CS 120   Computer Science I,  Fall 2016,  Instructor:  Jeffrey Horn

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS (Thursday, November 17, 2016)                  

• What's REALLY New:
  • A9 here.
• Not so New (Older Announcements):
  • Note change in hours for CS tutor Jessica Huron, below (from Mon. and Tu. to Wed. and Thurs.)
  • A8 here.
  • A7 here.
  • Q5 will be in class this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.   Details here.
  • A6 here.
  • Quiz 4, on Method Calls, will be in class tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.  More information, including a link to the quiz example handed out in class yesterday, is below.
  • I've updated the details to A5, and added some more explanation.
  • Assignment 5 has been changed.   I've decided to break it up into smaller pieces.   I will update the details later today...
  • Assignment 5 is assigned!   See below for information.
  • Quiz 3 will be given at the end of class Thursday (tomorrow), Sept. 29, 2016.   See below for more info.
  • Assigned A4.   See below.
  • Quiz 2 (while loop) will be in class on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016.   See below for more info.
  • We have now hired our own Dept. CS tutors!   Jessica and Tracy's tutoring information is below.
  • Assigned a due date for A3, Graphics.   Let's get it done by Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.
  • Added link to All-Campus Tutoring Center's hours for CS 120 tutoring.  See below.
  • Added Assignment 3, due date To-Be-Determined.   See below.
  • First quiz (Q1) will be given IN CLASS this Thursday (Sept. 8, 2016).  Information below.
  • Added Assignment 2, due end of next week.   See below.
  • Welcome to class!
  • (old announcements never go completely away!)

CONTENTS

• Administrativa
• Syllabus
• Jeff's office hours (subject to change!)

• Tutoring:

  • We have our own, departmental, expert CS tutors (for 120 and some other CS courses), named _________.

  • TUTOR	EMAIL	HOURS	LOCATION
    Tracy Clark	tprestag@nmu.edu	Monday 12:30-2:30 pm Wednesday 12:30-2:30 pm Thursday 12:30-2:30 pm	JXJ 2311 (CS Lab)
    Jessica Huron	jhuron@nmu.edu	Wednesday  12:00-100pm, 2:00-3:00pm Thursday  12:00-100pm, 2:00-3:00pm (was Mondays and Tuesdays)

  • JXJ 2311 is the big CS Lab more or less below our classroom on the second floor.
  • The All Campus Tutoring Center (ACT) tutors for CS 120:  click here for their walk-in hours by subject.
• Homeworks & Programs
• Programming
• Tests and Quizes

LECTURE NOTES

• The JAVA model of Computation (Translation and Execution)

• Basic Java

• Online Textbook, GUI Java, by Ellerbruch & Peterson.

• Simple String variables, constants, and concatenation.

• Simple FileInput.

• Assignment 1:  "Hi World"
  • Handed out:    Thursday, January 14, 2016
  • Due:     Tuesday, August 30, 2016 (by end of class that day)
  • Purpose:  get acquainted with our program development environment
  •  Assignment:
    1. Graded S/U.
    2. Follow instructions (in-class) to download and install BOTH the TextPad (or TextWrangler) editor and the Java Developers' Kit (JDK) from the internet:
       • TextPad
       • Java
    3. Enter in the code for "HelloWorldApp" (You can copy and paste it from here)
    4. Save it, execute it, debug it, save it again.
    5. Modify it in your own UNIQUE way!
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  •   Details on how to turn it in:   Show it to me in class!
•  Assignment 2:  "Mad Libs"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, August 30, 2016
  • Due:     Friday, September 9, 2016 (emailed by midnight)
  • Purpose: 
    1. Declaring and using basic variables (String),
    2. using assignment statements,
    3. adding (i.e., concatenating) strings to form longer strings,
    4. using the system console for output (i.e., the terminal window),
    5. using a file for input, and
    6. commenting your code.
  •  Tasks:
    1. (10 pts.)  Comment your class, at the top of the file, with your name, the course information (e.g., "CS 120 Winter 2016"), assignment number, date, and the name of this class.  VIDEO (without player) 
    2. (10 pts.) Create a mad lib of at least eight words.  (You may copy one from the web, or from a book, etc. or make up your own!)
    3. (30 pts.)  Read in the words from a file named "words.txt" from the current directory (i.e., folder).
    4. (30 pts.) Print out the completed mad lib to the system console (i.e., terminal window).
    5. (10 pts.) Include a CLEAR description of each word needed as input.  Put this description in your comments at the top of your file.  (For example:  //   (1)  singular noun  (2)   adjective  (3)  verb, past tense  (4)  proper name, feminine)
    6.  (10 pts.)  Turn in via email to me:  "jhorn@nmu.edu."  Use the following format for your SUBJECT line:   "CS 120 A2 ... (whatever else you want to say!)"  so that I can easily and accurately sort incoming submissions to my CS120 A2 mail folder!
  • TOTAL: 100 pts.
•   Assignment 3:  "Graphics"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016
  • Due:     Monday, Sept. 19, 2016
  • Details:   Click here.
•  Assignment 4:  "Methods (with re-locatable graphics)"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016
  • Due:     Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
  • Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 5:  "Classes and Objects"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016
  • Due:     Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016
  • Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 6:  "Square Pyramids and Perfect Squares"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016
  • Due:     Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016
  • Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 7:  "Graph Paper"
  • Handed out:    Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2016
  • Due:     Monday, Nov. 7, 2016
  • Details:   Click here.
Assignment 8:  "Interfaces"
• Handed out:    Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016
• Due:     Before Thanksgiving break (i.e., Friday, Nov. 18, 2016)
• Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 9:  "Arrays"
  • Handed out:    Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
  • Due:    Thursday, December 1, 2016 (last day of class!)
  • Details:   Click here.

1. QUIZ 1:   will be in class on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.   Open book, open notes, and open computer!  Here is a sample Q1. 
2. QUIZ 2:  will be in class on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016.   Open book, open notes, and open computer!  Here is a sample Q2.  We will go over this in class on Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2016).
3. QUIZ 3:  will be in class on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.   Open book, open notes, but NOT open computer!  Here is the first version, with solution, that was given in class last Thursday.  We went over this in class yesterday, Tuesday Sept. 27, and I handed back the graded submissions in class.   For those who missed last week's Q3, or those who took it but want to try to replace it with a higher grade, you should take the newer version tomorrow.  It is a while loop quiz like Q2 but this time without a computer, so you cannot type it in to run it to get the answers!   You'll have to run the loops in your head!   There might be infinite loops, loop counters that count DOWN, counters that count non-linearly (e.g., doubling each time through the loop).   (BTW, if you take both versions of Q3 (last week's and this week's), I'll take the higher of the two grades...)
4. QUIZ 4: Method Calls:  will be in class on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2016.   Open book, open notes, but NOT open computer!  Here is the sample (the actual Q5 from Winter 2016) handed out in class on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016.  Our actual Q4 will be very similar (with a different method, of course!).
5. QUIZ 5:  For-Loops, will be in class on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.   Open book, open notes, but NOT open computer!  Here is the sample (the actual Q4 from Winter 2016) handed out in class on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.  Our actual Q5 will be very similar (with different code, of course!).  I added the answers that we worked out in Tuesday's class; they are on the back of the sample quiz.  In addition to the pdf file linked to here, I put some extra hardcopies in the handout monster (the gray metal cabinet outside the NERL, 2110 JXJ).
   

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