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Class meeting	Concept	Examples from class
Thu 19 January	General Java syntax, Standard output	HelloWorld.java
Tue 24 January	Standard output Variables, data types Assignment statements	DataTypes.java
Thu 26 January	Review Data Types, Constants Arithmetic, some higher math Casting	Constants.java Arithmetic.java FunWithCasts.java
Tue 31 January	Using pre-defined classes, calling methods. Math, Scanner classes Standard input	HigherMath.java InputFromKeyboard.java
Thu 2 February	Introduction to Graphics (coordinates, drawing, basic Colors) Calling methods Passing arguments to method calls	Drawing.java [some code to get us started] Drawing.java (the drawing I did in class)
Tue 7 February	Object reference variables. Object creation using new. Using constructors. More Graphics: creating custom Colors. String object references (briefly)	Drawing.java [updated] DateExample.java
Thu 9 February	String class Accessor and Mutator methods. Static methods, static member data. Factory methods for object creation.	AboutString.java AccessorsAndMutators.java FactoryMethod.java
Tue 14 February	Expressions, selection using if statements.	Expressions.java Selection.java
Thu 16 February	Selection: continued Comparing floating point numbers, comparing objects (e.g. String),	MinOf3Ints.java ComparingFloatingPoint.java.java ComparingObjects.java.java
Thu 23 February	Switch statements Repetition using while loops. Sentinel-controlled repetition.	SwitchExample.java RepetitionExample.java YesOrNo_02_23.java
Tue 28 February	Using a loop to read from a file. Counter-controlled repetition.	ReadingFromFile.java CounterControlledLoop.java
Thu 2 March	Do-while loops Additional for-loop example	YesOrNo.java CompoundInterest.java
Tue 14 March	User-defined classes, member variables	Circle.java UsingCircle.java
Thu 16 March	User-defined classes: constructors, methods	DrawingCircle.java [some starter code] Pause.java [to pause the animation] Circle.java DrawingCircle.java [my screen saver]
Tue 21 March	User-defined classes: toString, equals methods, static & final keywords enumerated types	Circle.java UsingCircle2.java Temperature.java UsingTemperature.java
Thu 23 March	Java Collections: Vector, Iterator adding elements, removing elements visiting each element using Iterator	ExampleCollections.java Alex's example VectorExample.java My example from last fall
Tue 28 March	Java Collections: Vector, TreeSet adding elements, removing elements visiting each element using Iterator	Practice.java PracticeClient.java
BONUS	Alex didn't have time to cover this, but here's an example so you can see the map in action. TreeMap adding elements, removing elements visiting each element using Iterator	UsingMap.java My example from last fall.
Tue 4 April	Basic GUI, buttons, events, text area.	GUIExample.java
Thu 6 April	GUI: Selection - use of JCheckBox, JRadioButton, JButtonGroup, JComboBox	GUISelection.java
Tue 11 April	GUI: Multiple windows - concept of modality - custom dialogs (inherit from JDialog) - "callback" model for communicating between master and slave windows	GUIMainWindow.java GUISecondaryWindow.java
Tue 18 April	Databases and JDBC - database concepts (tables, fields) - basic SQL queries - walkthrough of code using JDBC	baseball.mdb [example Access database] sample_queries.txt [sample SQL queries] DataSource.java [a helper class] DataManipulation.java [examples w/SQL]
Thu 20 April	Databases and JDBC - Database design - JavaBeans - Middleware	baseball.mdb [example Access database] BaseballPlayer.java BaseballTeam.java DBInterface.java [some middleware]