CIS 4930 (Programming in Java):
Lecture Summaries

• January 6: Course topics; administrative information; a little about Java.
• January 8: More Java basics; "Hello World" example application and "Hello Web" example applet; Homework #0b assigned.
• January 13: "Hello Web" example applets from chapter 2 of text. Applets are available for execution and/or download; see Sample programs.
• January 15: Review of object-oriented programming concepts (not from text); tour of Java syntax based on chapter 4 of text; not-for-credit programming assignment Homework #0x given.
• January 20: Object-oriented programming and Java, part 1 (based on chapter 5 of text); Homework #1 assigned (available 6pm).
• January 22: Object-oriented programming and java, part 2 (based on chapter 6 of text, not including inner classes).
• January 27: Example programs. Source code and sample output is available; see Sample programs.
• January 29: Review/clarification of some topics previously covered (argument passing, abstract classes versus interfaces, etc.); an introduction to the Java Core API (selected topics from chapters 7 and 9 of the text). Because some review material did not come from the text and attendance was down, partial notes are available; see Class notes and other documents. Source code for the clone() example is available; see Sample programs.
• February 3: Homework #2; review of some core classes (Vector, Hashtable -- chapter 9 of the text); nested classes (from chapter 6 of the text, to be continued next time). Source code for the example nested-class programs is available; see Sample programs.
• February 5: More hints for Homework #2; nested classes (from chapter 6 of the text, continued from last time and completed); examples of using StringTokenizer and some formatting classes. Source code for longer versions of these examples is available; see Sample programs.
• February 10: Input/output in Java, part 1 (from chapter 10 of the text, looking at the internals of Input.java as an example).
• February 12: Input/output in Java, revisited/continued. See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples.
• February 17: Input/output in Java, continued. See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples. Homework #3 assigned.
• February 19: Introduction to threads (discussed in chapter 8, though the lecture was based on another text). See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples. Also, hints for Homework #3.
• February 24: Threads, continued (discussed in chapter 8, though the lecture was based on another text). See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples.
• (No lecture February 26; midterm exam.)
• March 3: Threads, continued. See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples.
• March 5: Post-exam discussion of midterm; an introduction to the Java AWT (from chapter 13 of the text). See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples.
• No lectures March 10 and 12 -- spring break!
• March 17: The Java AWT, continued (from chapter 13 of the text). See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples.
• March 19: The Java AWT, continued (from chapters 13 and 14 of the text). See Sample programs for expanded versions of code examples. Homework #4 assigned (March 20).
• March 24: The Java AWT, continued (from chapters 14 and 15 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples not discussed in class.
• March 26: The Java AWT, continued (from chapter 14 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples, both those discussed in class and additional examples.
• March 31: The Java AWT, continued (from chapter 16 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples, both those discussed in class and additional examples.
• April 2: No class; instructor ill.
• April 7: The Java AWT, continued (from chapter 16 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples, both those discussed in class and additional examples. Homework #5 assigned.
• April 9: The Java AWT, continued (from chapter 16 of the text). Applets (from chapters 3 and 13 of the text). Networking (from chapters 11 and 12 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples, both those discussed in class and additional examples.
• April 14: Java and networking, more examples (from chapter 11 of the text). See Sample programs for code examples.
• April 16: Java and networking, more examples (from chapter 11 of the text). Also a few words about garbage collection and finalize() methods (from chapter 5). See Sample programs for code examples.
• April 21: Review for final.