CIT 591 Programming Languages & Techniques I
Fall 2009, David Matuszek

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Date Announcements
November 20, 2009

Because so many people will be leaving early for Thanksgiving, I have tried to make it as painless as possible to skip the November 25 class, by making it clear that no new material would be covered. I've now decided that's just foolish.
No class November 25. No lab November 27.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Meeting times
Lecture MW 3:00-4:30 Towne 311
Lab F 3:00-4:30 Moore 207
Beginner's section Mondays 4:30-6:00 Jaffe B17
 Office hours
Whenever my door is open.
Specific office hours: 3:00-4:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays 		Moore 176
Thursdays 6:00-7:00 Moore 207
Times TBD
 Moore 100

  
Links
Last year's CIT591
Academic Integrity Policy
Textbook and Resources
Errata for Python book
MCIT schedule
Blackboard and
Instructions for Using Zip Files and Blackboard
Java version test page
Java Syntax Pages (online)
or as a downloadable .zip file
Eclipse FAQ and Eclipse Tips
Software SwingExamples.jar
Tutorial Tutorials Point External site

Date Lectures Assignments, etc.
Sept. 9 Introduction. Python vs. Java. Active learning vs. spectator sports. Using IDLE. Data types, expressions, and assignments. Program constituents: Input, arithmetic, decision making, looping, and output. Naming conventions. Pages v-vii, 3-38 in Exploring Python.
Assignment 1 - Coke Machine
Example My coke-machine.py
Sept. 14 Functions. Abstraction, information hiding, software reuse. Testing, code walkthroughs. Scope. Pages 38-54.
Read Style Rules 1
Sept. 16 Recursion, global names, exceptions, functions, None. Using the IDLE debugger. Pages 54-59.
Assignment 2 - Flash Cards
Example My flashcards.py
Sept. 21 Lists, and operations on sequences. Unit testing and Test Driven Design. Pages 62-70
Read How to Pair ProgramExternal link
Sept. 23 References, identity, equality. Pair programming. Eclipse. Read Unit testing and TDD handout.
Pages 70-72
Read Wiki page on TDDExternal link
Assignment 3 - Playfair Cipher
Example My playfair.py
Example My testPlayfair.py
Read Programming suggestions
Sept. 28 Sorting. Tuples, strings, and sets (mostly strings). Deep and shallow copies. Pages 72-83.
Read Grading Criteria
Sept. 30 Dictionaries, from...import..., dynamic programming. Pages 88-99.
Assignment 4 - Readability Measures
More information Corrections
More information Sample files: TheBookofOneSyllable.txt, war-of-the-worlds.txt, constitution.txt, critique-of-practical-reason.txt.
Oct. 5 Shelves, file I/O, keyword arguments Pages 100-110.
Oct. 7 Classes. Pages 112-123.
Example classyFlashcards.py, classyFlashcards2.py, classyFlashcards3.py
Assignment 05 - Small Town Traffic
Example Addendum
Oct. 12 DRY. Doc comments. Functional programming. Quicksort. Pages 127-137.
Oct. 14 Object-oriented programming. Agile Programming and eXtreme Programming. Pages 141-152.
Assignment 06 - Balanced Ternary (due Oct. 27)
Oct. 19 FALL BREAK "Fall break" Saturday Oct. 17 through Monday Oct. 19
Oct. 21 Midterm Exam, Answer Key
Oct. 26 Python vs. Java--what to expect. Eclipse again. Basic language syntax. Scanner, print, println, printf.
PowerPoint Sudden Java 		Read Python to Java
Pages 1-19 in Java book.
Read Java syntax (reference), especially
print statements, printf statements, and Scanner.
Oct. 28 Conditional and iterative statements, including the extended for statement. Scope of names.
PowerPoint Class Structure
PowerPoint Arrays 		Pages 21-32.
Read Enhanced for loop.
Assignment 07 - Fractions
Read JUnit for Java
Nov. 2 Classes and objects. Autoboxing/unboxing.
PowerPoint Polymorphism
PowerPoint Strings		 Pages 33-48, but skip sections 4.9 and 4.10.
Example SavingsAccount.java
Nov. 4 More about classes and objects. ArrayList, StringBuilder, and generics. Possibly enum. The Java API.
PowerPoint Error Messages		 Sections 4.9 and 4.10.
Read enum
Assignment 08-Eliza
Example Complex.java and ComplexTest.java
Nov. 9 Annotations. JUnit testing.
PowerPoint Bits and Pieces 		Read Autoboxing/unboxing
Nov. 11 Subclasses, abstract classes, and interfaces. Inheritance.
PowerPoint Abstract Classes and Interfaces 		Pages 49-60.
Example AnimalsExample.zip from today's class (as a zipped Eclipse project).
Assignment 09 - Three Musketeers
Nov. 16 Packages and access control. More about polymorphism. Overriding toString and equals. Exceptions and assertions.Input/output.
PowerPoint Inner Classes
PowerPoint Exceptions
PowerPoint I/O		 Pages 60-95.
Nov. 18 Swing (up to but not including applets).
PowerPoint Swing 		Pages 107-129.
Assignment 10 - Flash Cards II (due Dec. 3)
Nov. 23 Painting. Applets.
PowerPoint Applets and Painting
PowerPoint Comment Style 		.
Nov. 25 No class this Wednesday. Thanksgiving is Nov. 26; No lab this week
Nov. 30 More I/O. Pages 95-105
Dec. 2 Threads. Pages 157-166.
Assignment
Dec. 7 Collections (and generics again). Pages 143-155.
Dec. 9 Review.  
Tuesday, Dec. 15 Final Exam (12:00 - 2:00)
DRLB (David Rittenhouse Labs) A8 		Exam will cover Java and programming concepts, but not Python syntax.

Key
Assignment An assignment Software Software that will be useful in this course Read An article; external link indicates offsite Tutorial A tutorial
official spec Official specification (always external link offsite) PowerPoint A PowerPoint document, usually one of my lectures More information Additional information about the assignment or topic Example Example