CS 0007

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CS 0007

• Spring 2006-2007
• Lory Al Moakar

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Outline

• Introduction
• What is CS 0007
• Textbook
• Required to attend
• Course policies
• Why Program?
• What is a program ???
• Example of a program
• What is a program made of ?
• Whats next ??

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Staff

• Instructor Lory Al Moakar
• Office SENSQ 6803
• Office Phone [phone]
• Email lorym_at_cs.pitt.edu
• Website www.cs.pitt.edu\lorym

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What is CS 0007 ???

• A course intended to
• Introduce you to computing basics
• Introduce you to programming
• Goals
• You would be able to write simple effective
  programs in JAVA
• You would be able to design a simple application

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Textbook

• Java 5 from control structures to objects By Tony
  Gaddis
• ISBN 1-57676-171-1

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Required to attend

• Lecture MWF 0100 PM 0150 PM

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Course policies

• Grading
• Quizzes15
• Exam One15
• Exam Two15
• Final15
• Programming Projects40
• Exams
• Programming assignments

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Why Program?

• A computer is hardware and software
• Software is a set of programs
• A program is a set of instructions that a
  computer can understand
• A program is designed to accomplish a certain
  task or tasks

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What is a program ???

• A precise set of instructions that are used to
  define a task
• Examples
• Steps to build a piece of furniture
• A recipe
• Directions to use a machine

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Example of a program

• Calculating the average of two numbers
• Input first number
• Input Second number
• Add the two numbers sum
• Divide the sum by 2 average
• Output average

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What is a program made of ?

• Key words words in Java that have a special
  meaning or function
• Operators like , -, , /
• Punctuation like ,
• Programmer defined names
• Syntax rules that you must follow while writing
  the program