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Java Course Design for 2012-2013 | Java Course Design for 2012-2013 | ||
| − | + | * Alternate between different aspects of Java. | |
| − | + | * whole-language | |
| − | + | * mathematical | |
| − | + | * algorithmic | |
| − | + | * syntactic | |
| − | + | * Whimsey: Hogwarts School Of Computer Science | |
Design: | Design: | ||
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List of software for Course: | List of software for Course: | ||
| − | + | On Desktop: | |
| − | + | IE (latest stable version) | |
| − | + | Chrome (latest stable version) | |
| − | + | Firefox (latest stable version) | |
| − | + | OpenOffice | |
| − | + | Dr. Java (latest stable version) | |
| − | JCreator (latest Free version) | + | jGRASP (latest stable version) |
| − | + | JCreator (latest Free version) | |
| − | + | Eclipse (latest Free version) | |
| − | + | Java Bean Environment | |
| − | + | Console | |
| − | + | Start Menu: | |
| − | + | EKS Games | |
| − | + | In shell path for consoles: | |
| − | + | JDK (latest stable version) | |
| − | + | Adobe Reader | |
| + | Printer for room 306 should be automatically configured or easy to find. | ||
| + | All computers should have proper domains and internet access for all. | ||
Recommended equipment: | Recommended equipment: | ||
| − | + | thumb drive | |
| − | + | access to computer outside of school | |
9/7: | 9/7: | ||
| − | + | Hwk: http://huben.us/wiki/Keyboard_Navigation | |
| − | + | * a whole language task | |
| − | + | Discussion: (10 minutes or longer) | |
| − | + | * Students seldom know how they can edit with the keyboard. | |
| − | + | * Assignment is like a scavenger hunt. | |
| − | + | * Some goals may not be directly possible. | |
| − | + | * How long should we spend on this assignment? (up to 1/2 hour) | |
| − | + | * What should we do if we are stuck? (try looking another way, or ask) | |
| − | + | * Where should we look for the answers? (manuals, internet, people) | |
| − | + | * If we ask somebody else, is that cheating? (no if you get provenance) | |
| − | + | * What is Provenance? (How the information was learned.) | |
| − | + | Posters: | |
| − | + | * We are EXPENSIVE! (our class slogan, why we get out of being stuck) | |
| − | + | * Provenance? | |
9/10: Hogwarts School Of Computer Science | 9/10: Hogwarts School Of Computer Science | ||
| − | + | Posters: | |
| − | + | * Hogwarts School Of Computer Science | |
| − | + | * Magic (reserved) Words | |
| − | + | * Class | |
| − | + | Hwk: Muggle book 2.1-2.2 | |
| − | + | Review: Keyboard_Navigation (forgotten this time!) | |
| − | + | Discussion: (X minutes or longer) | |
| − | + | Follow and elaborate on Hogwarts School Of Computer Science page. | |
| − | + | What do you notice about the braces and the words of this incantation? | |
| − | + | * on lines by themselves | |
| − | + | * there is indentation between them | |
| − | + | * they come in pairs,like the Sith | |
| + | * they start and end a block | ||
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9/11: Muggle Studies, slides 2.1-2.10 | 9/11: Muggle Studies, slides 2.1-2.10 | ||
| − | + | Review: Keyboard_Navigation (should have been yesterday) | |
| − | + | * What are the answers to A, B and C? | |
| − | + | * Explain the word provenance. Use in science, history, evaluating sources. | |
| − | + | * Explain how they, as students should be taking notes: intellectual development. Not simply here to get an A, but to learn many other things at the same time. Value of writing things. | |
| − | + | * What ways did you find out this information? pulldown help keyboard shortcuts, ask friends, experimentation, google, prior knowledge. | |
| − | + | * These are the different provenances you used. Are theyt all reliable? Did you test them? | |
| − | + | * Humility of science because of provenance. | |
| + | * Did you learn anything about editing that you will use? | ||
| + | * Open one of the programs from yesterday in Dr. Java. Do these all work there too? (ctl up and down don't) | ||
| + | * Slides 2.1-2.8 | ||
| + | Hwk: Muggle book exercises: Ch. 2, 1-5 | ||
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9/12: Fear Not Demon Curses | 9/12: Fear Not Demon Curses | ||
| − | + | Posters: | |
| − | + | * Incantations! | |
| − | + | * static public void main(String[] args) | |
| − | + | * System.out.println(anyThing); | |
| + | Exercises: | ||
| + | * A+B take 20 min. | ||
| + | * C takes about 5. | ||
| + | * Slides 2.8-2.15 | ||
| + | Hwk: Muggle book exercises: Ch. 2, 9 | ||
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| + | 9/13: Commanding The Demons | ||
| + | Hwk: Read Muggle book 9.5, take notes on it! | ||
| + | Exercises: | ||
| + | * What are the answers to A? Emphasize that without understanding what the method does, you can still extract vital information! | ||
| + | * What are the answers to B? Explain that class names start with upper case, and method names start with lower case. | ||
| + | * What are the answers to C? Explain that constructors are special methods with the same name as the class. | ||
| + | * Finish slides. | ||
| + | 9/17-18: The Demons Command Each Other | ||
| + | Exercises: | ||
| + | * Method calls look something like the method signatures. How can you tell them apart? | ||
| + | * They have no block immediately following them. If a block follows, there is a semicolon between. | ||
| + | * They occur within the bodies of methods. | ||
| + | *More things later.... | ||
| + | 9/19 | ||
| + | Review: for test. | ||
| + | 9/21 | ||
| + | Graduate from Hogwarts, matriculate to Rivendell College. | ||
| + | 9/26 | ||
| + | The variables declared at the top of a class are the fields, as opposed to the local variables and arguments in the methods. | ||
| + | Explain arguments better: | ||
| + | * Declarations of arguments happens in the method declaration. Type and then name. | ||
| + | * Use the name of the argument inside the method. | ||
| + | * Calls to the method set the argument with values, and the types should match. The values are the results of any expression you provide. Give examples of expressions. | ||
| + | Need to add an example showing parts of everything and what needs to match. | ||
| + | 9/27 | ||
| + | Review: for test. | ||
| + | 10/3 | ||
| + | Introducing students to roles of objects and variables is difficult. Need to distinguish: | ||
| + | * Variables come in two types. Basic types and object types. | ||
| + | * Basic types actually hold the data: integers, characters, doubles, booleans. | ||
| + | * Object types do not hold objects in them. Objects themselves are stored elsewhere, and the variable simply has their address. | ||
| + | * The actual objects know their classes. | ||
| + | * When you do 'String s = new String("abc");', these things happen: | ||
| + | * a piece of memory is picked (for s) | ||
| + | * new picks a part of memory the right size for your String object | ||
| + | * String() is the constructor, and puts your values into the object | ||
| + | * new returns the address of that part of memory | ||
| + | * the address is stored into s. | ||
| + | * in Creating UrukHais/Fields Of Battle + Understanding Army Life, we need: a diagram that shows relationships between variables, objects, and classes. | ||
| + | * dot operator means follow the pointer to the object, and maybe beyond that to the class | ||
| + | * need big diagram of variables pointing to objects pointing to classes | ||
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| + | Later we will comeback to 2.3, 2.4 and the rest. After the basics of methods, variables and arguments. | ||
| + | Investigate changing from demons to spirits or goblins (what ever Harry Potter has). | ||
