CMSI 186: Programming Laboratory

CMSI 186: Class Notes by Week

The following outline presents the topics that are covered, in the approximate order and time frame in which they will be discussed. Weeks that have passed will be grayed out. The upcoming or current week will be green. Click on each title to expand it and see the topics for that week. Click on the Expand All or Collapse All buttons to do the appropriate action for all weeks.

Week 01 — Introduction, Syllabus, Getting Started
1. Tuesday
  - Introduction and Syllabus
  - Tools you will use during the semester
  - Initial roll call and other sundries
  - Initial homework assignment #00 made and explained —
    Development Environment/Github/Greeter.java
2. Thursday
  - Assignment #00 due at start of class
  - Compare and contrast: Java and JavaScript languages
  - Your first Java program — Hello, World!
  - Beginning Java Fundamentals — Nutshell Chapter 2
    1. Lexical Structure
    2. The eight data types
    3. Expressions and operators
    4. Statements and methods
  - Introduction to GitHub
  - BRIEF introduction to Java Classes
  - Discussion of Music Mashup
  - Assign homework #01: Music Mashup

Week 02 — Java Fundamentals, Part I
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Java Classes, Encapsulation, built-in Objects/methods
    1. Classes Overview
    2. Fields and methods
    3. Beginning modeling and diagrams
    4. Creating and initializing objects
    5. Inheritance and encapsulation
    6. Abstractions
  - Thursday
    - Announcements
    - Assignment #01 due at start of class
    - Java documentation — Javadocs
      1. Javadoc comment style
      2. Javadoc tags and in-line comment tags
      3. Javadoc cross references
    - Discussion of PI Solver
    - Assign homework #02: Pi Solver

Week 03 — Java Fundamentals, Part II
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Java Interfaces — attempting polymorphism
  - Java Generics — a way to improve collections
  - Java Annotations — that funny at-sign
  - Lab work continues on Homework #02
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Java String Class
  - Begin Discussion of Die and DiceSet Classes
  - Begin Discussion of Dice and Games for assignment #03
  - Lab work continues on Homework #02

Week 04 — Games of Chance and Randomness
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Assignment #02 due at start of class
  - Finish Discussion of Dice and Games for assignment #03
  - Assign homework #03: HighRoll Dice Game
  - Lab work begins/continues on assignment #03
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #03

Week 05 — Discrete Simulations: Soccer Simulation
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #03
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Assignment #03 due at start of class
  - Discussion of Soccer Simulation
  - Assign homework #04: Soccer Simulation
  - Lab work begins on assignment #04

Week 06 — Lab Work Week
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #04
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #04

Week 07 — Fun With Mathematics I: Skate Ramp
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Begin Discussion of Skate Ramp project
  - Lab work continues on assignment #04
2. Thursday
  - Assignment #04 due at start of class
  - Announcements
  - Finish Discussion of Skate Ramp project
  - Assign Homework #05: Skateboard Ramp Project
  - Lab work begins on assignment #05

Week 08 — Lab Work Week
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #05
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Running the Simulation –Is it working?
  - Lab work continues on assignment #05

Week 09 — Arbitrary Length Arithmetic: Big Integer
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Drive-by on Brobdingnagian Integer
  - Lab work continues on assignment #05
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Assignment #05 due at start of class
  - Discussion of Giant-sized Arithmetic
  - Assign Homework #06:Brobdingnagian Integer
  - Lab work begins on assignment #06

Week 10 — Lab Work Week
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - More explanation on assignment #06
  - Lab work continues on assignment #06
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - More explanation on assignment #06
  - Lab work continues on assignment #06

Week 11 — Lab Work Week
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - More explanation on assignment #06
  - Lab work continues on assignment #06
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #06

Week 12 — Probability, Likelihood, and Verification
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Discussion – Probability and Likelihood
  - Lab work continues on assignment #06
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Discussion – Probability and Likelihood ~ continued
  - Assign Homework #07:BirthdaySolver

Week 13 — Birthday Solver: Something to share at your next dinner party
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Assignment #06 due at start of class
  - Discussion – Probability and Likelihood
  - Lab work continues on assignment #07
2. Thursday
  - NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 14 — Space and Time
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Lab work continues on assignment #07
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Assignment #07 due at start of class
  - REMINDER: COURSE EVALUATIONS IN BRIGHTSPACE
  - Discussion of CircleSolver and ClockSolver
  - Reading data from files
  - Rescinded Homework #08:CircleSolver and ClockSolver

Week 15 — Semester Wrap-up
1. Tuesday
  - Announcements
  - Discussion and questions
  - Lab work continues on assignment #07
2. Thursday
  - Announcements
  - Re-hash and wrap-up of semester
  - REMINDER: COURSE EVALUATIONS IN BRIGHTSPACE
  - Lab work continues on assignment #07

Week 16 — Finals week ~ NO CLASS
1. Tuesday
  - No announcements
  - All assignments are due TODAY
2. Thursday
  - Hey, we're all done!