Section 4
Important Note: Many of the PowerPoint Slides listed below are adapted from Prentice Hall's resources for the textbook, Introduction to Java Programming 4E by Y. Daniel Liang and are copyright protected.
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| Class | Date | Topic/Special
Class Programs Class Lectures |
Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan. 20 | Introduction Program: Welcome |
chapter
1 Lecture 1 PowerPoint 1 |
| 2 | Jan.22 | Java and NetBeans
basics Programs: Welcome2, Welcome3, Addition, Division |
chapter 2 PowerPoint 2 |
| 3 | Jan. 27 | Review
and Visit to ITS Lab |
assignment # 0 |
| 4 | Jan. 29 | Java Primitive
types and Operations, continued |
Assignment #0 due |
| 5 | Feb. 3 | Java Primitive
types and Operations, continued In-class exercise: Using Mod and Tracing a variable CastingExample, Pre_Post_Increment, Even_Odd_numbers, InputDataDemo, InputDataDemoTwo |
assignment #1 |
| 6 | Feb. 5 | Control Structure: if/else
and switch characters, ages, grades (#1), grades (#2), dice (using if) and dice (using switch) |
chap.
3.1 - 3.2.5 PowerPoint 3:Part 1 |
| 7 | Feb. 10 | if/else
and switch, continued char_entry, grades_example3, grades_example4, directions_using_switch, directions_using_if, switch_example2 |
Assignment #1 due |
| 8 | Feb. 12 | if/else
and switch, continued concatenation1, concatenation2, conditional_expressions1, conditional_expressions2, random_numbers1, random_numbers2, random_dice1, random_dice2, |
assignment #2 |
| 9 | Feb. 17 | Loop Statemnts:
while
loop |
chap. 3.3.1 - 3.3.3 PowerPoint 3:Part 2 |
| 10 | Feb. 19 | while
loop, continued; introducing accumulator variables and sentinels
with loops Bad Loops, MaxNumber_1, MaxNumber_2, MaxNumber_3, String_1 |
Assignment #2 due |
| 11 | Feb. 24 | more practice
with while loops string1, string2, string3, string4, flag1 |
assignment #3 |
| 12 | Feb. 26 | break and
continue Music... Guys & Dolls: "Fugue for Tinhorns" TestBreak, TestContinue ; Prime Numbers |
Prime Numbers Worksheet |
| 13 | Mar. 2 | do-while
loop and for loop DoLoops, ForLoops1,ForLoops2,GeneralForLoops1, NestedForLoops1,NestedForLoops2,NestedForloop3 Art... a visual infinite loop by M.C. Escher Infinite Loops ("Handteckning" [Drawing Hands], 1948; lithograph.) |
Assignment #3 due |
| 14 | Mar. 4 | Midterm #1 | |
| 15 | Mar. 9 | for
loops String1, String2, String3, Factorials, Exponents Art... Kilims are rugs with regular patterns ... (Example 1 and Example 2) from Kilims by Lee Allane (1995, London, Published by Thames & Hudson) |
assignment #4 |
| 16 | Mar. 11 | for
loops and discussion on debugging techniques MultiplicationTable |
Powerpoint: Program Design and Languages |
| 17 | Mar. 23 | Methods GreenEggsAndHam, Squares1, Squares2, Squares3 Music: Ravel's "Bolero" |
Assignment #4 due chap. 4.1 - 4.7 |
| 18 | Mar. 25 | Methods,
continued Maximum, MathMethods, BoxMethods, DemoPassByValue |
|
| 19 | Mar. 30 | Methods, continued Factorials, Powers, ScopeDemo |
Assignment
#5 4.8 |
| 20 | Apr. 1 | Methods OverloadingMethods, TempConversions,RandomWords,Statistics |
|
| 21 | Apr. 6 | Review
-- Lab Session |
Assignment #5 due |
| 22 | Apr. 8 | Midterm #2 | |
| 23 | Apr. 13 | Arrays: array1,
array2, array3 Art: Sculptures by Louise Nevelson at the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art |
Chap.
5.1 - 5.5 PowerPoint Chapter _05_Part1 and programs to accompany the slides: TestArray, AssignGrade, TestPassArray, Deviation, CountLettersInArray, TestCopyArray |
| 24 | Apr. 15 | Arrays, continued array4 , array5,arrayCalculations,DiceArray |
Assignment #6 |
| 25 | Apr. 20 | Arrays, continued ArrayExercise, CopyArray, PassArray |
|
| 26 | Apr. 22 | Arrays, continued AssignGrade, StudentPoll |
Assignment #6 due |
| 27 | Apr. 27 | Introduction to
Sorts and Applets Linear Search; Bubble Sort; and a site to explore sorts and compare various algorithms if you wish! (Optional Material) Applets |
12.1 - 12.4 |
| 28 | Apr. 29 | Review Terms
and Concepts Just for fun: working with shapes! rectangles, arcs, ovals, polygons |
