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Calendar of course progress

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Date	Material covered
Jan 17	...
Jan 19	Lecture 1 Course introduction and Overview 1. Introduction to the computer (upto "Introduction to computer algorithms")
Jan 24	Lecture 2 "1. Introduction to the computer " - finished. "2. Using and interacting with computers" - discussed briefly (showed directory structure with file explorer, cd, pwd and ls commands) "3. Intro to the Java Programming language" - reached "The building blocks of a Java program"
Jan 24	NO LAB
Jan 26	Lecture 3 "3. Intro to the Java Programming language " - finished "4. Storing and manipulation numerical information " - reached Arithmetic expressions containing Mathematical functions
Jan 31	HW1 due in class Please read the lab material for lab 1 before going to the lab !!! Lecture 4 "4. Storing and manipulation numerical information" - start from "Importing methods in Java's library" Finished: "Floating point variables of different lengths"
Jan 31	Lab 1
Feb 2	Lecture 5 "4. Storing and manipulation numerical information" - start from "The integer data types" Ended: "Automatic conversions in Integer arithmetic"
Feb 7	Please read the lab material for lab 2 before going to the lab !!! Lecture 6 Start: "Automatic conversions in Integer arithmetic" Ended: 5 "The character and string data types" --- The character data type
Feb 7	Lab 2
Feb 9	HW2 due in class Lecture 7 Start: "The string data type" Half finished: 6 "Conditional statements and Boolean expressions" -- Boolean expressions, part 2: logical operators
Feb 14	Lecture 8 Start: 6 "Conditional statements and Boolean expressions" -- Boolean expressions, part 2: logical operators End: Nested conditional statements
Feb 14	Lab 3
Feb 16	HW3 due in class Lecture 9 Start: 6 "Conditional statements and Boolean expressions" -- Programming example: tax computation Ended: 7. "Loop statements" -- Writing algorithms using the while-statement
Feb 21	Lecture 10 7. "Loop statements" -- Desiging loops: the loop invariant Ended: Using the while-statement to process data files
Feb 21	Lab 4
Feb 23	HW4 turnin before midnight Lecture 11 Start: For-statement Try to end: Using nested for-loops in simple graphics
Feb 28	******* Midterm 1 *********
Feb 28	Lab 5
March 1	HW5 turnin before midnight Lecture 12 Started with: Using nested for-loops in parsing Ended: Introduction to methods
March 6	Lecture 13 Started with: The different kinds of variables in a Java program Ended: Memory organization - storing variables efficiently in the RAM memory
March 6	Lab 6
March 8	Lecture 14 Started: Local variables and how to recognize them Ended: Parameter variables
March 13	Spring Break
March 13	NO LAB
March 15	Spring Break
March 20	Lecture 15 Start: The method invocation mechanism and the System stack End: The basics of the array data structure
March 20	Lab 7
March 22	Lecture 16 Start: The basics of the array data structure End: Copying an array and changing the size of an array (mid way)
March 27	Lecture 17 Start: Copying an array and changing the size of an array End: Storing multiple information on items --- Parallel arrays
March 27	Lab 8
March 29	Lecture 18 Start: Sort an array - the selection sort algorithm End: Example returning an array from a method - Sieve of Eratosthenes
April 3	Lecture 19 Start: Example returning an array from a method - Sieve of Eratosthenes End: Instance variables, objects and user-defined types
April 3	Lab 9
April 5	Lecture 20 Start: Life time and scope of Instance variables End: Shadowing instance variables by local/parameter variables
April 10	Midterm 2
April 10	No lab !!!
April 12	Lecture 21 Start: Computer lingo: what is an object End: User-controlled conversion of objects into String representation - toString()
April 17	Lecture 22
April 17	Lab 10
April 19	Lecture 23
April 24	Lecture 24
April 24	Lab 11
April 26	Lecture 25
May 1	Lecture 26
May 1	Lab 12
May 3	Final: 11:30 - 2:00