Calendar

This page gives you a high level overview of the what the course will cover. Of course, the lectures are subject to change; this page will be updated as changes are made. For a more detailed breakdown of each of the events, as well as class handounts, you should refer to the outline of lectures page.

Week	Date	Event	Topic	Reading
1	24 Jan	Lecture 1	Types and Expressions	Section 1.1
		Lab 1	Evaluating Expressions	Section 1.1
	26 Jan	Lecture 2	Variables and Assignments	Sections 1.2 and 1.3
2	30 Jan	Quiz 0	CMS Check
	31 Jan	Lecture 3	Objects and APIs	Section 1.4
		Quiz 1	Types
		Lab 2	Using the Java API	Section 1.3
	2 Feb	Lecture 4	Classes	Sections 1.4 and 1.5
3	7 Feb	Lecture 5	Methods and Testing	pp. 112-114 and Appendix I.2.4
		Quiz 2	Constructors
		Lab 3	Classes and Testing	Sections 1.5 and 1.6
	9 Feb	Lecture 6	Scope and Conditionals	Sections 2.1 - 2.4
4	14 Feb	Lecture 7	Stepwise Refinement	Sections 2.5 and 3.1.2-3.1.3
		Lab 4	String Exercises
	16 Feb	Lecture 8	Wrappers and Containers	Sections 5.1 and 2.5
5	21 Feb	Lecture 9	Inheritance	Section 1.6, 4.1
		Lab 5	Using Vectors	Section 5.3
	23 Feb	Lecture 10	Casting and Overriding	Section 4.2, 4.3
6	28 Feb	Lecture 11	Interlude: OO Programming
		Lab 6	Abstract Classes	Section 4.7
	1 Mar	Lecture 12	Recursion	Sections 15.1 - 15.3
7	6 Mar	Lecture 13	More on Recursion	Sections 15.1 - 15.3
		Lab 7	Recursion Exercises	Sections 15.1 - 15.3
	8 Mar	Lecture 14	Call Stack and Debugging	Sections 2.7 and 3.5
		Prelim 1	Up to Lecture 11
8	13 Mar	Lecture 15	Exceptions	Chapter 10
		Lab 8	Exception Handling	Chapter 10
	15 Mar	Lecture 16	For-Loops	Section 2.3.8
9	27 Mar	Lecture 17	Loop Design and Testing	Chapter 7
		Lab 9	Loop Exercises
	29 Mar	Lecture 18	While-Loops	Chapter 7
10	3 Apr	Lecture 19	Arrays	Sections 8.1-8.3
		Lab 10	File I/O
	5 Apr	Lecture 20	Array Algorithm Design	Sections 8.1-8.3
11	10 Apr	Lecture 21	Seaching and Sorting	Sections 8.3 - 8.5, 15.4
		Lab 11	Loops and Invariants	Chapter 8
	12 Apr	Lecture 22	Interlude: OO Design
12	17 Apr	Lecture 23	GUI Layout	Sections 17.1-17.3
		Prelim 2	Lectures 12 through 21
		Lab 12	Timing Performance
	19 Apr	Lecture 24	GUI Listeners	Section 17.4
13	24 Apr	Lecture 25	Multidimensional Arrays	Chapter 9
		Lab 13	Formatting Locales
	26 Apr	Lecture 26	Interfaces	Chapter 12
14	1 May	Lecture 27	Moving Beyond DrJava
		Lab 14	Finishing Up
	3 May	Lecture 28	Conclusion
15	10 May	Final Exam	All Lectures