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CS111, Wellesley College, Fall 1998 Course Syllabus

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CS111 Syllabus--Fall 1998

Last revised October 27, 1998

Week 1: September 7 - 11, 1998

Lab:

• No Lab this Week.

Lec #1--Wednesday, September 9:

• Topics
  • Administrivia
  • Big Ideas in CS111; Divide Conquer and Glue, Abstraction, Modularity.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 1.1 - 1.4

Lec #2--Friday, September 11:

• Topics:
  • Programming Languages:
    • Networks
    • HTML: Lists and Tables
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 1.6-1.8
• Assignments Handed Out:
  • Problem Set #1: Home Page and Table Exercises (Due: Fri, September 18)

Week 2: September 14-18

Lab #1--Mon./Tues. September 14/15:

• Introduction to Macintosh
• Editing in Symantec Cafe
• HTML/Homepages

Lec #3--Wednesday, September 16

• Topics
  • About Java
  • Black Box Abstraction
  • Invoking Applets
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 2.1

Lec #4--Friday, September 18

• Topics:
  • Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
  • Introduction to Buggles and BuggleWorld
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 2.2-2.7, 3 (except 3.12)
• Assignments Handed Out:
  • Problem Set #2: Invoking Applets; Writing Simple Java Code (Due Friday, September 25)
• Assignments Due:
  • Problem Set #1: Home page and Table Exercises.

Week 3: September 21-25

Lab #2--Mon./Tues. September 21/22:

• Mechanics of running applets
• Writing simple Java Code (Buggles)

Lec #5--Wednesday, September 23

• Topics
  • Basic Java syntax
  • Expressions and statements
• Reading:
  • none.

Lec #6--Friday, September 25

• Topics:
  • Methods and Java Execution Model I. BuggleWorld.
  • Inheritance.
  • Writing methods.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 7, Chapter 12.1-12.2
• Assignments Handed Out:
  • Problem Set #3: Writing Java Methods; Buggles (CS111 and rugs) (Due Friday, October 2)
• Assignments Due:
  • Problem Set #2: Invoking Applets; Writing Simple Java Code.

Week 4: September 28 - October 2

Lab #3--Mon/Tues September 28/29:

• Writing Java Methods

Lec #7--Wednesday, September 30

• Topics
  • Methods and Java Execution Model II.
  • PictureWorld as a language.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 8 (Except 8.7 and 8.8)

Lec #8--Friday, October 2

• Topics
  • Methods and Java Execution Model III. PictureWorld.
  • Divide, Conquer and Glue.
  • Non-void methods.
  • Pimitive data types.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 4.2, 4.3 and 4.6, Chapters 6 and 8 (Except 8.7 and 8.8)
• Assignments Handed Out:
  • Problem Set #4: Writing Methods II; Quilts and Knitting. (Due Friday, October 9).
• Assignments Due:
  • Problem Set #3: Writing Java Methods.

Week 5: October 5-9

Lab #4--Mon./Tues. October 5/6:

• More Java Methods: Divide, Conquer and Glue

Lec #9--Wednesday, October 7

• Topics:
  • Simple Java Graphics
  • Divide Conquer and Glue.
  • Java Inheritance Hierarchy.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapter 16.4, 16.5

Lec #10--Friday, October 9

• Topics:
  • Building an Object
  • Instance Variables.
  • Constructor Methods.
  • Object Diagrams.
• Reading:
  • Java: First Contact, Chapters 7, 8 and 10.
• Assignments Handed Out:
  • None
• Assignments Due:
  • Problem Set #4: Writing Methods II.

Week 6: October 12 - 16

Monday&Tuesday, October 12/13--No Class (Fall break)

Wednesday, October 14--Monday Schedule

Lab #5--Wednesday October 14:

• Simple graphics
• Review for Exam.

Exam #1--Friday, October 16 (In class)