Semester: TBA

• 1 - Review of Java basics, IDEs, Intro to Two-Dimensional Arrays

• 2 - Arrays as Method Input Parameters, Sorting and Searching Arrays, Copying Arrays
  • CompareSearch example

• 3 - Review of Classes and OOP
  • MagicEightBall.java and TestMagicEightBall.java
    • BlueJ project zip: MagicEightBall.zip
  • The Three, or sometimes Four Pillars of OOP

• 4 - Objects in Methods, Objects as Class Fields, the ArrayList Class
  • Original Fraction class:
    • Fraction.java, TestFraction.java
    • BlueJ project zip: Fraction.zip
  • Minesweeper project example:
    • Square.java, Grid.java, Minesweeper.java
    • BlueJ project zip: Minesweeper0.zip

• 5 - Static Class Members, Enumerated Types, Packages
  • What is "this"?
  • Static addFraction and subtractFraction methods in the Fraction class:
    • Fraction.java, TestFraction.java
    • BlueJ project zip: FractionStatic.zip
  • Minesweeper project example:
    • with additional methods plus a Level enum
    • Level.java, Square.java, Grid.java, Minesweeper.java
    • BlueJ project zip: Minesweeper.zip

• 6 - Introduction to Inheritance
  • Triangle class inheritance example
    • GeometricObject1.java, Triangle.java, testTriangle.java
    • BlueJ project zip: Triangle.zip

• 7 - Inheritance and GUIs
  • Fraction class GUI example
    • Fraction.java, FractionCalc.java

• 8 - The Object Class, Abstract Classes, Interfaces, Polymorphism
  • Example: Fraction class with a Relatable interface
    • Relatable.java, Fraction.java, TestFraction.java
    • BlueJ project zip: FractionRelatable.zip

• 9 - Comparable & Sorting, Files

• 10 - Recursion
  • Iterative and recursive printFactorial methods:
    • Factorial.java
  • Recursion in Minesweeper project:
    • See the setOpened method of the Square class.
    • Level.java, Square.java, Grid.java, Minesweeper.java

• Install the Class Card UML extension for BlueJ
  • In Linux, save the Klassenkarte.jar file to the ~/.bluej/extensions folder by running the bluejclasscardsetup command in a Terminal.
• Assignments

• http://rockhopper.monmouth.edu/cshelp/mucsremote (Remote access to MU UNIX account)
• http://rockhopper.monmouth.edu/cshelp/Remote_file_management (Remote file management)
• http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/ (Introduction to Programming using Java)
• http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ (Sun Java Tutorials)
• http://www.disordered.org/Java-QA.html (Make Sense of Java)
• The bluej IDE
• The drjava IDE
• The netbeans IDE