CS172 Sp17

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Announcements

• Pre-Final Exam Study Session with Erika and Danny: 3-5pm on Sunday in either Williams 303 or 309
• Formative Course Evaluation
• Doug's office hours on Friday, May 5th have been moved from 3-4pm to 11-12pm.

Semester Schedule

All readings are from:

• Manditory: Introduction to Programming in Java (2007) by Sedgwick and Wayne
• Optional: Java for Python Programmers from Runestone Iteractive

Week	Topic	Reading	Notes	HW	Lab
1 - 1/23	Java: Data Types	1.2, Data Types	intro basic data types data conversion	HW 1	Lab 0: Warm Up
2 - 1/30	Java: Control Flow	1.3 Conditionals & Loops	if-else while loop	HW 2	Lab 1: Wind Chill
3 - 2/6	Java: Arrays	1.4 Arrays	for loop arrays	HW 3	Lab 2: Walk
4 - 2/13	Java: I/0	1.5,	2D arrays input/output	HW 4	Lab 3: Histogram
5 - 2/20	Drawing	1.5 StdDraw API	drawing animation	HW 5	Lab 4: Planets
6 - 2/27	Functions, Libraries	2.1, 2.2	functions library	HW 6	Lab 5: Landscape
7 - 3/6	Recursion	2.3	recursion	HW 7	Lab 6: Triangle
SB - 3/13	Spring Break
8 - 3/20	OOP: Data Types	3.1	using objects		Project Lab 7: Slideshow
9 - 3/27	OOP: Creating Data Types	3.2	creating data types soda machine	HW 8	Lab 8: ATM
10 - 4/3	OOP: Designing Data Types	3.3 Java Exception Tutorial	encapsulation immutability static	HW 9	Lab 9: OOP Planets
11 - 4/10	Inheritance & Polymorphism	3.6 Online-Only	inheritance generics exceptions	HW 10	Lab 10: Auto Trader
12 - 4/17	Testing	JUnit Tutorial	testing	HW 11	Project Lab 11: Minesweeper
13 - 4/24	Interface		light switch interface	HW 12
14 - 5/1	Wrap Up		review	HW 13
Finals Week	Exam Time: Monday, May 8 from 4:30-7pm in Textor 101

Course Information

• Syllabus
• Grades (on Sakai)

Section 1 - 10am - Prof. Doug Turnbull

• Class: MWF - 10:00-10:50am - Williams 303
• Lab: Tu - 9:25-10:40am - Williams 303
• Office Hours:
  • 2pm on Wednesdays, 3pm on Fridays in Williams 321E
  • By appointment (email dturnbull@ithaca.edu)
  • Whenever my office door is open

Section 2 - 12pm - Prof. Sharon Stansfield

• Class: MWF - 12:00-12:50pm - Williams 302
• Lab: Tu - 10:50am-12:05 pm - Williams 303
• Office Hours:
  • M 10:00-11:00, W 2:00-3:00, F 1:00-2:00 - Williams 401E
  • If you can't make these, send me an email with your free times and we will schedule a meeting.

TA's & Evening Help Sections

• Course TAs: Danny Akimchuk, Melody Wallace, Erika Rumbold
• Help Sessions: Monday, Wednesday, and Thrusdays from 7-9pm in Williams 303

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References

• Course Textbook: Introduction to Programming in Java (2007) by Sedgwick and Wayne - $71 at Amazon
• Reference: Java For Python Programmers - Free Online Textbook
• Reference: From Python to Java - Free Online Cheatsheet

Weekly Schedule

Generic Weekly Schedule

1st Fri	1st Mon	1st Tues	1st Wed	1st Thurs	2nd Fri	2nd Mon	2nd Tues
Reading, HW, Lab Assigned	HW Due	Work on Lab	HW Handed Back		Lab Due		Quiz
Lecture #1	Lecture #2		Lecture #3
	Evening Study Session 7-9pm (Erika)		Evening Study Session 7-9pm (Erika)	Evening Study Session 7-9pm (Danny)

NOTES:

• Labs will generally be assigned on Friday and will be due the following Friday before class.
• We will have weekly 20-minute quizzes on Tuesdays at the beginning of class. Make sure you arrive on time.
  • Please email me AHEAD of time if you will be late or miss a quiz. Otherwise you will get a 0 for that quiz.
  • But you will be allowed to drop your lowest quiz grade
• All evening study sessions will be in Williams 303 or Williams 309.
• Office hours in Williams 321E (Doug's Office) or Williams 401E (Sharon's Office)