CSC 102, Spring 2013, Gene Fisher

CSC 102, Spring 2013
Gene Fisher

General Index:

info -- general course information

lectures -- lecture notes, as presented in class

labs -- lab writeups and supporting material

programs -- programming assignment writeups, and supporting material

examples -- programming examples from lecture, lab, and supporting the assignments

solutions -- lab and programming assignment solutions

grades -- posted grades, with password-protected access to individuals' scores

Items of Near-Term Interest:

Common Final Exam:

7-10PM Wednesday 12 June, 26-104

If you have another final at this time, please send email.

final exam review -- summary of the question topic areas for the final

Finals week office hours same as during quarter -- MW 2-3, Tu 9-11

Index by Week:

Week 1:

course syllabus -- introductory description of the course
unix basics -- bare-essential unix commands for csc 102
coding conventions -- standards for programming assignment code submitted in 102
lab 1 -- getting started with java
lab 2 -- writing some simple java programs
lecture notes week 1 -- introduction to the course introduction to java

Week 2:

lab 3 -- the Object class and how other classes relate to it
lab 4 -- getting started with program 1
program 1 -- Fraction.java and FractionTest.java
lecture notes week 2 -- introduction to incremental development and systematic testing; more java basics

Week 3:

lab 5 -- ArrayList class and wrapper classes in the Java standard library
lab 6 -- ArrayList class and heterogeneous collections
program 2 -- interfaces
lecture notes week 3 -- lab and program discussion; program design; arrays and ArrayLists

Week 4:

Lab 7 -- interfaces, polymorphism, compile-time vs. run-time behavior, and run-time
Lab 8 -- inheritance
Program 3 -- inheritance
lecture notes week 4 -- converting between java Types; inheritance

Week 5:

Lab 9 -- exceptions
Lab 10 -- file i/o
Program 4 -- maze game
lecture notes week 5 -- exceptions and file i/o

Week 6:

Lab 11 -- introduction to processing
Lab 12 -- sorting and searching
lecture notes week 6 -- guis (graphical user interfaces) using the processing ide; linked lists and abstract data types

Week 7:

Lab 13 -- implementing a basic ArrayList
Lab 14 -- using Java's LinkedList and iterators
Program 5 -- maze game, part 2
lecture notes week 7 -- more on data structures and abstract data types

Week 8:

program 6 -- doubly linked list and iterators
lecture notes week 8 -- more on linked lists and iterators; introduction to recursion; more on searching and sorting

Week 9:

Lab 15 -- functional recursion
Lab 16 -- chain of responsibility pattern & comparator (structural recursion)
Lab 17 -- structural recursion
lecture notes week 9 -- more on recursion; introduction to java gui library

Week 10:

Lab 18 -- brief introduction to Java Swing
final exam review -- summary of the question topic areas for the final

Document File Formats

Document files are available in the following formats:

HTML, suitable for viewing with a web browser; these files have a ".html" extension.

PDF, suitable for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader; these files have a ".pdf" extension.

Most document links in 102 pages point to HTML files. To access the PDF version of a document, replace the ".html" extension in the web browser address bar with ".pdf" or ".txt". Alternatively, you can go directly the desired directory to view or copy the desired file with the ".pdf" or ".html" extensions.

E.g., to view the pdf version of the Lab 1 writeup, enter "http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~gfisher/classes/102/labs/1/writeup.pdf" in the browser address bar. Alternatively, on a lab machine go to ~gfisher/classes/102/labs/1 and access writeup.pdf directly, e.g., open it in Adobe Reader or copy it to wherever you'd like.