Schedule:
If you want to work along with the examples in class please download and install Java 1.6 and Eclipse 32bit (see reference section) and bring a laptop with you to class. 

Mar. 20th
prereqs
website
syllabus
design philosophy, java vm
variables, types, input / output
control statements,
loops, break,
Eclipse

Mar. 27th
Hwk 1 due 10min before class
file read / writes
arrays, multi dimensional
string manipulation - replace, index, substring, case conversion, characters
functions, recursion?
arguments

Apr. 3rd
Hwk 2 due 10min before class
converting numbers, strings, bytes, char
classes
static, private, public

Apr. 10th
inheritance
polymorphism
threads

Apr. 17th
Hwk 3 due 10min before class
libraries
exception handling
object serialization
jars


Apr. 24th
Hwk 4 due 10min before class
catch up / wrap up
packages, protected
java security video / demo
Brief note on what we did not cover


Class grade
Homework 1: 10%
Homework 2: 30%
Homework 3: 30%
Homework 4: 30%

See class files for homework instructions.


Homework grading
60% function - do inputs give the correct output?
30% - implementation method - followed instructions specified by "NOTE:" in using classes, functions, libraries, etc
10% - comments / readability - indent your code reasonable, use enough useful comments to convince me that you know what your code does and that you can explain what it does to someone reading it for the first time
Use comments to place a header in your code similar to this:
/**
* Description of class/program purpose
* 
* Author
* Date
**/


Reference Material
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers - 32bit
http://www.eclipse.org

Java JDK http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Java tutorials
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/TOC.html