UCSC CMPS 12a Home Page, Winter 2004

CMPS 12a, Introduction to Programming, Winter 2004

This course is an introduction to programming in Java.
It will cover syntax, symantics, program design, and problem solving.

Instructor:: Prof. David Helmbold dph@cse.ucsc.edu; Office: 319 Baskin Engineering; Office Hours: 11:30-12:30 Tu-Th

Teaching Assistants:: Laura Chiticariu laura@cse.ucsc.edu; Enes Hastor enes@cse.ucsc.edu; Chandramouli Balasubramanian chandrab@cse.ucsc.edu

Readers/Tutors:: Ben Samuel bsamuel@cats.ucsc.edu; Andy Reagan areagan@cats.ucsc.edu; Ethan James eejames@cats.ucsc.edu; Dashiell Thompson dthompso@ucsc.edu; Phillip Rose (MSI coord.) pbrose@ucsc.edu

Discussion/Lab Sections:

No Hours Location TA Reader

01A M 11:00AM - 01:00PM Baskin Engineering 105 Laura Dashiell

01B M 03:00PM - 05:00PM Baskin Engineering 105 Chandra Ben

01C Tu 09:00AM - 11:00AM Baskin Engineering 105 Laura Andy

01D Tu 06:00PM - 08:00PM Baskin Engineering 105 Enes Andy

01E F 01:00PM - 03:00PM Baskin Engineering 105 Enes Ben

01F Tr 07:00PM - 09:00PM Crown Computer Lab 201 Enes Dashiell

01G M 09:00AM - 11:00AM Crown Computer Lab 201 Laura Ethan

01H F 02:00PM - 04:00PM Crown Computer Lab 201 Chandra Ethan

Course Information: Information sheet ( pdf ) ( postscript ); Syllabus: ( tentitive - plain text ); Midterm review sheet: ( pdf ) ( postscript ); ( Slides from Lectures ); ( Sample Java Programs ); ( Midterm Solutions ); Final review topics: ( pdf ) ( postscript ); ( Sample final exam questions )

References, Tutorials, and Learning Aids:

The University of Chicago's Pico editor guide ( http://support.uchicago.edu/docs/unix/app/pico.html ) (it also has links to EMACS and VI reference material).
The CATS webCT documentation ( http://ic.ucsc.edu/docs/webct/students.shtml ).
The CATS UNIX documentation ( http://www2.ucsc.edu/cats/sc/help/unix ).
An article on ( pair programming ).
Frequently Asked Questions containing information about the tio package (originally written by Brian Hanks).

Handouts and Assignments:: 01: Programming lab 1 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); Updated (01/08/04): Added instruction on usage of submit command; 02: Programming lab 2 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 03: Programming lab 3 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 04: Programming lab 4 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 05: Programming lab 5 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 06: Programming lab 6 (optional - extra credit) ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 07: Programming lab 7 ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 08: Programming lab 8 DEADLINE CHANGE: now due 11:59 am Thursday March 4. ( postscript ) ( pdf ); 09: Programming lab 9 (REVISED!) ( postscript ) ( pdf )

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