Tutorials

Tutorial schedule

• Tuesday, 11:35 - 13:25, ENGTR 3120
• Wednesday, 10:35 - 12:25, ENGTR 3120
• Wednesday, 16:35 - 18:25, ENGTR 3120
• Thursday, 13:05 - 14:55, ENGTR 3120
• Thursday, 16:05 - 17:55, ENGTR 3120

Tutorials start on Thursday, September 9, 2010, and end on Thursday, December 2, 2010.

Tutorial T1: Basics of course software tools

• Creating your SOCS account
• Login / logout procedures
• The desktop environment and applications
• Accessing and using myCourses
• RText and the JDK: creating, loading, editing, saving, compiling, and running programs

Tutorial T2: Programming Basics

• Variables and primitive data types
• Expressions and the assignment statement
• Primitive type conversions
• Basic input and output
• Writing simple programs
• Syntactic, run-time, and logical errors
• Assignment submission via myCourses

Tutorial T3: Conditional Programming

• Boolean expressions
• if and if-else statements

Tutorial T4: Programming With Iterations

• while and for statements
• Basic debugging techniques

Tutorial T5: Methods

• Defining and calling methods
• Parameters and return values
• Method libraries
• Using the Eclipse IDE

Tutorial T6: Arrays

• Allocating and processing arrays
• Reference types and aliases

Tutorial M: Midterm Review

Tutorial T7: Basics of Using Objects

• Object-orientation concepts: classes and objects
• Creating and using objects
• Java Standard Library classes
• Using the Eclipse debugger

Tutorial T8: Basics of Creating Classes

• Anatomy of a class
• Defining classes
• Instance variables and methods
• Constructors

Tutorial T9: Advanced Object Topics

• Encapsulation
• Class variables
• Class relationships
• Basics of object-oriented design

Tutorial T10: Files and Recursion

• Files and file paths
• I/O streams
• Reading from and writing to files
• Basic exception handling
• Recursive thinking and programming

Tutorial F: Final Exam Review