CSC 142

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
  • Java basics
  • Program errors
  • Procedural decomposition
  • Case Study: DrawFigs
• Chapter 2
  • Basic data
  • Variables
  • For loop
  • Managing complexity
  • Case Study: Hourglass figures
• Chapter 3
  • Parameters
  • Methods returning values
  • Using objects
  • Case Study: Projectile trajectory
• Chapter 4
  • 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
  • While loops
  • Fencepost algorithms
  • Boolean type
  • User errors
  • Assertion and program logic
  • Case Study: NumberGuess

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