April 25, 2007

• Current Assignments
• VOOGA final presentation, due at the Final Exam meeting, Wednesday, May 2 at 7pm
  Your final submission must adhere to these coding conventions.
• VOOGA, individual project analysis, due by the end of the day, Sunday, May 6
  

April 23, 2007

• ACM meeting tonight at 6pm in LSRC D106.
• Interested in being an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA)?
  Then sign up to be a UTA online.
• Current Assignments
• VOOGA second game implementation, due by the end of the day Thursday, April 26 (extended!)

April 18, 2007

• Current Reading
  • Why Software Sucks, Chapter 1, by David Platt (handout)
• Current Assignments
• VOOGA game framework refactoring, due by the end of the day Sunday, April 22 (new deadline!)
  It must adhere to these coding conventions.
• VOOGA game design presentation, in class Monday, April 23 (new deadline!)

April 13, 2007

• ACM Meeting on Monday, April 16 at 6pm in LSRC D106
  Making a Living Making Video Games by Ted Hung (former Duke undergraduate)
• If there is a topic that you would like to know more about or that we have not covered in class yet, please email it to me and I will go over it next Friday.
• Current Assignments
• VOOGA initial game implementation, due by the end of the day Monday, April 16

April 6, 2007

• Current Assignments
• VOOGA initial design, due by the end of the day Monday, April 10

April 2, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Animation Tutorial from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Chapters 1-3 in The Power of Frameworks, by Taligent (handout)
• Current Assignments
• VOOGA team preferences, due by the end of the day Tuesday, April 3
• OOKIE project analysis, due by the end of the day Thursday, April 5

March 19, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Custom Networking from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Writing Event Listeners from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • The Reflection API from Sun's Java Tutorial
• Current Assignments
• OOKIE program v1.0, due by the end of the day Sunday, March 25
• OOKIE program v2.0, due by the end of the day Sunday, April 1

March 5, 2007

• A template for your design document is available as well as an updated version of the network protocol.

March 2, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Chapter 1 from The Dynamics of Software Development by J. McCarthy (handout)
  • Chapter 10 from Extreme Programming Explained by K. Beck (handout)
• Current Assignments
• OOKIE design, rough draft, due by the end of the day Tuesday, March 6
• OOKIE design, final draft, due by the end of the day Friday, March 9

February 28, 2007

• There are several paid research opportunities in computer science for undergraduates, some at Duke and some at other places.
  To work with Duke faculty, the application deadline is today.
• Current Readings
  • Chapter 12 from Computing Fundamentals with C++ by Rick Mercer
  • Chapter 2 from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides (handout)
• Current Assignments
• Crystal Browser, final version, due by the end of the day Sunday, March 4
• OOKIE design, rough draft, due by the end of the day Tuesday, March 6
• OOKIE design, final draft, due by the end of the day Friday, March 9

February 21, 2007

• Current Assignments
• Crystal Browser, rough draft, due by the end of the day Monday, February 26
  For this project, you will be working in pairs starting in class on Friday.

February 16, 2007

• Current Readings
  • User Interfaces that Swing and Using Swing Components from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Observer by Todd Sundsted
  • Crystal Design Document by Ben Pollack

February 12, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Foundation Patterns by Dwight Deugo
• Current Assignments
• Arithmetica Refactoring 2, well designed version, due by the end of the day Monday, February 12

February 7, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Foundation Patterns by Dwight Deugo
• Current Assignments
• Arithmetica Refactoring 1, well designed version, due by the end of the day Thursday, February 8

February 2, 2007

• Current Readings
  • The Interpreter Pattern
  • C++ Templates Tutorial
• Current Assignments
  • Arithmetica Refactoring 2, initial version, due by the end of the day Monday, February 5
  • Arithmetica Refactoring 2, final version, due by the end of the day Thursday, February 8

January 29, 2007

• Current Readings
  • A Computer Science Tapestry by Owen Astrachan, Chapter 13
  • STL Tutorial and Reference Guide by David Musser, Chapters 2 and 3
  • Design Patterns Explained by Alan Shalloway and James Trott, Chapter 5
• Current Assignments
  • Arithmetica Refactoring 1, initial version, due by the end of the day Monday, January 29
  • Arithmetica Refactoring 1, final version, due by the end of the day Wednesday, January 31

January 26, 2007

• Current Readings
  • C++ Inheritance Basics by Owen Astrachan
• Current Assignments
  • Roulette Refactoring final version, due by the end of the day Saturday, January 27 (extended!)
  • Arithmetica Refactoring 1, initial version, due by the end of the day Monday, January 29

January 22, 2007

• Current Assignments
  • Roulette Refactoring version 1, due by 10pm Tuesday, January 23
  • Roulette Refactoring final version, due by the end of the day Thursday, January 25

January 19, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Pointers and Memory by Nick Parlante
  • C++ Inheritance Basics by Owen Astrachan

January 17, 2007

• Current Readings
  • Big Refactorings, Chapter 12 from Refactoring by Martin Fowler
• Current Assignments
  • Roulette Translation, due by the end of the day Saturday, January 20 (extended!)

January 12 , 2007

• We will be unofficially moving (permanantly) to our new classroom, North Building 225, starting Wednesday, January 17
• Instructions for downloading Eclipse and Ambient are available online here.
  Instructions for adding C++ to Eclipse are available online here.
• Current Readings
  • Comparing C++ and Java
  • Java vs. C++
• Current Assignments
  • Introductions, due by the end of the day Wednesday, January 17
  • Roulette Translation, due by the end of the day Thursday, January 18

January 10 , 2007

• Welcome to CompSci 108!
• This website complements what you experience in class.
  Course announcements will be posted on this web page and may also be announced in class. You are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently.
• If you are taking this course, chances are you are qualified to be an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) for one of our introductory courses (CompSci 1, 4, 6, or 100). If you want to help your fellow students, get more involved in the department, or just learn more about computer science, then sign up to be a UTA online here.