CS 141 Topics

CS141: Topics for Week 1: Jan 17/19, 2018

Lab Programming Assignments

Lab assignments for current week will be listed here and in the Schedule.
For this week, you are to do Lab 1: Getting Started.
This lab will not be collected lab but you need to know everything in it in order to do all subsequent labs.
In general, everything you do in each lab will be built-on in subsequent labs, so don't fall behind!
Some of the labs will make use of pair programming

Administrative Details

Name tags.
First Day Quiz (Anonymous!!)
Course structure and expectations
Note, collaboration is good (working out ideas) but copying is bad!
Lab access codes - See WISE.
CS Tea! If you are interested in computer science, come to CS Tea (see CS Tea Flyer (pdf)) which meets every Thursday at 11:30 in the "CS Hearth", 2nd floor hallway of Ford Hall.
Add your name to sign-up sheet if you want to be on the cs-interest mailing list.

How to Succeed in this Course

We will have TAs in labs. If you need additional help, see help resources.
Learning to program is much like learning a foreign language.

Weekly Quizzes

Quizzes are based on the current assigned reading.

Reading quizzes will be given approximately weekly and can be found on WISE under the section "Tests & Quizzes".
Due dates are posted on the Schedule page and on WISE. It is your responsibility to check the dates.
There are no make-up quizzes.
They will usually be due by 9pm Friday or the following Monday of the week they are assigned.
The questions are multiple choice.
The quizzes are open book.
Other than your textbook, you are to complete the quiz on your own.
Be sure you understand the correct answers because some of the questions may appear on the exams. If you are confused, please ask the instructor.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Main Topics

Anatomy of a Computer
Programming sequence
Getting to know your IDE (Integrated Development Environment). We will use Netbeans.
Anatomy of a Program
Dealing with errors (exceptions)
What is an algorithm. Writing Pseudocode

Interactive Exercises

Section 1.4 InterActivities
Section 1.5 Example Code, InterActivities
Section 1.6 Example Code, InterActivities

Vocabulary

CPU
Memory
Secondary storage
Java compiler
Java Virtual Machine
(Java) library package, e.g. see Java API
source file
byte code
class file
IDE - Integrated Development Enviroment (e.g Netbeans)
backing up

syntax
case sensitive
block of code
main method
statement
string
compile time error
run-time error
algorithm
pseudocode