Schedule for BIT 115:

Appendix F

NOTE: Appendix F (“Lay Of The Land”) is available online at LayOfTheLand2.0.pdf

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Date

Textbook Reading

 Reading in free, online open-source textbook created by students from prior quarters:
(Note that not all topics are yet covered by this resource)

Topic(s)

Assessments

1

Mon,

Mar 26

Ch 1: Read all
Skim 1.1
Study 1.2-1.4
Study 1.5
Study 1.7
<Skip 1.6>

  

Course Intro,
Modeling with software
Getting Started with Java and Karel
What Compiling, Executing Are
ComWeds patterns
<Skip the GUI stuff>

 

2

Weds,

Mar 28

Ch 1.5
-
Ch 1.4.5

  

Types of Errors
Setting up a city
Tracing Program Code

 
3

Mon,

Apr 2

Appendix F.1
(see below for how to get App. F)
Ch 2.1, 2.2
Ch 2.4

  

Extending A Class 
 

Coding Style

 

4

Weds,

Apr 4

App F.3,
Ch 4.1, 4.2
Ch 4.4

 Basic If statements

If/Else statements
Logical operators: NOT ( ! )

Making Decisions – if statements

If…else statements

DUE:  Assignment 1

5

Mon,

Apr 9

App F.2
Ch 4.1

 While loops

Repeating Statements – while loops

 

6

Weds,

Apr 11

App F.4

Ch 5.2

Ch 5.8.3

 Counting (while) loops

Temporary Memory

Counting Loop Pattern

  

7

Mon,

Apr 16

     Midterm Study Session

DUE:  Assignment 2

8

Weds,

Apr 18

Ch 6.6.1

 Output (System.out.print; println)

Printing out expressions

Review for exam

  
9

Mon,

Apr 23

     MIDTERM EXAM  
 

Weds,

Apr 25

-
Ch 9.4


Ch 9.5

 Input (using Scanner)

Exam Feedback
Getting the user's input
NOTE: Do NOT use the appendix for I/O – it is obsolete!

'Command Interpreter' Pattern

DUE:  Assignment 1 Revision

10

Mon,

Apr 30

App F.5
Ch 4.6
Ch 6.2.2

  

Arguments to methods (Parameters)

"Parameter Variables vs. Temporary Variables" only

  

11

Weds,

May 2

App F.7
Ch 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  

Instance Variables

 

12

Mon,

May 7

Ch 6.2
Ch 4.4

 

 Multi-file programs

Overriding inherited methods 
Programs in multiple files

13

Weds,

May 9

  

Non-Robot software (I/O Review)

DUE:  Assignment 3

14

Mon,

May 14

 Ch 5.3

Ch 5.5.1

 for loops

Nested if & while statements

For loops

15

Weds,

May 16

Ch 5.5.1
Ch 10.1 – 10.1.7
Ch 10.2
Ch 10.5

 Basic Arrays

For loops
Arrays of objects
Creating an array
Arrays of primitives

DUE: A2 Revision

16

Mon,

May 21

Ch 10.1 – 10.1.7
Ch 10.2
Ch 10.5

Ch 10.3

  

Arrays of objects
Creating an array
Arrays of primitives

Arrays as parameters

DUE: A3 Revision

17

Weds,

May 23

Ch 4.5

Ch 10.3

  

Predicate Methods

Arrays as return values

 DUE:  Assignment 4

18

Mon,

May 28

Ch 4.5

Ch 10.3

  

Predicate Methods

Arrays as return values

 

19

Weds,

May 30

 Ch 5.4

Ch 5.5.2
Ch 5.3.3

 Logical operators: AND ( && )
Logical operators: OR ( || ) 		Boolean expressions && Logical Operators

Do … while loops
Switch statements

<Review For Final Exam>
Last day to hand in any homeworks, or revisions to homeworks, unless otherwise noted
  Thursday,
May 31		   DUE: A4 Revision DUE at 8am  

20

Mon,

Jun 4

Ch 8.2

  

 FINAL EXAM

  

21

Weds,

Jun 6

     Final exam answers
Prep for next quarter