Schedule of Topics - CS 313e - Fall 2008

This schedule is just a guide - the order and selection of topics may be changed during the semester. You are responsible for the material as it is presented in class.

Week	Topic	Reading and Events (all reading assignments are in Liang unless otherwise noted)
Aug 25	class policies and introduction start review of cs303e material Notes: Introduction to cs 313e Java review, part I - simple programs, data types, variables, constants, some methods from the Math and Character classes	Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (except 1.5 and 2.11) lab 1 assigned - due Friday 9/5 by 9 pm (no slip days allowed)
Sep 1	Continue cs 303e review Notes: Java review, part II Java review, part III Review of Conditional Statements and Loops	Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (except 1.5 and 2.11)
Sep 8	Review of classes and objects The Object super class	Chapter 4 Lab 2 due Friday, September 12, 2008 by 9 pm
Sep 15	More inheritance examples Review of arrays	Lab 3 is due Wednesday, September 24, at 9 pm
Sep 22	More on arrays Strings, command line arguments, file input Notes: File Input and Command Line Args File Processing	Midterm 1 review sheet
Sep 29	More on Arrays	Midterm 1:  Read 6.7-6.11 Read about Linear Search on wikipedia Read about Binary Search on wikipedia Some solutions to midterm 1 review
Oct 6	Searching and sorting	Lab 4 - due by 11 pm on October 17
Oct 13	More on sorting Basic concepts in object oriented design Reasons for using an OO approach Notes: OO Basics Why OO?	Lab 5 - due Friday, Oct 24, by 11 pm
Oct 20	object oriented concepts Error handling with exceptions Notes: OO concepts Exceptions	Lab 5 -  Read the first four subsections on Exceptions  in Sun's Java Tutorial
Oct 27	finish exceptions abstract classes and interfaces array lists Notes: abstract classes & interfaces	Midterm 2 review sheet lab 6 - due at 11 pm on Monday, November 3
Nov 3	more on array lists collections framework Notes: array list collections	Midterm 2: Friday, Nov 7, 2008, in class Midterm Review Solutions
Nov 10	More on the collections framework Notes: Sets The List Interface
Nov 17	More on Lists Maps Notes: The Map interface	lab 7, due Monday, Nov 24 by 11 pm
Nov 24	Finish maps Graphical user interfaces with Swing Notes: Intro to GUIs Low Level Components	Last exam will be given in class on Friday, Dec 5th.  We will not have a final exam.  Exam 3 review sheet Review Solutions
Dec 1		Lab 8 (no slip days) - due Friday, Dec 5, by midnight