| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 27 (Th) | No class | |||
| September 2 (T) | About the course (Notes) | |||
| September 4 (Th) | (Notes) | Objects and classes; Java basics | T:1 (skim); T:2; C2J:1-9 (skim) | |
| September 9 (T) | More Java basics (Notes) | |||
| September 11 (Th) | UML diagrams; inheritance in Java; (Notes) | C2J:10-11 | Homework 1 (design) | |
| September 16 (T) | Interfaces in Java; packages and importing; generics (Notes) | C2J:12-16 | ||
| September 18 (Th) | Arrays and string processing in Java (Notes) | C2J:17-18; API for java.lang.String | Homework 1 (code) | |
| September 23 (T) | Sorting, searching, and manipulating arrays (Notes) | T:11 | Quiz 1 | |
| September 25 (Th) | Sorting and searching, continued; threads (Notes) | C2J:19 | Homework 2 (design) | |
| September 30 (T) | No class | |||
| October 2 (Th) | No class | |||
| October 7 (T) | Threads, continued (Notes) | Quiz 2; Homework 2 (code) | ||
| October 9 (Th) | Exceptions; review for midterm (Notes) | C2J:22 | ||
| October 14 (T) | Midterm exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | Homework 3 (design) | ||
| October 16 (Th) | Array-based stacks and queues (Notes) | T:6 (sections 1-3, 5); T:7 (sections 1-3, 6-7) | ||
| October 21 (T) | No class | |||
| October 23 (Th) | No class | |||
| October 28 (T) | Linked lists (Notes) | T:4 | Homework 3 (code) | |
| October 30 (Th) | Iterators (Notes) | T:8 | Quiz 3; Homework 4 (design) | |
| November 4 (T) | List-based stacks and queues; priority queues (Notes) | T:6 (sections 4, 6-7); T:7 (sections 4-5, 8) | Homework 4 (code) | |
| November 6 (Th) | GUIs in Java (Notes) | C2J:20; also skim Sun's tutorial Learning Swing by Example | Quiz 4; Homework 5 (design) | |
| November 11 (T) | GUIs in Java, continued (Notes) | |||
| November 13 (Th) | Graphics in Java (Notes) | C2J:21; Sun's tutorial Implementing a Custom Component (skim); Sun's tutorial 2D Graphics (skim) | Homework 5 (code) | |
| November 18 (T) | Recursion; trees (Notes) | T:10; T:11 (sections 9-10) | Homework 6 (design) | |
| November 20 (Th) | No class | |||
| November 25 (T) | Sorted binary trees; heaps and heap-based priority queues (Notes) | T:12; T:13 (sections 1-3); T:15 (sections 1, 3, 5) | Quiz 5; Homework 6 (code) | |
| November 27 (Th) | Holiday | |||
| December 2 (T) | Files and I/O in Java (Notes) | C2J:25; Sun's tutorial I/O (skim) | Homework 7 (design) | |
| December 4 (Th) | Networking and sockets in Java; RMI (Notes) | C2J:25-26; Sun's tutorial Custom Networking (skim) | Quiz 6 | |
| December 9 (T) | Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) | Homework 7 (code) | ||
| December 17 (W), 8:30am | Final exam Review in HTML, PDF) | Homework 8 (design and code) |