MET CS 565, Advanced Java Programming, Spring 2004

MET CS 565 W2: Advanced Java Programming, Spring 2004
(Tyngsboro Campus, Tuesday's 6:00-9:00 PM)

Suresh Kalathur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Boston University MET College, CS Dept.
E-mail: kalathur@bu.edu URL: http://people.bu.edu/kalathur

Suggested Textbooks

Java How to Program, Deitel & Deitel, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-101621-0
Online Materials from Sun’s Web Site.

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Student Academic Conduct Code

Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3

Course Description

Develop and enhance skills in object oriented computer programming using the Java programming language. The course provides a comprehensive coverage of control flow, classes and methods, class composition and extension, interfaces, exceptions, and packages in Java. Use of concurrency control, utilities, applets and the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) events, Swing Library, Networking, and JDBC. Enterprise computing topics including Servlets and JSPs, RMI and EJBs, and Java APIs for XML with respect to Web Services will also be covered.

The course is for students who have some programming experience (any language) and are aware of Object Oriented fundamentals. Prior working knowledge of Java is not presumed. If you are a Java programmer, you will find that the topics covered beyond the first couple of lectures will be invaluable. Students will have six programming assignments, one mid term exam (open book/notes) in the class, and a Final programming project.

Week	Date	Lecture
1	1/13/2004	Introduction, Applications, Applets
2	1/20/2004	Data Types, Control Structures, I/O
3	1/27/2004	Classes and Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism
4	2/3/2004	Exception Handling
5	2/10/2004	Multithreading
-	2/17/2004	No class (Monday Schedule)
6	2/24/2004	Strings and Characters
7	3/2/2004	Mid Term Exam
8	3/9/2004	GUI - AWT Event Handling
9	3/16/2004	GUI - Swing Components
10	3/23/2004	Databases - JDBC
-	3/30/2004	No class
11	4/6/2004	Networking
12	4/13/2004	Servlets and JSPs
13	4/20/2004	RMI, EJB
14	4/27/2004	EJB, Java API's for XML

These lecture titles are subject to change.

Grading
The actual grade will be determined based on the performance in the homeworks, mid term, and the final exam. The percentage of each component relative to the total grade is shown in the table below:

Homeworks	40%
Mid Term	30%
Final Exam	30%