Keith J. O'Hara

teaching

CMSC 141

Object-Oriented Programming (F2017)

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Tentative Schedule (changes frequently)

week	date	topics	readings	labs
1	9/4/2017	course introduction	syllabus; "What is CS?" by Newell, Perlis & Simon
	9/6/2017	computation	What is Computation? by Ian Horswill
	9/8/2017	coordinates; shapes; color; calling functions; comments	ch. 1-2	lab 0
2	9/11/2017	code blocks; expressions; randomness; event handlers	ch. 3
	9/13/2017	variables; accumulation; scope	ch. 4; HF 49--53
	9/15/2017		"Dynamic Pictures" by Victor	lab 1
3	9/18/2017	branching; if-statements; boolean expressions	ch. 5
	9/20/2017	physics; state machines;
	9/22/2017	dynamic pictures II	debugging	lab 2
4	9/25/2017	iteration; while loops; variable scope	ch. 6
	9/27/2017	for & do/while loops
	9/29/2017	multiples		lab 3
5	10/2/2017	EXAM 1
	10/4/2017	reuse; defining functions; parameters	ch. 7
	10/6/2017	functional game		lab 4
6	10/9/2017	FALL BREAK
	10/11/2017	fruitful functions; design-by-contract	assertions
	10/13/2017	recursion		lab 5
7	10/16/2017	objects; classes; compound types; attributes; methods	ch. 8; HF 54--58;
	10/18/2017	encapsulation; getters/setters	HF 71--82; 84--87
	10/20/2017		nature of code	lab 6
8	10/23/2017	arrays	ch. 9: pgs. 163-175
	10/25/2017	object arrays; array lists	ch. 9: pgs. 175--184; 508--515; HF 59--69
	10/27/2017	particle systems		lab 7
9	10/30/2017	images	ch. 15, pg. 255--261
	11/1/2017	pixels array; 2D arrays; nested loops	pg. 262-274
	11/3/2017	software mirror	ch. 16	lab 8
10	11/6/2017	image processing	ch. 16
	11/8/2017	decomposition; debugging	ch. 10-11
	11/9/2017	AR raindrop game		lab 9
11	11/13/2017	inheritance; overriding	ch. 22; HF 165--193
	11/15/2017	interfaces; aliasing; copies	HF 197--234
	11/17/2017	predator-prey	PROPOSAL DUE	lab 10
12	11/20/2017	EXAM 2
	11/22/2017	transformations; 3D	ch. 14
	11/24/2017	THANKSGIVING
13	11/27/2017	string processing; file I/O; equals	ch. 17--18
	11/29/2017	data visualization; exceptions	HF 320--340
	12/1/2017	frequency counting		lab 11
14	12/4/2017	java; arraylist; generics	ch. 20; HF 131--137
	12/6/2017	beyond Processing; GUIs; inner classes; event handling	HF 353--385
	12/8/2017			PROJECT DAY
15	12/11/2017	FINAL PROJECTS
	12/13/2017	ADVISING DAY
	12/15/2017	FINAL PROJECTS
16	12/18/2017	COMPLETION DAYS
	12/20/2017
	12/22/2017