Teaching Staff

Instructor: Chris Murphy (cmurphy@cs.columbia.edu) Office hours: Tues 3-5pm, 608 CEPSR TA: Swapneel Sheth (swapneel@cs.columbia.edu) Office hours: Thurs 3-5pm, 608 CEPSR

Syllabus (Tentative)

Date Topics Covered Reading Notes Assignments Jul 8 Course introduction Review of Java basics 1-7 (review) slides Employee.java Quiz.java / Student.java   Jul 10 Designing classes Software engineering Software testing 8.1 - 8.9 12.1 - 12.5 2.8, 3.6, 5.5, 7.8 slides software engineering software testing   Jul 15 Interfaces and Polymorphism Inheritance 9.1 - 9.5 10.1 - 10.8 slides Player.java ComputerPlayer.java HumanPlayer.java BankAccount.java SavingsAccount.java TransactionalSavingsAccount.java   Jul 17 Basic Graphics 2.11 - 2.13, 3.9 slides FrameTest.java CircleComponent.java CircleViewer.java Assignment #1 due MovingCircle.java BouncingCircle.java Jul 22 More Graphics Event Handling 9.6 - 9.10, 10.9 - 10.11 slides TestKeyboardEvent.java TestMouseEvent.java TestMouseMotionEvent.java   Jul 24 Graphical User Interfaces 18.1 - 18.4 slides TestActionEvent.java TestActionEventAnonInnerClass.java TestActionEventNoInnerClass.java TestCheckbox.java TestRadioButton.java LoginPasswordEvent.java ChatApplication.java Notepad.java Assignment #2 due Jul 29 Networked applications 21.1 - 21.5 slides Server.java MathServer.java Client.java MathClient.java MathClientCL.java MathClientUI.java Message.java MessageServer.java MessageClient.java MessageClientCL.java   Jul 31 Exceptions Multithreading 11.1 - 11.7 20.1 - 20.2 slides BankAccountTest.java ThreadTest.java AdderThread.java MultiplierThread.java ParallelMath.java MTMathServer.java Assignment #3 due Aug 5 Synchronization Data structures 20.3 - 20.5 15.1 - 15.4 slides ThreadsafeBankAccount.java SynchronizedBankAccount.java ParallelAdd.java LinkedList.java   Aug 7 More data structures Design patterns Advanced topics 16.1 - 16.10 slides design patterns   Aug 12 Final Project presentations Final Exam review   slides Final Project due Aug 14 Final Exam

All readings are from Big Java by Cay Horstmann, Third Edition.

Class Policies

Exams There will be an in-class final exam on the last day of classes. No makeup exams will be given.   Grading Grades will be assigned using the following guidelines: Homeworks 35% Final Exam 40% Final Project 25%   Late Policy Because of the tight schedule, it is important that assignments be submitted on time. Late homeworks will not be accepted without previous permission from the instructor.   Academic Honesty Please familiarize yourself with the Computer Science Department's academic honesty policy.