The calendar below provides information on the course's lectures (L), recitation (R) and project presentation (P) sessions.
| SES # | TOPICS | ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Administrative & Introduction Makefile Primer GNU Makefile Documentation CVS Documentation |
PS 0 Out |
| R1 | Course Goals & Content, References & Recitations; Compilation; Debugging; Makefiles; Concurrent Versions System (CVS); Introduction to C++; Data Types; Variable Declarations and Definitions; Operators; Expressions and Statements; Input/Output Operators; Preprocessor Directives; Header Files; Control Structures | |
| L2 | Overview of C++ and Object Oriented Design | PS 0 In PS 1 Out |
| L3 | Classes and Objects | |
| R2 | Functions: Declarations, Definitions, and Invocations; Inline Functions; Function Overloading; Recursion; Scope and Extent of Variables; References; Pointers; Function Call by Value, References and Pointers; Pointers to Functions; 1-D Arrays; Strings as Arrays of Char; Arrays of Pointers; 2-D and Higher Dimensions Arrays; Return by Reference Functions; Dynamic Memory Allocation; The Size of Operator; Data Structures; Introduction to Classes and Objects | |
| L4 | Dynamic Management of Objects | PS 1 In PS 2 Out |
| L5 | Operator Overloading | |
| R3 | Classes and Objects; Classes: Member Variables & Member Functions; Classes: Constructors & Destructor; Constructor Header Initialization; Copy Constructors; Member Variables & Functions Protection: Private, Protected & Public; Static Class Data and Class Functions; Class Scope; Pointers to Class Members; Operator Overloading; Friend Functions; Type Conversions | |
| L6 | Inheritance | PS 2 In PS 3 Out |
| L7 | Linked Lists, Static Class Members | |
| R4 | Inheritance: Public, Protected and Private Derivation; Multiple Inheritance; Inheritance: Constructors and Destructors; Inheritance: Redefining Member Functions; Virtual Functions and Polymorphism; Abstract Classes; File Streams; Namespaces; Assertions; C++ Standard Library String Class; Other Topics | |
| L8 | Quiz Review | PS 3 In |
| Quiz I: C++ | PS 4 Out | |
| R5 | Function Templates; Class Templates; Sorting and Searching Algorithms; Insertion Sort; Selection Sort; Shellsort; Quicksort; Linear Search; Binary Search | |
| L9 | Templates, Sorting & Searching Algorithms | |
| R6 | Introduction to Java; Compiling and Running a Java Application and a Java Applet; Data Types; Variables, Declarations, Initializations, Assignments; Operators, Precedence, Associativity, Type Conversions, and Mixed Expressions; Control Structures; Comments; Arrays; Classes and Objects; Constructors; Initializers; Member Data and Functions; Function Overloading | |
| L10 | Programming in Java® Shape Example |
PS 4 In PS 5 Out |
| L11 | Java® Basics (contd.) | |
| R7 | Sun Java Studio Standard 5; Inheritance; Controlling Access to Class Members; Strings; Packages; Interfaces; Nested Classes and Interfaces; Garbage Collection; Applets | |
| L12 | Graphical Programs | PS 5 In PS 6 Out |
| L13 | Applets and Applications | |
| R8 | Exceptions; Threads; I/O; Introduction to Java GUI and Swing | |
| L14 | Custom Graphics | |
| L15 | File I/O | PS 6 In PS 7 Out |
| R9 | The JComponent Class; Top-Level Containers; Intermediate Swing Containers; Atomic Components | |
| L16 | Quiz Review | Project Proposal Due |
| Quiz II: Sorting, Searching and Java® | ||
| L17 | Multithreading Working with Images |
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| L18 | Physical Simulations | PS 7 In |
| L19 | Source Code Management Using CVS | |
| L20 | Java® Remote Method Invokation Framework | |
| L21 | Java Beans, Java® 3D | |
| P1 | Project Presentation I | |
| P2 | Project Presentation II | |
| P3 | Project Presentation III |