BIT 142: Intermediate Programming

BIT 142:Intermediate Programming (2006 Fall)
Lessons

Exercises that are still in 'draft' status will be marked with yellow highlight.
Exercises that have been changed after being posted to an active lesson will be marked with light blue highlight.
Exercises that have been changed after being posted to an active lesson will be marked with light green highlight if you do NOT need to adhere to the changes (in other words, your Prof is fixing stuff for the next time the course will be run, and so the changes are for future students, not y'all current students)

Individual Pre-Class Exercises:
<Due: 9/29 (Friday)>

Get Visual Studio
Orient yourself to BIT 142
Create a simple console application (Hand-In) (Ch 3.3 (walkthrough), 3.2 (explanation of the program) ) Demo Video
Basic Console I/O (Sect. 3.5)
Basic Arithmetic Operators (Sect. 3.6, 3.8)
Comparison Operators (Sect. 3.9)
Defining & Using an Instance Method (Sect. 4.1-4.3 (mostly 4.3))
Single-file Demo for PCE's (Sect. 4.1-4.3 (mostly 4.3)) (You need to do this, and use this as the 'template' for the exercises you do after this point)
Function Calls: A Handy Trick (on your own)
Data Types (Hand-In) (Sect. 5.11, Appendix L)
Order Of Operations (Hand-In) (End of Sect. 3.9, Appendix A)
Console I/O, Operators (Hand-In) (previous readings)
String Basics (Sect. 16.2) (Hand-In)
Comparing Strings (Sect. 16.5)
How to hand in pre-class exercises and homework

In-Class Exercises:
<Class Date: 9/25>

Review:

Create a simple console application (Ch 3.3 (walkthrough), 3.2 (explanation of the program) ) Demo Video
How to hand in pre-class exercises and homework
Defining & Using an Instance Method
Single-file Demo for PCE's (Sect. 4.1-4.3 (mostly 4.3)) (You need to do this, and use this as the 'template' for the exercises you do after this point)
Basic Console I/O

Preview:

Instructor's Materials:
Notes
Slides (for the first day)

Slides (Lecture #2)

Individual Pre-Class Exercises:
<Due: 10/2 (Monday)>

C# Intro: Namespaces
Integer vs. real division (End of Sect. 5.6, also Sect. 3.8) (Hand-In) (Demo Video VS Project Used in the Video)
Modulus operator ( % ) (Section 3.8) (Hand-In) (Demo Video)
Fahrenheit to Celsius (Based on your previously acquired knowledge) (Hand-In)
Logical operators (Section 6.8)
if ; if ...else ; switch statements (If: Sect. 5.3 / If...Else: Sect. 5.4) (Hand-In)
Simple loops - while, for -(Sect. 5.5)
Compound Assignment operators (Section 5.9), Increment / Decrement operators (Sect. 5.10)
keywords: break / continue (Section 6.7)
Sentinel-controlled loops: Averaging numbers (Sect. 5.7) (Hand-In)
Nested Loops: Rectangles (Sect. 5.8) (Hand-In) (Demo Video VS Project Used in the Video)
Nested Loops: Hollow Rectangles (Sect. 5.8) (Hand-In)
Printing A Range Of Numbers (Previously acquired knowledge) (Hand-In)

In-Class Exercises:
<Class Date: 10/2>

Review Topics:

Preview Topics:

Warning: Don't worry about the recursion section (Sect. 7.13) - we'll see that in more detail later on

Instructor's Materials:
Notes
Slides

Individual Pre-Class Exercises:
<Due: 10/9 (Monday)>

Nested Loops: Rectangle of Numbers (Sect. 5.8) (for more nested-loop review)
Nested Loops: Triangle of Numbers (Sect. 5.8) (Hand-In) for 2007 Winter term
Built-in Math functions (Hand-In) (Sect. 7.3)
Basic Parameters (Sect. 4.4)
Return Values (Previous Knowledge)
Printing numbers, w/ params (Sect. 4.4)
Design: return values vs. out vs. ref parameters (Sect. 7.14) (Hand-In)
For this PCE, you are encouraged to discuss this with your group. Also, there may be multiple, valid interpretations of what a correct answer is for this exercise - you should focus on being able to clearly explain a reasonable rationale for your choices.
Overloading: Basics (Sect. 7.12) (Hand-In) (Demo Video VS Project Used in the Video)
Overloading: Create your own (Sect. 7.12)
Generating Random Numbers (Sect. 7.9 (Shift/scale: 7.9.1)) (Hand-In)
Detecting Prime Numbers (Previous Knowledge) (Hand-In)