CS 101 Schedule

Course Schedule

The following publications are referred to on the schedule below:

Adams: Joel Adams, Alice in Action: Computing through Animation, Thomson Course Technology, 2007.
Bruce: Kim Bruce, Andrea Danyluk and Thomas Murtagh, Java: An Eventful Approach, Prentice Hall, 2007.

Jan. 31: Introduction to Alice and Objects

Readings: Adams, Chapter 1

Feb. 5: Methods

Readings: Adams, Chapter 2
Examples

Alice and White Rabbit world (download and open in Alice)
Animation and Alice code

Feb. 5/6: Alice Lab 1

Feb. 7: Variables and Functions

Readings: Adams, Chapter 3
Examples

Penguins walking to holes (download and open in Alice)
Penguins walking to holes - demo and code

Feb. 12: Flow control

Readings: Adams, Chapter 4
Examples

Penguins walk to the closer hole world (download and open in Alice) - demonstrates if/else statements
Penguin demo and code

Feb. 12/13: Alice Lab 2

Demo

Feb. 14: Lists and Arrays

Readings: Adams, Chapter 5, excluding 5.2
Examples

Feb. 19: Event Handling

Readings: Adams, Chapter 6
Examples

Skaters - demonstrates reacting to keyboard and mouse input

Feb. 19/20: Alice lab 3

Demo

Feb. 21: More Alice Practice

Readings: None
Examples

Random cow walk - demonstrates use of random number function and random boolean function
Helicopter simulation - simulator we developed in class, just goes up, down and forward so far

Feb. 26: Randy Pausch, the creator of Alice, speaks on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Alice Test Program

Feb. 26/27: Work on test program.

Feb. 28: Graphics and Event Handling in Java

Readings: Chapter 1
Slides
Examples

SpringBreak - First Java program demonstrating simple mouse event handling
DrawingWithShapes - Demonstrates drawing shapes

Mar. 4: Variables and Numbers

Readings: Chapters 2 and 3
Slides
Examples

Stick figure - Drawing graphical shapes, using named constants, mouse event handling

Mar. 4/5: Java Lab 1 - Drawing and Event handling

Handout
Demo

Mar. 6: Conditionals and Primitive Types

Readings: Chapters 4 and 5
Slides
Examples

Draw a Doughnut demo - Centering 2D graphical objects
Best Basketball demo - If statements and dragging objects

Mar. 11: Colors, Randomness, Classes

Readings: 6.1-6.3
Slides
Examples

MysteryDrawing - Draws lines with a shared endpoint as the user drags the mouse
ColorfulMysteryDrawing - Draws lines with a shared endpoint as the user drags the mouse. Each line has a randomly chosen color.
RedGradientMysteryDrawing - Draws lines with a shared endpoint as the user drags the mouse. Each line uses a different shade of red.
Scribble - Allows the user to make free-hand drawings.

Mar. 11/12: Java Lab 2 - Conditionals

Handout
Running program

Mar. 13: Classes

Readings: 6.4-6.7
Slides
Examples

MysterProgram - Demonstrates use of random number generation to generate colors and locations
DraggingTrain - Shows how to use abstraction and delegation to drag a train object
MovingTrain - A smarter way to drag a train. This one stays on the track.

Mar. 25: Declarations and Scope

Readings: Chapters 8
Slides
Examples

ClassySnowman - Demonstrates use of local variables, instance variables and parameters. Also shows how to define a class to create an abstraction and to use delegation to implement the methods inside a class. (Very similar to the DraggingTrain example.)
ColorChangingCircles - Shows the declaration and use of a private method.

Mar. 25/26: Java Lab 3 - Classes

Handout
Running program

Mar. 27: While Loops

Readings: Chapters 7
Slides
Examples

ContainedBall example - Pay attention to thte use of parameters, instance variables and if-statements
Railroad example - Demonstrates a while loop to draw railroad ties
Fireworks example - Demonstrates while loops to draw an individual firework and to count the number of fireworks in a finale. Also, uses an instance variable to count the fireworks before the finale.

Apr. 1: For loops

Readings: Chapter 13
Slides
Examples

KnitAScarf example - Uses nested loops to draw a knitted scarf
ImageBrightener example - Uses nested for loops to modify the pixels of an image

Apr. 1/2: Java Lab 4 - While loops

Handout
Running program
Picture.java - You need to import this class into your project. You should not modify this class!
A photograph to manipulate

Apr. 3: Arrays

Readings: 14.1-14.5
Slides
Examples

ImageShrinker example - Reduces an image by half in each dimension
SlideShow example - Uses an array to store a collection of images
TrainWithSmoke example - Uses an array to store a varying number of puffs of smoke
DrawingProgramWithArrays example - Shows how to search an array for an item and how to remove an item from an array

Apr. 8: Strings

Readings: Chapter 16
Slides
Examples

Crosshairs example - Draws crosshairs over an image and displays the mouse coordinates
CaesarCipher example - Demonstrates how to manipulate characters to encrypt a string.

Apr. 8/9: Java Lab 5 - Arrays

Handout
Running program

Apr. 10: Strings

Slides

Apr. 15: Midterm review

Slides

Apr. 15/16: No lab - Study for midterm.

Apr. 17: Midterm

Sample questions
Sample answers
Midterm
Midterm solution

Apr. 22: Strings

Slides

Apr. 22/23: Java Lab 6 - Strings

Handout
URLReader class

Apr. 24: Debugging and Interfaces

Readings: Chapter 10
Slides
Drawing Program example

Spam filter - Another String example
Drawing program - A program that demonstrates the use of an interface as the type of a variable.

Apr. 29: Swing -- Graphical User Interfaces

Readings: 11.1-11.4
Slides

Apr. 29/30: Java Test Program

Handout
Photos and Picture.java in a zip file

May 1: Graphical User Interfaces

Readings: 11.5-11.8
Slides
Basic buttons example - Shows how to create buttons, but the buttons have no action associated with clicking on them.
Basic buttons example - This version creates a Text object when a button is clicked.
Drawing Program example - Shows how to place more than one button in one of the 4 compass directions.
Drawing Program example - Shows how to nest panels within each other

May 6: Exam Review

Readings
Sample questions
Sample answers