Comp212: Intermediate Programming

	Comp 212: Intermediate Programming
	Spring 2008	Webpage maintained by Dung X Nguyen Email dxnguyen at rice edu for problems Note

Course Description:

COMP 212 introduces students to object-oriented program design and the fundamental algorithms and data structures of imperative programming. All programming assignments are done in the Java programming language. Several programming projects of moderate size will help students to learn

how to design object-oriented programs using design patterns;
how to choose appropriate data structures and algorithms that strike a balance between logical simplicity and performance; and
how to write programs in stream-oriented and event-oriented style.

The exercises will involve common data structures such as lists, stacks, queues, search trees, syntax trees, and hash tables, and will use algorithms for sorting, searching, and graph traversal. Some exercises will involve writing programs driven by a graphics user interface (GUI).

ADA:

Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with us during the first two weeks of class. All discussions will remain confidential. Students with disabilities should also contact Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.

News and Updates:

03/20/08: Computer Science Curriculum Discussion in DH 3076 on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Free Food! All are welcome, irrespective of your major.

01/11/2008: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/0348239

Read the above article and come to class next week with questions!

01/07/07: Welcome to a new semester of Comp 212. The following labs are available; just show up at any one of them.

Monday: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (M1, Sewall 101), 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (M2, Sewall 207)
Tuesday: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (T1, Sewall 207).

Recommended Books:

Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Freeman, Head First Design Patterns, O'Reilly, 2004
Ken Arnold and James Gosling, The Java Programming Language (Third Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2000.
James Cooper, Java Design Patterns, A Tutorial AW 2000.
Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Mark Grand, Patterns in Java, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
David Geary, Graphic Java 2, Mastering the JFC 3rd edition, Sun Microsystems Press, 1999.

Resource Links:

Java at Sun Microsystems: http://java.sun.com (official Java site)
Java Coding Style Conventions: http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/ (So you know how to format your code to get full-credit -- or at least to make your graders happy)
Java Resources site: http://www.exciton.cs.rice.edu/JavaResources
DrJava download: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~javaplt/drjavarice/ - this site contains pre-release versions of DrJava for the Rice community to use.
- The public release for DrJava can be found at www.drjava.org.
Creating a GUI with Swing: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/TOC.html
The Java 1.6 API http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/
CodeSaw http://www.codesaw.com (Grab and use all sample code in various books)

Previous semesters of Comp212:

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Here is the link to OWLSPACE: https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu/portal

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