Difference between revisions of "CISC181 S2017"

Principles of computer science illustrated and applied through programming in the object oriented language Java. Programming projects illustrate computational problems, styles and issues that arise in computer systems development and in several application areas.

• Full: http://nameless.cis.udel.edu/class_wiki/index.php/CISC181_S2017
• Shortened: https://goo.gl/zNDlHa

• To enroll: http://www.piazza.com/udel/spring2017/cisc181080
• After you enroll: http://piazza.com/class#spring2017/cisc181080

• Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm in Brown 116
• Lab section: Mondays from 4:40 pm to 5:30 pm in Spencer 010

• Language resource: Zyante Java Early Objects ("ZJ" in Schedule below)
  • Click the "Sign up" link at zyante.com and follow the instructions (the cost should be about $48). The class code is "UDELCISC181RasmussenSpring2017".
• Programming platform: Android Studio (available free for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)
  • How to make a new, pure-Java (not Android) project from scratch

• 10% Activity completion in ZJ
• 30% Labs (3% each). These are sets of small tasks/programs which must be done individually and are due Friday night of the same week. Attendance counts for 0.5% of each lab -- more details here
• 20% Programming project (10% for each milestone). This is a multi-step assignment which may be done as part of a pair
• 20% Midterm exam
• 20% Final exam (functionally, this is a second midterm)
• "Bonus 2%" Complete end-of-semester course evaluation

Your labs and programming projects are due by 5 am after the deadline day. All should be submitted in Sakai. A late homework is a 0 without a valid prior excuse. To give you a little flexibility, you have 6 "late days" to use over the semester to extend the deadline by one 24-hour period each without penalty. No more than two late days may be used per assignment. Late days will automatically be subtracted, but as a courtesy please notify the instructor and TA in an e-mail of your intention to use them before the deadline. For each late day used by a pair of students on the project, both students must subtract a late day.

Once you have gotten a grade back on an assignment, if you have any questions or issues you should talk to your TA. For midterm exam grades, talk to the instructor. You have 1 week after a grade is returned to dispute it; after that, your score is final. Make sure to check that any score modifications are reflected in Sakai.

For the overall course grade, a preliminary absolute mark will be assigned to each student based on the percentage of the total possible points they earn according to the standard formula: A = 90-100, B = 80-90, C = 70-80, etc., with +'s and -'s given for the upper and lower third of each range, respectively. Based on the distribution of preliminary grades for all students (i.e., "the curve"), the instructor may increase these grades monotonically to calculate final grades. This means that your final grade can't be lower than your preliminary grade, and your final grade won't be higher than that of anyone who had a higher preliminary grade.

We will post "if the course ended now" letter grades twice: after the midterms are graded and just before the final. There will be NO extra credit opportunities at the end of the semester (save the course evaluation), so do your best work early! If you have any questions about grading or expectations at any time, please feel free to ask me.

The University's policies on academic dishonesty are set forth in the student code of conduct here.

• Online Java compilers
  • codingground
  • Ideone
  • Browxy
• Tutorials/reference
  • Learning the Java Language
  • Java Language Specification (syntax)
  • Java API (class and method specifications, by package)
  • Google Java style guidelines, Android Code Style guidelines
  • Racket/Python to Java transition cheat sheet
• Other Java courses: Stanford (SEE version), UC Berkeley (uses HFJ), MIT, Ohio State, UMBC, Harvard Extension School [1], [2], Princeton

Lab #1 (Feb. 13)

Register/add deadline Feb. 20

slides slides Lab #5 (Mar. 13)

Lab #6 (Apr. 3)

Withdraw deadline Apr. 10

SimpleDraw: MySurfaceView.java, activity_main.xml

SimpleAnimate: MyAnimatedSurfaceView.java, MyThread.java, MainActivity.java,activity_main.xml, AndroidManifest.xml, grenade.mp3, jump.mp3