CSC1030 Hands-on Introduction to JAVA

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CSC1030Hands-on Introduction to JAVA

• Dept of Computer
• Science and Engineering
• The Chinese University of HK

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Course Objective

• This is a LAB-based course
• To understand the basics of Object-Oriented
  Programming concepts
• To learn problem solving through programming in
  an Object-Oriented Programming language, Java

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People - Lecturer

• Michael, Ping-Fu FUNG
• Office SHB128, 1/F, HSH Engg Bldg
• Phone [phone]
• Email pffung_at_cse.cuhk.edu.hk
• Web http//www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/pffung

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Meeting Time and Venue

• Lecture and Labs
• H7-9 (Thu 230 515pm)
• Time table tentatively at SHB504
• Scheduled to be at SHB123 (CSE Lab)
• Details will be confirmed on course web, and
  CUForum

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Course Schedule

• Lectures first 7 weeks, 1 - 2 hours per week
• Labs first 6 weeks, 1 - 2 hours per week

Week Day Lecture Tutorial/ Lab
1 11 15 Jan ? Self Preparation
2 18 22 Jan ? ?
3 25 29 Jan ? ?
4 1 5 Feb ? ?
5 8 12 Feb ? ?
6 22 26 Feb ? ?
7 1 5 Mar ? ?
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Course Material

• Text Book
• Java Software Solutions foundations of program
  design, 6th ed. John LEWIS and William LOFTUS,
  Addison Wesley, 2009.
• Web site for the book
• Signup/ Login is required by purchasing the book
• Free examples and lab manuals for Open Access
• ftp//ftp.aw.com/cseng/authors/lewis/jss6

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Course Material

• References
• The official Java site from Sun
• http//java.sun.com
• Programming resources repository
• http//www.codeproject.com/
• http//www.planet-source-code.com/

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Course Web

• Web http//www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/pffung/CSC1030
• Lecture Notes
• Tutorial Notes
• CUForum (get CWEM account from ITSC??)
• Discussion board
• Assignment specifications
• Assignment collection boxes

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Assessment

• Labs Exercises and Assignments (70)
• Final Examination (30)
• On 11 Mar 2010 (Thu) 230 515pm
• I DO hope all of us learn something meaningful in
  this course, meanwhile, fulfilling all the
  assessments and getting credits.

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Programming Tools

• Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 6.0
• J2SE Development Kit (JDK)
• Necessary tools
• For most platforms (computer systems)
• Free for download
• http//java.sun.com/
• Note NOT the JRE!!!
• Note Remember to get and install the API
  documentations!
• See http//www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/csesc/index.html
  link

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Programming Tools

• NetBeans
• It is an Integrated Development Environment
• Latest Stable version 6.x
• It depends on JDK (they should co-exist)
• Graphical User Interface
• For Microsoft Windows
• Free for download
• Bundled with JDK 6 download
• Note you may get also the full package with
  Mobility Pack from http//www.netbeans.org

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Any Enquiry?