Notes From Class

Week 1: January 24, 2013.

• Lecture slides: Introduction, Motivation and Drivers .

• Reading: Mary Meeker, Internet Trends , D10 Conference, 2012.

• Class Reader

  Please purchase a copy of the Class Reader from the Engineering Copy Center.
  Cost: $50.00.

• Lecture slides: Software Design and Development .

• Homework 1
  Due date: February 14.

  I have decided to partition the homework into three lavels. You decide what level you fit into -- hand in solutions to four problems.

  Absolute Java Novice. i.e., I have never written a Java program before?

  Solve Problems: 7.3, 7.4, 7.9 and 7.13 in the class reader.

  Java Rusty. i.e., I took a Java class several years ago.

  Solve Problems: 7.9, 7.13, 7.17 and 7.20 in the class reader.

  Java Knowledgeable. i.e., Yeah, I have written a bunch of Java programs...

  Solve the same problems as "Java Rusty" but do it in Python.

• Lecture slides: Introduction to Java .

• Lecture slides: The Java Language .

• Click here to see Emily Whiting's video on Procedural Modeling of Structurally Sound Masonry Buildings,
  Presented at SIGGRAPH Asia, 2009.

Week 4: February 12 and 14, 2013.

• Tuesday: We will finish our discussion on basic features of the Java Language.

• Lecture slides: Working with Objects and Classes .

Week 5: February 19 and 21, 2013.

• Tuesday: We will finish our discussion on objects and classes.

• Homework 2
  Due date: March 1.

  The purpose of this assigment is learn how to write programs that use classes and objects -- hand in solutions to four problems, coded in either Java or Python.

  Programming in Java.

  Solve Problems: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 and 8.6 in the class reader. Problem 8.4 refers to the "rainfall analysis program" -- see Problem 7.21 on page 198 of the class reader for details.

  Programming in Python.

  Solve Problems: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 and 8.6 in the class reader, but code your solutions in python and/or jython. For problem 8.4, your jython code should call the java version of DataArray.java and then use PtPlot to create a histogram of rainfall measurements. For problem 8.6, use Python's complex data type -- I assume that the solution will be really short!

Week 6: February 26 and 28, 2013.

• Lecture Slides: Working with Abstract Classes and Interfaces .

• Support material: J2EE Patterns , Sun Services, SUN Microsystems, 2003.

Week 7: March 5 and 7, 2013.

• Lecture Slides: Working with Packages, JAR, and Ant .

• Lecture Slides: Java Collections Framework .

Week 8: March 12 and 14, 2013.

• Homework 3
  Due date: March 26.

  This homework will give you some practice at designing and implementing relationships among classes for a program that requires a handful of classes.

  1. Use either Java or Python to solve problems 11.1 and 11.2 in the class notes.

  2. Click here to download a short set of slides on relationships among classes: association, aggregation and inheritance. On slide numbers 47 and 48 you will find a class diagram and scenario for the operation of games in a small casino.

     Develop a set of Java (or Python) class relationships to refect the structure shown in slide 47. Try to use abstract classes and interfaces where you think that it makes sense.

     Note. You do not need to write code for what each method would do -- just provide the method declarations and perhaps a simple print message.

  3. Organize your solutions to the homework into a collection of packages, and develop an ant build.xml to control the compilation and execution of each part of the homework.

Week 9: March 19 and 21, 2013.

• SPRING BREAK ...

Week 10: March 26 and 28, 2013.

• In class we will cover the modeling of association relationships in class, which you might find useful in solutions to Homework 3.

Week 11: April 2 and 4, 2013.

• Lecture Slides: Structural Design Patterns .

Week 13: April 16 and 18, 2013.

• Lecture Slides: Modeling Real-World Networks .

• Midterm Exam. April 18, open book and open notes.

Week 14: April 23 and 25, 2013.

• See note below on adjustments to the final exam and due date for the final project (we switched things around to provide more time for working on the term project).

Week 15: April 30 and May 2, 2013.

• Here's a link that "might be useful" for getting Java3D to work under windows: Running Java3D Programs In Eclipse .

• Click here to download Chapter 14: Modeling of Three-Dimensional Solids.

Week 16: May 7 and 9, 2013.

• Final Exam. May 9, 5-7 pm in our regular classroom.
  The final exam will be open book and open notes,
  and will have the same style as the midterm exam.
  

Project Report , Due: May 16 (no extensions)

Write a 5-15 page report on your project that includes:

1. A problem statement. What problem (or class of problems) does your software development address?
2. The software architecture. Describe the use of packages,
   arrangement of user-defined classes, graphs and java collections in your program.
3. Screendumps of your graphical user interface.
4. Brief conclusions and steps for future work (if you had more time).

Hand in the project report and a zip file of your code.

Last Modified: May 2, 2013.
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