4/03 lecture feedback results about 66 responses 6 bonus points awarded for asking questions in lecture (more were asked: please remember to hand them in after lecture!) 1 1KnowJava-Semicolon: 1) very bad 1 1KnowJava-Semicolon: 2) bad 14 1KnowJava-Semicolon: 3) ok 30 1KnowJava-Semicolon: 4) good 21 1KnowJava-Semicolon: 5) very good 1 1LecJava-Semicolon: 1) very bad 1 1LecJava-Semicolon: 2) bad 13 1LecJava-Semicolon: 3) ok 35 1LecJava-Semicolon: 4) good 17 1LecJava-Semicolon: 5) very good 2 2KnowJava-Comments: 2) bad 17 2KnowJava-Comments: 3) ok 23 2KnowJava-Comments: 4) good 25 2KnowJava-Comments: 5) very good 3 2LecJava-Comments: 2) bad 16 2LecJava-Comments: 3) ok 26 2LecJava-Comments: 4) good 22 2LecJava-Comments: 5) very good 1 3KnowJava-statements: 1) very bad 3 3KnowJava-statements: 2) bad 21 3KnowJava-statements: 3) ok 31 3KnowJava-statements: 4) good 11 3KnowJava-statements: 5) very good 1 3LecJava-statements: 1) very bad 3 3LecJava-statements: 2) bad 22 3LecJava-statements: 3) ok 34 3LecJava-statements: 4) good 7 3LecJava-statements: 5) very good 2 4KnowJava-Declare-Init: 2) bad 28 4KnowJava-Declare-Init: 3) ok 29 4KnowJava-Declare-Init: 4) good 8 4KnowJava-Declare-Init: 5) very good 5 4LecJava-Declare-Init: 2) bad 24 4LecJava-Declare-Init: 3) ok 31 4LecJava-Declare-Init: 4) good 7 4LecJava-Declare-Init: 5) very good 4 5KnowJava-Scalars: 2) bad 28 5KnowJava-Scalars: 3) ok 23 5KnowJava-Scalars: 4) good 9 5KnowJava-Scalars: 5) very good 2 5LecJava-Scalars: 2) bad 27 5LecJava-Scalars: 3) ok 32 5LecJava-Scalars: 4) good 6 5LecJava-Scalars: 5) very good 2 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 2 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 1) very bad 13 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 2) bad 32 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 3) ok 15 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 4) good 3 6KnowMotivate-Refs: 5) very good 1 6LecMotivate-Refs: 1 6LecMotivate-Refs: 0) don't remember seeing it 1 6LecMotivate-Refs: 1) very bad 11 6LecMotivate-Refs: 2) bad 36 6LecMotivate-Refs: 3) ok 15 6LecMotivate-Refs: 4) good 2 6LecMotivate-Refs: 5) very good 4 8LecOverall: 2) bad 17 8LecOverall: 3) ok 39 8LecOverall: 4) good 7 8LecOverall: 5) very good 6 8LecPace: 2) too slow 57 8LecPace: 3) ok 4 8LecPace: 4) too fast ---- q> woow..sortof a huge mental turnover.. hopefully i'll get used to all q> that java syntax soon. The lec was alright tho. ---- q> Solid lecture, you are starting Java off well. ---- q> This was a nice overview of Java. It was perfectly paced an not too q> intimidating. ---- q> Java seems easy so far. ---- q> I was wondering whether we were going to go over actually using Code q> Warrior in class? yes :) ---- q> I didn't understand he addresses section at all. I'm sorry, the q> metaphor didn't work for me. maybe an example? ---- q> It would very helpful this time if you could give a computer q> demonstration on how to run a program in Java BEFORE we acutally have q> to do one on a project or exercise. done. ---- q> Still not very clear what exactly a statement block is, and why we q> would want to/need to use that. q> q> Also, it would be nice to teach us how to initialize Java -- such as q> how to run the codes, how to define a function, save as a file, etc. q> I think a computer demonstration would help. ---- q> I know we ran out of time, but I think we4 should have spent more q> time on the concept of addresses. Other than that, the lecture was q> fine, everything covered and explained well. ---- q> Good intro to comparing matlab and java, hopefully we will continue in q> this fashion to understand Java rather than just jump into obscurity q> too soon. ---- q> It made Java much easy to grasp when it was paralleled to q> MATLAB. Perhaps adjusting to the change in syntax will one of the q> most difficult things to get used to but seeing them side by side q> helps that issue out a lot. Thanks. yes, i think the most problematic thing will be keeping the different syntaxes straight. ---- q> wow..quite a switch of syntax here.. need to get used to it soon ---- q> Matlab seems easier! but its similar to Java, but hope not getting q> confused too much! good lecture ---- q> Thankfully, I have done some C++ and I can relate to the new synatax! I q> hope the lectures will be more interesting now that we can talk about q> classes and object oriented programming instead of vectorization and q> obscure Matlab functions. ---- q> Today's lecture was very good. Beginning with a crossover from Matlab q> to Java was an excellent place to start. The introuduction to Java was q> also very good becasue it started out with the basics. The examples q> clearly illustrated what we were being taught. We didn't jump around q> from topic to topic, but followed a logical order. Good lecture! ---- q> I'm still not too clear on Boolean values and java references, using q> address for objects that are too big to be values. Some examples q> would help. ---- q> A very good and clear lecture--a good base to Java. I understood q> everything. ---- q> don't really understand... ---- q> need I say more? ---- q> Pace of lecture was perfect! ---- q> We can somehow get a general picture of some of the syntatic difference q> between Java and Matlab....but for some of the concepts like statement q> blocks and using addresses for "big objects", we would probably get q> a better idea only after going through more examples in the coming q> lectures. there will also be examples posted online at the website and duplicated on the newsgroup to make it easy to follow-up with questions. ---- q> Putting dollar signs around everything makes it hard to read and q> muddles everything up. tip: just about any text editor has Search and Replace: use it to replace each dollar sign with nothing, a space, or anything else of your choice. ---- q> I wasn't sure what you meant by the question on motivation for java. ---- q> When you compared a Matlab program to Java, it was very helpful q> for me visually, and i was able to easily see the differences in q> Java language. ---- q> Not quite clear on references. but I'm sure you'll continue with that q> more next lecture. ---- q> I'm concerned about the lack of a textbook for this half of the course, q> since I referenced the Matlab textbook regularly during projects. there are two optional textbooks and i have already assigned readings in them. q> Will all the techniques required for Java be taught in class? in lecture and online, e.g. the posted lecture sketches. q> Also, can you show us how to write/compile programs in Java, with and q> *without* CodeWarrior? It might be useful to know how to do it just q> with Java SDK and not CodeWarrior. sorry, no time, plus i'm not familiar with how to do it on the PC. ---- q> The lecture pace was good and was easy to follow in lecture. q> Maybe show how to use JAVA and code warrior. I know we had a demo q> earlier in the year but I know that I forgot. All I remember is is q> that it's harder to run a program in JAVA. ---- q> This Java stuff is easy...for now. ---- q> Great lecture! ---- q> good introduction to java, the parallel between java and matlab was q> well done. ---- q> I thought that the intro into the java programming section of this q> course was helpful. Even though we only scratched the surface, going q> over the basics in java was very helpful.