Syllabus
Course Objectives
CMSC 250 is the
second course in our introductory programming sequence. The purpose of this
course is to complete your basic education in programming. This includes topics
related to the construction of application software such as user interface
programming, file systems, networking, exception handling, databases, and web
application programming. More generally, this course is about the skills needed
to assemble and deliver larger pieces of software.
Course Structure
The material in
this course naturally falls into three major divisions. The first part of the
course will cover graphical user interfaces and object-oriented design. The
second part will cover advanced topics in programming (exceptions, threads,
file i/o, and networking). The third part will focus on primarily on Java web
programming. We will have an exam at the end of each of these three major
divisions.
Text
Our text is An Introduction to Java Programming, Seventh
Edition, by Y. Daniel Liang.
Web Site
The course web site is located at http://www.lawrence.edu/fast/greggj/cmsc250.html
Grading Policy
Your grade will be
based on two midterm exams, programming assignments, and a final exam according
to the following weightings.
Programming
assignments 60%
Midterm
exams 10%
each
Final
exam 20%
Office Hours
My office hours
this term are 1:00-3:00 TTh and immediately before and after my 9:50 and 1:50
classes on MWF. You are welcome to stop in at other times as well, but please
call first. My office is Briggs 413. My extension is 6736 and my email address
is greggj@lawrence.edu.
Detailed Course Schedule
|
Date |
Topics |
Chapters |
|
Sept.
14 |
Simple
GUIs |
13 |
|
Sept.
16 |
Graphics |
14 |
|
Sept.
18 |
Event
driven programming |
15 |
|
Sept.
21, 23 |
Advanced
GUIs |
15,
33-35 |
|
Sept.
25 |
Exceptions
and Files |
18,
19 |
|
Sept.
28 |
Java
Collections Framework |
22 |
|
Sept.
30 |
Object-oriented
design |
- |
|
Oct.
2 |
Threads |
29 |
|
Oct.
5, 7 |
Networking |
30 |
|
Oct.
9 |
First
Midterm Exam |
|
|
Oct.
12, 14 |
SQL
and JDBC |
37,
38 |
|
Oct.
16, 19 |
Servlets |
39 |
|
Oct.
21 |
Java
Server Pages |
40 |
|
Oct.
26, 28 |
Java
Server Faces |
41 |
|
Oct.
30 |
Second
Midterm Exam |
|
|
Nov.
2 |
Applets |
17 |
|
Nov.
4 |
RMI |
43 |
|
Nov.
6 |
UML |
|
|
Nov.
9-16 |
Group
project |
|
The following is
an outline of the topics we will cover and when we will cover them.