CS151: Principles of Computer Science I

Drop-in tutoring

A tutor is available in the Math/CS Seminar room in Hoyt from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. He may stay later than 9:30 if needed but be sure to try to get there as close to 8:30pm as you can.

Resources

BlueJ homepage
The Java Tutorial Learning the Java language trail from Sun Microsystems. There are many other "trails" in the Java tutorial...check them out!
Java API for J2SE version 1.4.2
Here's the root link to Sun's Java site. It has lots of useful tutorials, documentation and software. Good place to keep up-to-date on Java developments, such as version 1.5, as well.
Study guide for exam 2

Friday room schedule

Date	Room
9/17	G35
9/24	H152
10/1	G35
10/8	H152
10/15	G35
10/22	Mid-semester break
10/29	H152
11/5	G35
11/12	H152
11/19	G35
11/26	Thanksgiving break
12/3	H152
12/10	G35

Homeworks

Homework number	Due date	Material to read	Problems
1	9/6/2004	Chapter 1	All chapter 1 problems For problem 26, list all intrinsic data types in the Java language
2	9/13/2004	Chapter 2	Chapter 2: 33-42, 47-49, 53, 57
3	9/20/2004	Chapter 3	Chapter 3: 9, 12, 18, 24, 28 Project 1 is available now (see below)
4	10/1/2004	Chapter 3	Chapter 3: 31-40
5	10/4/2004	Chapter 4	Chapter 4: 32-35 (done in class)
6	10/11/2004	Chapter 4	Chapter 4: 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 47, 49, 50
7	10/27/2004 (Wednesday!!!!!!!)	Chapter 5	Chapter 5: 12, 13, 14, 16, 22-27, 29, 30-32
8	11/22/2004	Chapter 8 & 9	Chapter 8: 8-13 Chapter 9: 1-8, 12-16
9	12/6/2004	Chapter 10	Chapter 10: 1-29

Projects

Project number	Type	Point value	Due date	Description
1	Individual	15	9/22/2004	Book problem 3.29
2	Group (pairs only!)	30	10/13/2004	Project2.pdf weblog_with_status.txt (right click and save to file...put in your BlueJ project directory)
3	Individual	25	11/5/2004	Write a complete test case for the CalcEngine class in the calculator-full-solution project provided in your book
4	Individual	30 extra credit (15 points each question)	12/1/2004	Exercises 7.37 and 7.41
Final	Individual	75 points	12/18/2004 by noon	Exercise 11.74 (e-mail the complete jar file...be sure it includes your images!)

Project types (see syllabus for detailed descriptions)

Individual project: Absolutely no cooperation with classmates, no assistance from tutors or any outside sources.

Open project: You may cooperate as much as you like with classmates and seek some outside assistance if you need it (such as from a tutor).

Group project: You may with within your group no cooperation is permitted between groups or with outside resources.

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