Reading Assignments, Discussion Questions, and Programming Projects will be listed here in chronological order by due date, i.e., with the most recent ones at the bottom of the list.

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Note: The book contains six different types of side notes. You should always read the first three types: Quality Tips, Common Errors, and Productivity Hints. The Quality Tips contain important information on good programming style. Reading the Common Errors notes will help you avoid well-known pitfalls. The Productivity Hints are sometimes more challenging, but helpful. You should also read the Advanced Topics and HOWTO sections unless I specify otherwise. Random Facts are optional -- read them if you find them interesting.


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Week 1: Tuesday

• Lab Entrance Assignment for Lab 1:
  • Buy the textbook and a floppy or ZIP disk (or be prepared to transfer files to and from the own computer in your room if you have one). Bring the floppy or ZIP disk to lab.
  • Read Chapter 1 of Computing Concepts with Java Essentials (the textbook for the course). Much of it should be review from CS 105. You may skip Section 1.7, but be sure to read Sections 1.8 and 1.9 (and Common Error 1.1 and Advanced Topic 1.1, which are between the two sections) before lab.
• Discussion questions: Be prepared to answer any of today's discussion questions.

Week 1: Wednesday

• Reading assignment:
  • Review Section 1.10 and the Summary for Chapter 1 (pp. 26 - 29).
  • Constructing Objects and Invoking Methods :Read the Introduction to Chapter 2 and Sections 2.1 and 2.2, including Common Error 2.1 and Advanced Topic 2.1 (pp. 33 - 41).
• Discussion questions: There are no new discussion questions.

Week 1: Friday

• Reading assignment:
  • Public Interface for a Class: Read Section 2.7, including Advanced Topic 2.2 (pp. 51 - 54).   Read bullets 1 - 8 in the Chapter Summary (pp. 71 - 72).
  • Read the patterns in the Mini-Lab: Creating Fish in an Aquarium.
  • Read the class documentation for AquaFish, Aquarium, and AquaSimGUI.
  • Numeric Values: Read Advanced Topics 3.1 and 3.2 and Random Fact 3.1 (pp. 81 - 84).
• Discussion questions:
  • Exercises R2.1 - R.2.4, R.2.8 - R.2.9, and R.2.14 - R.2.16 on pp. 72-4.
• We will be doing a mini-lab, so bring your floppy or ZIP disk to class, or be prepared to transfer files to and from the own computer in your room if you have one.

Looking Ahead:

• Programming Project #1 is due at the beginning of Lab 2.
  You can start Programming Project #1 anytime after finishing Lab 1: Getting Started with CodeWarrior.

Week 2: Monday

• Reading assignment:
  • If Statements: Read the Introduction to Chapter 5 and Section 5.1 (pp. 185 - 191). Skip Advanced Topic 5.1, but do not skip Quality Tip 5.1 and Productivity Hint 5.1. Read Subsection 5.2.1 on pp. 191-192.
  • Testing for null: Read Section 5.2.5 on p. 196.  We haven't talked about the String class yet, but you should be able to follow the discussion.
  • Read the patterns in the Mini-Lab: Staying In Bounds and Adding Color.
  • Primitive Types: Read Section 3.10 and bullets 1 - 3, 6, 7, 23, and 24 in the Summary for Chapter 3 (pp. 119- 121).
• Discussion questions

Week 2: Tuesday

• Reading assignment:
  • Strings: Read Section 3.7 (pp. 107 - 109) and Subsections 5.2.3 - 5.2.4, including Common Error 5.1 (pp. 193-194).
  • Multiple Alternatives: Read Section 5.3 (pp. 197 - 201), skipping Advanced Topic 5.2, but not Productivity Hint 5.2. Read Random Fact 5.1 (pp. 201-202) if you are interested. Skip Subsection 5.3.2 for now.
  • Boolean Expressions: Read Section 5.4, including Common Errors 5.3 and 5.4 and Advanced Topic 5.3 (pp. 210 - 214). Skip Subsections 5.4.4 and 5.4.5 for now.
• Programming Project #1 is due at the beginning of lab. As always, bring a floppy or ZIP disk.

Week 2: Wednesday

• Reading assignment:
  • More on Conditions and Logic: Read Common Error 5.2 (pp. 208 - 209). Review Section 5.4, including the Common Errors and Advanced Topic (210 - 214), and read Sections 5.4.4 and 5.4.5 (pp. 214 - 215).  Read bullets 1 - 4 and 7 - 14 in the Chapter Summary.
• Discussion questions
  • if statements
  • What classes are imported in the robot code used in the Talking Robot lab?  What classes are, or should be imported in the robot code for the Talking Robot programming project? (You may wish to review Advanced Topic 2.1 on p. 41 to remember the role of import statements.)

Week 2: Friday

• Reading assignment:
  • For Loops: Read Section 6.2 (pp. 236 - 243). Skip Quality Tip 6.1 on p. 240, but read Advanced Topic 6.2, Common Errors 6.3 and 6.4, and Quality Tip 6.2 on pp. 241 - 243.
  • Read the patterns in the Mini-Lab: Keep on Moving.
• Discussion questions: R5.8, R5.10, R5.11, R5.13, and R5.14 (pp. 220 - 221).

Looking Ahead:

• Programming Project #2 is due at the beginning of Lab 3.
  You can start Programming Project #2 anytime after finishing Lab 2: Talking Robot.

Week 3: Monday

• Reading assignment:
  • No new reading assignment.

Week 3: Tuesday

• Lab Entrance Assignment:
  • Exercises R6.2 and R.6.3 on pp. 271-272. You should bring these, neatly typed, to lab.
• Programming Project #2 is due at the beginning of lab.

Week 3: Wednesday

• Reading assignment:
  • Arrays: Read Section 13.4, including Common Error 13.3 (pp. 530 - 533). Ignore any references to the ArrayList class for now; we'll come back to it.
  • Read the patterns in the Mini-Lab: More Fish!
• Discussion questions:
  • R13.5 - R13.7 (p. 550).

Week 3: Friday

• Reading assignment:
  • Implementing Classes: Read Sections 2.3 - 2.9 (pp. 42 - 62).  Section 2.7 will be review.  Skip Productivity Hint 2.1 (p. 46); you may also skip Productivity Hints 2.2 and 2.3 (pp. 56 - 58) if you want.  Do not skip Common Error 2.2 on p. 62.
• Discussion questions:
  • Do Exercise 1 in the Environment Plotter lab.

Looking Ahead:

• Programming Project #3 is due at the beginning of Lab 4.
  You may start it anytime after finishing Lab 3 (Histogram) and the More Fish! mini-lab.
• Programming Project #4 will be due at the beginning of class on Friday of Week 4.
  You may start it anytime after finishing the in-class exercise on Friday of 3rd Week.

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