Session Details

Week 1, Session 2 — Wed Dec 3

Reading

  1. Big Java Chapter 1 (just skim §1.1–1.2 and 1.5, read the rest)
  2. Big Java, §2.1–2.7

HW Due

  1. HW 1

Topics

  1. Classes, objects, and methods in Java
  2. UML Class Diagram basics

Resources

  1. Slides

Outline

  1. [10] Questions; HW1 commits; How's the Wiki working?
  2. [10] Instructor Intro
  3. [ 5] More announcements and course intro
  4. [10] Identifiers and variables in Java
  5. [20] Using objects and methods, UML Class Diagrams, exercise
  6. [ 5] Break
  7. [ 8] Passing parameters, types
  8. [15] Primitive types, exercise
  9. [10] Constructing objects, accessor and mutator methods
  10. [10] Exercises

HW Assigned

  1. HW 2