Session Details

Week 1, Session 2 — Mon Sep 5

HW Due

  1. Homework 1

Reading Due

  1. Skim Ch. 1, 2, 3, skipping graphics for now. Focus on 2.8, 2.10. (If you have no Java experience, you'll need to read carefully.)

Topics

  1. Using APIs: Sun's and user-defined ones
  2. Implementing interfaces: a tool to writing to a specification

Outline

  1. [5 min] Today's preview
  2. [10 min] Questions on homework
  3. [10 min] Introduce capsule format
  4. [5 min] Choose preferences for capsule presentations
  5. [25 min] Using APIs: Sun's and user-defined ones
  6. [20 min] Implementing interfaces: a tool to writing to a specification
  7. [30 min] Activity: Start project together

Slides

  1. Slides

Homework 2