Teacher: Dave Darus

The Java and Object-Oriented Programming class will be held starting 7/11/2000 until the course material is covered. The schedule goes until 11/30/2000 in order to reserve the training room in case the course needs that amount of time. There are two identical section of this course. The first generally meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 11am. The second generally meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 2pm to 3pm. There are some Tuesday and Thursday in which there is no class and some meetings have been moved to a Wednesday. Of particular note is the Wednesday 9/20 & 9/27 meetings are with both sections combined at the 2pm – 3pm hour. Classes may be cancelled on particular days due to unforeseen circumstances; notice will be given if at all possible.

Below is a list of who is scheduled for each section. If you miss a session you can come at the other time in which it is taught. However, due to space considerations try to go to the section you are scheduled for.

Section 1: Tuesday, Thursday 2pm-3pm

1. Andrade, Cindy
2. Buchana, Katrina
3. Doolittle, Jim
4. Dougan, Linda
5. French, Ken
6. Idengren, Mike
7. Lazzaro, Ken
8. Neil, Kevin
9. Niblett, Dave
10. Pokitko, Mike
11. Pratt, Vic
12. Reising, Ken
13. Sheridan, Scott
14. Wilder, Ken
15. Wilkening, Alan
16. Witter, Katandra

All sessions will be held in the GRU Administration Building ISD Training Room.

Update your calendar to attend one of each of the sessions.

* Combined class of both sections.

The main webpage for this course is:
http://user.gru.net/darusdp/java/index.html

An outline of the topics can be found at:
http://user.gru.net/darusdp/java/Object Oriented and Java Programming.htm

This is also the main page for the course material. It provides links to the course material.

The course will be in lecture format with exercises and programming assignments. The course will cover the topics referred to above. The web pages for each topic contain the in-depth material to be covered. It is designed so that these pages can printed out and placed in a notebook so that you can bring them to class and take notes. Also, these pages can be browsed as a reference and links followed to get more information. I will cover the topics to aid in understanding the in-depth material but it will NOT be a mere reading of the web pages. You can also preview the topic material before class and be prepared to ask questions. Since I don’t know how long it will take to cover the material it is hard to determine what day a particular topic will start and how much material is covered in a class period.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do NOT print out the course material until advised to do so because the material is still under revision.

The following text book will be provided.

Either,
Just Java 2 4^th Edition, Peter van der Linden, 1999, Sun Microsystems Press.
Or
Java in a Nutshell 3^rd Edition, David Flanagan, 1999, O’Reilly.

depending on which one you choose. This will be made clear in the first few classes. The books are not needed at the beginning of the course, so we have time to order them after class has begun.

These and other books on Object-Oriented analysis, design and programming and Java programming are available in my office.

The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Matt Weisfeld, 2000, Sams Publishing.
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, Grady Booch.
Using Java 1.2 Special Edition, Joseph L. Weber, 1998, Que.

The following materials are available from Alan Wilkening:

Thinking in Java, 2nd Ed. Bruce Eckel. Includes CD-ROM.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130273635/qid=962289728/sr=1-1/102-3181350-8031302
Outstanding overview by an acknowledged "master". Will help people write Java applications, rather than VB or COBOL apps in Java syntax.

Software Engineering with Java. Stephen Schach.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0256241678/qid=962289950/sr=1-2/102-3181350-8031302
Senior year or graduate-level text that compares and contrasts Java/O-O approaches with classic structured analysis. Good coverage of SDLC, metrics, management implications of O-O, etc.

Rapid Java Application Development with JBuilder 3. Y. Daniel Liang. Includes CD-ROM.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130261610/qid%3D962290253/102-3181350-8031302
How to use the JBuilder tools.

Other useful references:

"Ask the Java Pro" Web site at http://www.inquiry.com/techtips/java_pro/

http://www.oop.com

I will be available to answer questions and provide extra help while I’m in my office. My schedule is Tuesday 9am-4pm, Wednesday 9am-4pm (through August 9, then it is 12noon-4pm), Thursday 9am-4pm.

There are no formal grades or performance evaluation attached to this course. However, there are exercises and programming assignments that I will ask you to complete and e-mail to me. I will grade them and send them back so that you can have a personal idea of how well you are doing. Of course all this information will be kept confidential.