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PRG 420 Week 1 Coding a Simple Hello, world!
Java Program(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Coding a Simple Hello, world! Java
  Program
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week One Coding Assigment Text File
  (starter code for this
• assignment that includes placeholders)
• For this assignment, you will apply what you
  learned in analyzing a
• simple Java program by writing your own Java
  program.

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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Watch the first and second videos for Week 1.
  Explain a little about the Java Virtual Machine,
  what it executes, how it might be similar to any
  other language, and how it is different from a
  native language, such as C.

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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Java is a portable language, and being an
  object-oriented programming language, it also
  encourages component reusability. How does Java
  achieve these two important features? How are
  these features desirable in modern software
  engineering?

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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 3
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• You are a bank manager and you are helping a new
  bank teller understand the kind of accounts the
  bank offers. If a customer comes in asking to
  open a new savings account, the teller needs to
  ask what kind of account--passbook savings or
  certificate of deposit--the customer would like
  to open. Remind the customer that all accounts
  with our bank are insured by the FDIC.

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PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Analyzing a Simple
Java Program (New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Simple Java Program
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week One Analyze Assignment Text File
• Analyzing Java code--that is, reading and
  predicting the outcome of
• Java code, given one or more inputs--is an
  essential skill. The ability
• to analyze code allows you to learn from example
  code and tutorials.

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PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Hello world
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• Create a program in Java that displays Hello
  world! Take a screen shot that shows the
  programs successful compilation and execution.
  Then submit your program along with the screen
  shot.

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PRG 420 Week 2 Analyzing a Program Containing
if-then and switch(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Program Containing
  if-then and switch
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Two Analyze Assignment Text File
• The ability to read through Java code and
  predict the results, given
• specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill.

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PRG 420 Week 2 Coding a Program Containing
if-then and switch(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Program Containing
  if-then and switch
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Two Analyze Assignment Text File
• The ability to read through Java code and
  predict the results, given
• specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill.

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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Please watch the first three videos for Week 2
  (around 40 minutes). Explain how an outside class
  may be given access to find the value of a
  private instance variable, or to change the value
  of a private instance variable. Why does this add
  value to your program?

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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 2
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• What are the three types of errors that you can
  encounter in a Java program? Describe them, and
  explain how you would minimize the errors. What
  are some examples of errors that you have seen
  before?

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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 3
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• A class is a blueprint for an object. A class may
  have a default constructor, a constructor with
  arguments, accessor methods, mutator methods,
  public fields, and private fields. Choose a
  category (such as animal, vehicle, and so on) and
  describe how you would design a class for it.

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PRG 420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Netbeans
Project (annual compensation)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 2
• Write a Java application using NetBeans
  Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that
  calculates the total annual compensation of a
  salesperson. Consider the following factors
• A salesperson will earn a fixed salary of 50,000

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PRG 420 Week 3 Analyzing a Program Containing
Loops(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Program Containing Loops
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Three Analyze Assignment Text File
• For this assignment, you will be analyzing the
  Java code in the linked
• PRG 420 Week Three Analyze Assignment Text File,
  and predicting the results.

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PRG 420 Week 3 Coding a Program Containing
Loops(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Coding a Program Containing Loops
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Three Coding Assignment Text File
  (starter code for this
• assignment that includes placeholders)
• For this assignment, you will apply what you
  learned in analyzing for,
• while, and do-while loops by writing these
  statements yourself.

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Please watch the first and the fifth (next to the
  last) videos for Week 3 (feel free to use the
  transcripts, too!) . Tell me about the
  similarities between the conditionals in if
  statements and the conditionals in while
  statements.

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Convert the following program from for loop to
  while loop.
• class ArithmeticProgression
• public static void main (String args)
• int sum 0
• for (int i 1 i lt 1000 i)
• sum sum i
• System.out.println(Integer.toString(sum))
  

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 3
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• There are 3 kinds of loopsfor loop, while loop,
  and do while loop. Under which circumstances
  would each kind of loop be more appropriate?
  Explain your answers using specific examples.

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 4
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• Consider the following conditions
• CONDITION 1 while ( !(cChoice 'Q' cChoice
  'q') )
• CONDITION 2 while ( cChoice ! 'Q' cChoice !
  'q' )
• Do Conditions 1 and 2 give the same result? What
  tool or technique would you use to explain the
  result?

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PRG 420 Week 3 Individual Assignment Netbeans
Project (annual compensation with commission)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 3
• Modify the Week Two Java application using Java
  NetBeans IDE to meet these additional and
  changed business requirements
• The company has recently changed its total annual
  compensation policy to improve sales.

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PRG 420 Week 4 Analyzing a Program Containing
Arrays(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Program Containing Arrays
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Four Analyze Assignment Text File
• The ability to read through Java code and
  predict the results, given
• specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill.
• For this assignment, you will be analyzing the
  Java code in the linked
• PRG 420 Week Four Analyze Assignment Text File,
  and answering questions
• about the array that appears in the code.

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PRG 420 Week 4 Coding a Program Containing an
Array(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Coding a Program Containing an Array
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Four Coding Assigment Text File
  (starter code for this
• assignment that includes placeholders)
• For this assignment, you will apply what you
  learned in analyzing a
• simple Java program by writing your own Java
  program that
• creates and accesses an array of integers.

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PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Assuming you want an array (named many) of seven
  ints what would be the easiest way to write the
  code if you wanted many to contain all zeros?
  What if you wanted many to contain a selection of
  seven values, that were not all zeros? What would
  be the subscripts of all the elements of many?

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PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 2
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• What is the difference between arrays and
  ArrayList? What are the advantages and
  disadvantages of an ArrayList, and when should
  you use an ArrayList over a simple array?

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PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 3
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• What is the difference between string and
  StringBuilder? What are the advantages and
  disadvantages of a StringBuilder, and when should
  you use a StringBuilder over a simple String?

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PRG 420 Week 4 Individual Assignment Netbeans
Project (annual compensation comparison)
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• INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK 4
• Modify the Week Three Java application using
  Java NetBeans IDE to meet these additional and
  changed business requirements
• The application will now compare the total annual
  compensation of at least two salespersons.
• It will calculate the additional amount of sales
  that each salesperson must achieve to match or
  exceed the higher of the two earners.

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PRG 420 Week 5 Analyzing a Program Containing
Exception Handling(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Analyzing a Program Containing
  Exception Handling
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Five Analyze Assignment Text File
• For this assignment, you will be analyzing the
  code in the linked PRG 420 Week
• Five Analyze Assignment Text File. This program
  contains exception
• handling code.

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PRG 420 Week 5 Coding a Program Containing
Exception Handling(New Syllabus)
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• Individual Coding a Program Containing Exception
  Handling
• Instructions
• Resource
• PRG 420 Week Five Coding Assignment Text File
  (starter code for this
• assignment that includes placeholders)
• For this assignment, you will apply what you
  learned in analyzing a
• simple Java program by writing your own Java
  program.

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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Please explain one use for a static variable in a
  class. Please explain how you might use one
  static method ( not main() ) in a class.

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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 2
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• In your opinion, what are the three biggest
  challenges in planning and designing a solution
  for a programming problem? What can you do to
  overcome these challenges? How would you apply
  these techniques to the programs in this class?

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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Using an example from your work or daily life,
  describe an "is-a" relationship. Why is an "is-a"
  relationship important when designing an
  inheritance between classes?

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PRG 420 Week 5 Team Assignment Resuability (2
Papers)
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• In the real world, an entire program is rarely
  written from scratch. It is
• very likely that there are classes or methods
  that already exist. The
• key to using these existing modules successfully
  depends on how
• modularly the classes or methods are written.

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