CS030
-- Introduction to Computer Science II
Fall, 2006
(last updated 7/31/2006)
Updates:
[7/31/2006] Here is the frame version
of the online Java documentation. You probably want to download the
complete documentation and install it on your machine; try this
link to download the documentation. (Remember, we are using version
1.4.2.)
Time and place: TTh 8:00-9:50am; Porter Hall 4
Professor:
Office Hourse: see my main page
Required Textbook:
Recommended Reference Book:
Java In a Nutshell, (5th, 4th, or 3rd
Edition), Flanagan, D. O'Reilly.
Potentially Useful Resources:
Preliminary Official Syllabus
Tentative class schedule including
links to slide presentations for openoffice.org.
In our second introductory course in Computer Science, we
emphasize thinking in abstractions and object-oriented design and
programming. We will cover abstract data types and explore
various implementations of those abstractions. We also consider
how different data structures can be used to solve various
problems. The data structures we will
study include stacks, queues, lists, trees and graphs. In
addition to basic data structures, we will be studying and implementing
algorithms that utilize them. For our primary computer
language, we will use Java. But learning to program in Java is a side-effect of the course.
Resources
You'll need several things for the course. Java will be available
on
wardrobe.cs.westmont.edu (where you will have access to shell
accounts). You are naturally welcome to download and install Java from Sun
for your personal
platform. You will need 1.4.2_xx SDK (not JRE) and then you
probably want to download the documentation. You'll also want
a development environment. While
it is perfectly possible to get by with Emacs or VI to edit your source
code and then compile and run your programs from the command line, you
might consider trying DrJava
(recommended), BlueJ, Eclipse, or
some other IDE (Integrated Development Environment). There are
many free and commercial products from which you might choose.
Java provides a nice semi-automated documentation tool, allowing you to
create structured web-based documentation from your source code.
You should use it as a matter of standard practice. Here is
a link to everything you need to know about javadoc.
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