April 21, 2009

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April 20, 2009

• Current Readings
  • ACM Code of Ethics
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA second game implementation, due by the end of the day Thursday, April 23
  • VOOGA final implementation, due by 5pm, Saturday, May 2
    Your final submission must adhere to these coding conventions.
  • VOOGA, individual project analysis, due by the end of the day, Sunday, May 3

April 13, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, design presentation and demo, due in class Wednesday, April 15
  • VOOGA, design document, due by the end of the day, Sunday, April 19

April 6, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Chapter 12 from Computing Fundamentals with C++ by Rick Mercer
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA (team website), due by the end of the day, Tuesday, April 7
  • VOOGA (initial design), due by the end of the day, Sunday, April 12

March 30, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Technical Introduction to XML
  • Custom Networking from Sun's Java Tutorial
• Current Assignments
  • Springs, final version, due by the end of the day Sunday, April 5
    You will be working with another team's code, available via Eclipse, to complete this project
  • Springs, code review, due in class Monday, April 6

March 27, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • Flocks, documentation, due by the end of the day Sunday, March 29 (extended!)

March 23, 2009

• Current Readings
  • UML Quick Guide by R. J. Botting
  • Introducing OO Frameworks by Taligent
  • Chapter 2 from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides

March 18, 2009

• There is a new version of Jython available if you want to try it out.
• Current Assignments
  • Flocks, deliverable 1, due by the end of the day Thursday, March 19
  • Flocks, deliverable 2, due by the end of the day Tuesday, March 24
  • Flocks, final version, due by the end of the day Saturday, March 28

March 16, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Josh Bloch on API Design
  • Animation Tutorial from Sun's Java Tutorial
• Current Assignments
  • Email me your preferences for your final project partner (and anyone you do not want to work with) by the end of the day Tuesday

March 2, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • Jotto cancelled

February 23, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • Intermediate NanoGoogle Code Review Request, due by the end of the day Saturday, February 28

February 20, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Writing Event Listeners from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Observer by Todd Sundsted
• Current Assignments
  • Jotto, due by the end of the day, Friday, March 6
  • NanoGoogle version 2, due by the end of the day, Friday, March 6
  • Check the schedule for Life-Long Learning presentations to see your presentation date

February 16, 2009

• In order to help clarify my expectations, I have started compiling this set of Coding Conventions
• Current Assignments
  • NanoGoogle, code review, due by the end of the day, Thursday, February 19
  • Check the schedule for Life-Long Learning presentations to see your presentation date

February 9, 2009

• The schedule for Life-Long Learning presentations is now online here
  The schedule is still approximate, but if there is an obvious serious conflict let me know now so I can try to fix it
• Current Readings
  • Chapters 6-8 from Extreme Programming Explained by K. Beck
  • Introduction to Design Patterns (Chapter 5 from Design Patterns Explained) by A. Shalloway and J. Trott

February 4, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python by David Goodger
• Current Assignments
  • NanoGoogle, final deliverable, due by the end of the day, Monday, February 9
  • NanoGoogle, individual analysis, due by the end of the day, Thursday, February 12

January 29, 2009

• Current Readings
  • User Interfaces that Swing and Using Swing Components from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • The Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin

January 21, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • Tag Cloud, due by the end of the day, Saturday, January 24 (extended!)
    If you submit it by the original deadline, you will get faster feedback and the grading requirements will be slightly reduced

January 20, 2009

• Extra Credit will be given for those attending Coach K's talk about effective teams Thursday, January 22 at noon in Griffith Theatre
• TA Office Hours start tonight in the Link starting at 7pm
  Look for the CompSci 108 sign
• Current Readings
  • Python is Not Java by P. Eby
  • The Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin

January 16, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Scripting: Higher Level Programming for the 21st Century by J. Ousterhout
  • Python for Java Programmers, a wiki by I. DeJong
• Current Assignments
  • Tag Cloud, due by the end of the day, Wednesday, January 21

January 9, 2009

• Instructions for downloading Eclipse and Ambient are available online here.
• Current Readings
  • OO in One Sentence by A. Hunt and D. Thomas
  • Open Closed Principle by R. Martin
  • Code Smells by K. Beck and M. Fowler
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests by K. Beck and E. Gamma
• Current Assignments
  • Introductions, due by the end of the day, Monday January 12
  • Bins, due by the end of the day, Wednesday January 14
  • Email me your choice of a book from this list (first come first serve) by the end of the day, January 25

January 6, 2009

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