CSCI 3390 (Directed Study (Java)):
Lecture Schedule

• August 24:
  • (Massingill) Organizational meeting; "why Java?" Reading: chapter 1.

• August 29:
  • (Massingill) Overview/review of object-oriented design and programming.

• September 5:
  • (Massingill) Java language basics; objects and classes in Java. Reading: Chapters 3, 4, and 5.

• September 12:
  • (Massingill) Objects and classes in Java, continued. Reading: Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

• September 19:
  • (Massingill) Java utility classes. Reading: Chapter 9.

• September 26:
  • (Flournoy) I/O in Java. Reading: Chapter 10. (Sample programs shown in class can be found here.)
  • (Massingill) More Java utility classes. Reading: Chapter 9.

• October 3:
  • (Daniels) Threads in Java. Reading: Chapter 8.

• October 10:
  • (Emerson, Ihegword, Ryder) Java GUI classes (Swing). Reading: Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16. (See also Sun's online Swing tutorial.)

• October 17:
  • (Dillard, Holden) Java classes for drawing, image manipulation. Reading: Chapters 17, 18.

• October 24:
  • (Job, Truitt) Java classes for network and Web programming. Reading: Chapters 11, 12.

• October 31:
  • Project progress reports.

• November 7:
  • (Hanson, Lim) Java Beans, applets. Reading: Chapters 19, 20.

• November 14
  • (Bronn, Deaver, Dittmar): Security in Java. Reading: Security-related sections in chapters 1, 3, and 20. (See also Sun's online tutorial on Java security.)

• November 21:
  • No class.

• November 28:
  • (Ortenzio, Sanders, Watkins) JAR files, packages, visibility, etc. Reading from various chapters.

• December 5:
  • Project presentations (for those who are ready).