Michael Robinson FIU Teaching

COP 3804 Intermediate Java Programming - Fall 2012

Professor	Michael Robinson
Email	michael.robinson@cs.fiu.edu
Webpage	www.cs.fiu.edu/~mrobi002/teaching
Tel	305-348-7523
Office	ECS 212 D

Course Title	Intermediate Java Programming
Course Number	COP 3804
Time-Place	Class : Mo/We 7:50PM - 9:05PM @ECS-134 Lab : Mo/We 9:10PM - 10:10PM @ECS-241
Credits	3
Class Type	Required
Prerequisites	COP 2250
Co-requisites	CEN 3721
Starts	Monday Aug 20th, 2012
Ends	Saturday Dec 1st, 2012
Class Policies	FIU Academic Affairs policy on academic dishonesty

Catalog Description:
A second course in programming. Continues Programming in Java by discussing object-oriented
programming in more detail, with larger programming projects and emphasis on inheritence.
Not acceptable for credit for CS majors.

Required Text
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures;
ISBN 978-0-321-54586-2

Credits

Class Type

Core Class - Required

Pre-requisites

COP2250 or COP2210 with a minimum grade of C. Those who have less than a C in one of these classes will be dropped from the course during the first week of class.

Co-requisites

None

Goals

My goal is to make sure you learn, working together on programs is PERMITTED, however, each program MUST BE UNIQUE, ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COPIES WILL GET A GRADE OF ZERO (0)

Class Type

Core Class - Required

Attendance

Attendance will be taken.

Not everything I teach in this class is in the book.

Simple Rules

All programs MUST be done in the computers provided by FIU or in your own laptop and presented in class or in the lab when appropiate.

All programs MUST be named:
last name + first Name initial + pgm1, 2, 3 or 4.
ex: SmithJpgm1.java SmithJpgm1.c SmithJpgm1.html

Your email MUST have your name on it.
FIU, ElHombre, TheItGuy, etc are NOT accepted.

On your email's subject write:
Your class name and email's purpose: OS1 pgm1, WEB2 pgm4

Email me your source programs ONLY, attached. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE.

Your programs must compile using the terminal mode.

Programs with warnings will NOT be accepted. I will not debug your programs.

Do not change the names of the files I provide.

Programs turned in after the due date are NOT accepted.

Any modification to your grades MUST be done no later than ONE week after grades are posted in Moodle.

Tools Required - FREE

All Java programs in this class MUST be written in TERMINAL mode.
NO IDEs such as NetBeans or Eclipse are ALLOWED.
DO NOT use any wordprocessor to write your programs.
Windows: Use notepad editor
Linux/Unix: Use gedit, nano, pico, vi or vim editors.

The computers in the ECS labs contain all the necessary programs for his course, you can also use your own computers installing the following FREE software:

JDK Java Compiler

All Java programs MUST compile and MUST NOT have any warning.

Grading

4 Exams 15 points each = 60 points

4 Programs 10 points each = 40 points

Total = 100 points

A = 100-95

A- = 94-90

B+ = 89-87

B = 86-83

B- = 82-80

C+ = 79-76

C = 75-70

Fail C- = 69-66

D+ = 65-60

D = 59-56

D- = 55-51

F = 50-0

Assignments

Assignments must be turned in at the start of class on the due dates.
I do not accept late assignments without a valid reason.

Include the following header in every program

**************************************************
Author : Your Name
Course : Course Name and Times
Professor: Michael Robinson
Program : Program Number, Purpose/Description
A brief description of the program
Due Date : mm/dd/yyyy

I certify that this work is my own alone.

..........{ your signature }..........
**************************************************

Important Dates
Prog 1 : Wed 09-05-2012 Due
Exam 1 : Wed 09-12-2012 (covering program 1)
Prog 2 : Wed 10-03-2012 Due
Exam 2 : Wed 10-10-2012 (covering program 2)
Prog 3 : Wed 10-31-2012 Due customerInterface
Exam 3 : Wed 11-07-2012 (covering program 3)
Prog 4 : Wed 11-28-2012 Due theInterface
FINAL EXAM
Dec/03/2012, Monday 7:15PM - 9:15PM Engr & Comp Sci 134
Covering all programs, all exams plus additional material covered.

Prerequisites Topics:
- Java data types
- Java fundamentals including String, ArrayList, classes
- Problem solving using java

Expected Course Outcomes
1. Master the design and implementation of classes using inheritance and polymorphism.
2. Master the use and implementation of interfaces
3. Be exposed to writing recursive methods
4. Be exposed to the implementation of linked list structures
5. Master analyzing problems and writing java program solutions to
those problems using the above features.

PROJECTED SCHEDULE (COULD BE MODIFIED)
Java preliminaries
Java types, classes and objects
Class variables, Final variables, etc.
Input/Output (using Files, too)
String class - Wrapper classes
ArrayList class
Static methods and objects

Classes and Interfaces
Class constructors
Inheritance, first view
Data abstraction
Interfaces
Overriding equals and toString methods
Comparable and Comparator interfaces
Public, Private, and Protected access specifiers
Overloading method names

Inheritance & Polymorphism
Introduction to Inheritance - Reuse of code
Overriding method names
Polymorphism and its applications

Recursion
Definition
Why does it work
Infinite recursion
Examples

Introduction to Data Structures
Linked List and its implementation
Stack & Queue data structures
Introduction to Java Collection Interface

DATA TYPES BYTES MIN VAL MAX VAL

char 1 -128 128

unsigned char 1 0 256

int or short 2 -32,768 32,768

unsigned short 2 0 65,535

long 4 -2,147,483,648 2,147,483,647

unsigned long 4 0 4,294,967,295

float 4 -+1.701411E-38 -+1.701411E38

double 4 -+1.0E-307 -+1.0E307