java Language
• First Java Program
• Java native datatypes
• Quick overview of fundmental programming structures
  • Some simple programming strategies (needed for homework)
    • Strings
    • Arrays
    • Type conversions (Integer.parseInt, etc.)
    • Scanner for keyboard Input, file reading, etc.
    • Random numbers
  • Intro to objects and classes -- some basics

Suggested examples/readings
• Core Java, ch. 1-3
• Online CVS manual
• Ant tutorial
• Eclipse home page
• Common compiler/interpreter problems
• Oracle's New to Java Programming Center
• Some simple commented examples
• Lecture notes
• In class hacks

Homework 1
• Writeup
• Useful support classes
• Solutions

Week 2 Oct 3: Object Basics

Topics
• Basic Objects, cont.
  • Constructors
  • Methods -- static vs. non-static, calling semantics
  • Object Composition
  • Concepts of data hiding, accessor and mutator methods, etc.
  • Rules of method overriding
  • Rules of method overloading
  • Concepts of unit testing
  • Packages

• Introduction to Polymorphism
  • mechanics of interfaces
  • upcasting/downcasting for objects
  • instanceof operator and runtime binding
  • static vs. runtime typing
  • Proper use of abstraction in software design

Suggested examples/readings
• Lecture notes: See ClassBasics.ppt and beginning of Polymorphism.ppt under Notes link
• Core Java, ch. 4, ch. 5 pp 172-191
• Course examples
• In-class hacks

Week 3 Oct 10: Interfaces and abstract classes

Topics
• Continuation of interface discussion
• More techniques: callbacks, "function pointers" design of abstract code
• Introduction of abstract classes
• Implementation vs. interface inheritance
• Practical examples

Suggested examples/readings
• Lecture notes: See Polymorphism.ppt under Notes link
• In-class hacks

Homework 2
• Writeup
• Useful support classes
• Solution

Week 4 Oct 17: More complex Object relationships

Topics
• Quiz 1 (very short): Focus on interfaces, sub/super-typing.
• Implementation inheritance
• Abstract classes
• Some basic design patterns
• Object composition

Suggested examples/readings
• Lecture notes (continued from Lesson 3)
• In-class hacks
• Discussion of access privileges: public, private, , protected
• Core Java ch. 5

Week 5 Oct. 24: Object methods & exceptions

Topics
• Overriding Object methods
• Exceptions

Suggested exmaples/readings
• Lecture notes
• Class commented examples
• In-class hacks
• Sun's good Java io tutorial
• Some examples of formatted output

• Homework 3

Week 6 Oct. 31: Inner Clases, Swing

Topics
• Rules for use of inner classes
• Intro to Swing

Suggested examples/readings:
• Lecture notes
• Class hacks
• An article on the subtleties of painting components
• Class commented examples

Week 7 Nov 7: Collections

Topics
• Collections Framework

Suggested readings:
• Lecture notes
• Class commented examples
• In-class hacks
• homework 4

Week 8 Nov 14: Threads

Topics
• Collections Framework, cont. (see week 7 link for notes/examples/hacks) examples)
• Misc Language Features (enumerations, varargs, for-each, etc.) (see MiscLang.ppt in notes)
• A little deeper into generics
• Java I/O libary (see IO.ppt in notes)

Week 9 Nov. 21: Inner classes, etc.

Topics
• Intro to socket programming
• Introspection

Suggested readings:
• Lecture notes
• Mo's special Reflection lecture
• Class commented examples
• In-class hacks

• Writeup
• Useful support classes

Week 10 Nov. 28

Topics
• More on threads
• Intro to socket programming
• Java Native Interface
• Inner classes

Finals Week Dec. 5