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Programming Fundamentals

Date Topic Reading Assignment
Tue, Jan 17, 2023 Lecture 1
Course Introduction
Terminal, Compiling [slides] [video] [Code]
Chapter 1
Lab00 - Command Line, Unix, Vim
HW00 - Hello World, Compile Errors (Due Mon, Jan 23, 2023)
Thu, Jan 19, 2023 Lecture 2
Variables, Data Types, Expressions [slides] [video] [Code]
Chapter 2
Tue, Jan 24, 2023 Lecture 3
I/O: Input/Output [slides] [Code]
Chapter 3
Lab01 - Variables, Input, Errors
HW01 - Variables (Due Wed, Feb 1, 2023)
Thu, Jan 26, 2023 Lecture 4
Methods I [slides] [Code]
Chapter 4
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 Lecture 5
Methods II [slides]
Chapter 4
Lab02 - Methods
HW02 - Methods, Methods, Methods (Due Wed, Feb 8, 2023)
Thu, Feb 2, 2023 Lecture 6
Conditionals & Logic [slides]
Chapter 5
Fri, Feb 3, 2023 Last day to drop a fifth course at Bryn Mawr and Haverford.
Tue, Feb 7, 2023 Lecture 7
Strings, Objects
Recursion [slides]
Chapter 6
Chapter 7.10: String Comparison
Chapter 9.1: Primitives vs Objects
Lab03 - Conditionals, Strings, Recursion
Thu, Feb 9, 2023 Lecture 8
Arrays
Recursion II [slides]
Chapter 6
Chapter 8.1 & 8.2
Chapter 9.2: The null keyword

HW03 - Methods, Conditionals, Strings, and Arrays (Due Thu, Feb 16, 2023)
Tue, Feb 14, 2023 Lecture 9
Recursion I Loops [slides]
Chapter 6
Lab04 - Arrays, Recursion
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 Lecture 10
Recursion II
Loops I Loops II [slides]
Chapter 7
HW04 - Recursion
Tue, Feb 21, 2023 Lecture 11
Loops II Arrays & References [slides]
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Lab05 - Tic Tac Toe
HW05 - Loops (Due Mon, Feb 27, 2023)
Fri, Feb 24, 2023 Last day to declare Cr/NC for full semester courses (5 p.m.).
Thu, Feb 23, 2023 Lecture 12
Arrays & References & Objects [slides]
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Tue, Feb 28, 2023 Lecture 13
Review [slides]
Lab05 - Tic Tac Toe
Thu, Mar 2, 2023 Lecture 14
Midterm I
Tue, Mar 7, 2023 SPRING BREAK
Thu, Mar 9, 2023 SPRING BREAK

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Date Topic Reading Assignment
Tue, Mar 14, 2023 Lecture 15
Objects I [slides]
Chapter 10
HW06 - Minesweeper (Due Mon, Mar 20, 2023)
Lab06 - Exceptions & Files
Thu, Mar 16, 2023 Lecture 16
Designing Classes [slides]
Chapter 11
Chapter 12.1 - 12.6 (inclusive)
Tue, Mar 21, 2023 Lecture 17
Designing Classes
Class Hierarchy (Inheritance & Interfaces) [slides]
Chapter 14
Chapter 17.4
Chapter 17.7
Lab07 - Designing Classes
Thu, Mar 23, 2023 Lecture 18
More classes & Objects
Relationships! [slides]
Chapter 16
HW07 - Object Oriented Programming (Due Thu, Mar 30, 2023)
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 Lecture 19
Interfaces (class actions!)
Searching [slides]
Chapter 12.7-12.9
Lab08 - Interfaces & Sorting

Searching & Sorting

Date Topic Reading Assignment
Thu, Mar 30, 2023 Lecture 20
Searching & Sorting [slides]
Chapter 13
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 Lecture 21
Binary Search
Sorting
Runtime Analysis [slides]
Chapter 13
No LAB TODAY
Thu, Apr 6, 2023 PASSOVER
NO CLASS
Tue, Apr 11, 2023 Lecture 22
Selection Sort
Runtime Analysis
Midterm Review (remote lecture) [slides]
Lab09 Review
Thu, Apr 13, 2023 Lecture 23
Midterm II
HW08 - Vet Clinic (Due Fri, Apr 21, 2023)
Tue, Apr 18, 2023 Lecture 23
Bubble Sort
Selection Sort
2D & Jagged arrays [slides]
Chapter 15
Lab10 - Sorting
Thu, Apr 20, 2023 Lecture 24
Run Time Analysis [slides]
Tue, Apr 25, 2023 Lecture 25
Run Time Analysis
Testing Code (JUnit)
Regular Expressions [slides]
Lab11 - RunTime
HW09 - SuperDuperArray (Due Fri, Apr 28, 2023)
Thu, Apr 27, 2023 Lecture 26
Review [slides]
Wed, May 3, 2023 Final 9:30am-12:30pm (Park 300)