CMPS 134 - Fall 2009

CMPS 134 - Computer Science I - P. M. Jackowitz

Department of Computing Sciences, University of Scranton

Last Modified Friday November 20, 2009

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Contents:

• Tests/Final Exam
• Handouts etc.
• Links/Resources
• Assignments
• Examples/Etc.

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Tests/Final Exam:

• Final Exam: 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Tuesday December 8, 2009, (See Full Official Fall 2009 Final Exam Schedule)
• Mid-Term: In class on Thursday October 15, 2009 (Our first class meeting after Fall Break!!!)
• Scores (Posted 8:00 PM Monday Oct 19^th)
• Solution Directory (Posted 10:00 AM Monday Oct 19^th)
• Quizzes: Quiz01, Quiz02, Quiz03, Quiz04, New!!!

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Handouts etc.:

• Notes – 2009/09/01
• Class demographics: Year, Major and Background
• Potentially Interesting Reading
• Scientific American Mind - November 28, 2007
• Course Summary

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Links/Resources:

• Javadoc Tool (Sun Microsystems), Javadoc Documnentation
• Java Syntax Diagrams , Summary of Java Operators
• jGrasp Java Template file: (templ.java ) (To have these templates available in jGRASP place this file into the "data directory" of your installation;  probably,  C:\Program Files\jGRASP\data\.  See ReadMe. )
• Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 6 – API Specification (at Sun Microsystems)
• jGrasp – An Integrated Development Environment with Visualizations for Improving Software Comprehensibility; download (Just click the “appropriate” button about half way down the page.)

· BlueJ – The Interactive Java Environment; download, documentation, and installation instructions

· Java JDK download at Sun MicroSystems (Select the first download; JDK 6 Update 14 with JavaFX SDK.)

· Rick Gee’s homepage, and “Online Java Book”

o Java – Objects First: An Introduction to Computer Programming using Java and BlueJ (note that this is a large file download)

o Note that this book is distributed under the “the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada Licence.”

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Assignments:

• Lab Activity 3 – (Deadline: Saturday November 21, 2009)   Submit/Review New!!!
• Directory
• Assignment 7 – (Due: Sunday November 15, 2009)   Submit/Review
• Directory
• Lab Activity 2 – (Deadline: Saturday November 14, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 11:00 PM on Sunday November 15, 2009) New!!!
• Solution Directory (Posted Sunday Nov 15^th) New!!!
• Directory
• (Read Me) Lab Activity 1 – (Deadline: Saturday November 7, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 5:45 PM on Monday November 9, 2009)
• Solution Directory (Posted Monday Nov 9^th)
• Directory
• Assignment 6 – (Due: Tuesday November 3, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 8:00 PM on Sunday November 15, 2009) New!!!
• Solution Directory (Posted Thursday Nov 12^th) New!!!
• Increments: CalendarDatesI1.java, CalendarDatesI2.java, CalendarDatesI3.java
• Directory
• Assignment 5 – (Due: Wednesday October 21, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 3:15 PM on Monday November 2, 2009)
• Solution Directory, and a “side-by side comparison” of the String and Array Solutions (Posted Thursday Oct 29^th)
• A revised “illustration” showing a “revised test program with buttons and boxes” (Added 10:00 PM Sunday October 25, 2009)
• Some Q&A (Some questions from students and attempts at answers from me! Posted 11:45 PM on Wed Oct 21^st)
• Directory (Test Program(s) and “illustration” added 9:00 AM Monday October 19, 2009)
• Installing the jGRASP IDE (Do this at your earliest opportunity.)
• Changing the “Path Variable” (Do this at your earliest opportunity.)
• Assignment 4 – (Due: Thursday October 1, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 11:00 AM on Wednesday October 14, 2009)
• Solution Directory (Posted Saturday Oct 10^th)
• Assignment 3 – (Due: Monday September 21, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted 9:15 AM on Monday October 5, 2009)
• Solution Directory (Posted Tuesday Sep 29^th)

• Junit test program Illustration
• Directory (Access to all files.)

• Assignment 2 – (Due: Friday September 11, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted noon on Sunday September 20, 2009)
• Solution Directory
• Students who need to meet with me are to try to do so on Tuesday September 22, 2009 between 2:20 and 4:30 PM. Please email your intentions first!!!)
• Testing your Distance Class:

§ Illustration Directory (Access to all files.)

§ Illustration (Shows the general idea..), IllustrateDistance.java (My test program.), DistanceTest.java (My junit test program.)

• Assignment 1 – (Due: Friday September 4, 2009)   Submit/Review (Initial feedback posted 2:40 PM Thursday September 10, 2009) (Final Feedback Posted!!!)
• Solution Directory (Posted 12:50 PM Thursday September 10, 2009)
• Assignment 0 – (Due: Friday August 28, 2009)   Submit/Review (Feedback posted Sunday August 30, 2009)

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Examples/Etc.:

• intArray Example Directory (Some “Java source files” posted Friday November 20^thh) New!!!
• Array Examples Directory (Some “Java source files” posted Thursday October 29^thh)
• jGRASP Array Visualization Example Directory (Posted Tuesday Octoer 27^th)
• String Examples Directory (Some “Java source files” posted Wednesday September 23^rd, and Tuesday Sep 29^th)
• Decision Examples Directory (Some “Java source files” posted Thursday September 17, 2009)
• First Examples Directory (Initial “Java source files” posted Monday August 31, 2009)

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