CSC 142

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Chapter 1: Intro to Java

CSC 142/Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Primitive Data and Definite Loops

CSC 142/Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Parameters and Objects

CSC 142/Chapter 3

Chapter 4: Conditional Execution

CSC 142/Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Program Logic and Indefinite Loops

CSC 142/Chapter 5

Chapter 6: File Processing

CSC 142/Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Arrays

CSC 142/Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Classes

CSC 142/Chapter 8

Outline

Midterm A

Midterm A Outline

• Chapter 1: Intro to Java
  • Java basics
  • Program errors
  • Procedural decomposition
  • Case Study: DrawFigs
• Chapter 2: Primitive Data and Definite Loops
  • Basic data
  • Variables
  • For loop
  • Managing complexity
  • Case Study: Hourglass figures
• Chapter 3: Parameters and Objects
  • Parameters
  • Methods returning values
  • Using objects
  • Case Study: Projectile trajectory
• Chapter 4: Conditional Execution
  • If/else statements
  • Logic statements
  • Object equality and operators
  • Refactoring to use if/else logic
  • Cumulative algorithms
  • Equality with floats and roundoff error
  • Text processing
  • Printf
  • Methods and conditional execution
  • Case Study: BMI

Midterm B

Midterm B Outline

• Chapter 5: Program logic, conditional execution
  • While loops
  • Random numbers
  • Fencepost algorithms
  • Boolean type
  • User input and dealing with errors
  • Assertion and program logic
  • Case Study: NumberGuess
• Chapter 6: File processing
  • File reading basics
  • Token based processing
  • Reading numbers from a file
  • Paths and directories
  • Line based processing
  • Line/token combinations
  • Advanced file processing
  • Removing whitespace
  • Case Study: Zip code lookup
• Chapter 7: Arrays
  • Array basics and initialization
  • Comparing arrays
  • Array traversal
  • Reference semantics and memory, and null
  • Advanced array techniques
  • Shuffling, shifting, reversing
  • Multidimensional arrays
  • Rectangular multidimensional arrays
  • Jagged multidimensional arrays
  • Case Study: Benford's Law
• Chapter 8: Object oriented programming
  • Object state and behavior
  • Accessor methods
  • Object initialization and constructors
  • Data encapsulation
  • Private fields
  • Mutable/immutable
  • Case Study: Stock class

Flags

The short list of topics:

Intro to Java

Primitive Data and Definite Loops

Parameters and Objects

Conditional Execution

Program Logic and Conditional Execution

File Processing

Arrays

Classes