CS 143: Software Engineering I

C material:

• Module 1: Introduction
  • History.
  • Hello World.

• Module 2: Elements of C
  • Syntax: Reserved words, identifiers, comments.
  • Data types.
  • Pointers.
  • Casting.
  • Operators.
  • Strings.
  • Arrays.

• Module 3: Intermediate C
  • Functions and function parameters.
  • Scope, types of variables.
  • Screen and file I/O.
  • Commandline arguments.
  • Enum, typedef and structs.
  • Linked lists.

• Module 4: Advanced C
  • Multiple files
  • Function pointers
  • Functions with variable number of arguments

• Appendix: Various topics

Java material:

• Module 1: an introduction to Java
  • Language features: an overview.
  • The hype: what it is and what it is not.
  • Getting started: writing, compiling and executing helloworld.
  • A more complex example

• Module 2: Elementary Java, part I
  • Comments.
  • Datatypes, variables, constants, initialization.
  • Unicode, strings.
  • Assignment, expressions, operators.
  • Control flow.
  • Arrays.
  • Also see syntax review in the Appendix.

• Module 3: Elementary Java, part II
  • Functions, return types, parameters.
  • Function overloading, signatures.
  • I/O, files.
  • program modules, naming conventions, import statement.

• Module 4: Java objects, part I: static objects and encapsulation
  • Class definition, static data and functions, encapsulation, constants.
  • Source files, visibility.
  • Inheritance, function overriding.

• Module 5: Java objects, part II: dynamism
  • Class instances, instance variables and methods.
  • Inheritance, function overriding, polymorphism, casting.
  • Objects as return values, references.
  • Constructors.
  • Constructor chaining.

• Module 6: Data structures in Java
  • Linked lists without pointers.
  • Enumeration objects.
  • Dynamic multidimensional arrays.
  • Pre-packaged structures: vectors, hashtables, bitsets.
  • Additional data structures, time-permitting.

• Module 7: Java objects, part III: advanced topics
  • Interfaces, abstract classes, multiple interfaces.
  • static initializers.
  • Finalizers, shadowed variables and methods, visibility.

• Module 8: The Java library: a quick peek
  • Overview, examples of static and dynamic objects.
  • Math, BigInteger, Date, formatting, I/O.
  • How not to get confused by the library documentation.

• Module 9: AWT, part I
  • Elementary drawing.
  • Frames, canvases and panels.
  • The Java event model.
  • A simple button.
  • Handling mouse clicks.
  • A simple applet.

• Module 9B: Swing, part I
  • Elementary drawing in Swing.
  • Swing versions of Module 9 examples.

• Module 10: Java objects, part IV: inner classes
  • Inner classes, member classes, anonymous classes.
  • How to implement event listener callbacks.

• Module 11: Swing, part II
  • Components and containers.
  • Creating user interfaces: buttons, menus, checkboxes etc.
  • Layout managers.
  • File dialogs, focus, pop-up menus.
  • Building an application.

• Module 12: Threads
  • Running multiple threads.
  • Synchronization, monitors.
  • Communication.

• Module 13: IO and Networking
  • IO overview, TCP/IP.
  • Learning to use IO streams.
  • Pipes, Object serialization
  • Networking overview, TCP/IP.
  • Client/server programming via sockets.
  • URL's and http.
  • Applets and communication.

• Module 14: Native methods and JDBC
  • How to call a C function from Java.
  • JDBC.
  • JDBC and Oracle

• Module 15: Web programming and servlets
  • Servlets.
  • Servlets and parameters.
  • Running a webserver.

• Appendix: Various topics
  • Java Syntax Review and Exercises
  • Random Number Generation
  • Stepwise Refinement
  • Additional Practice Exercises
  • Transiting from Java to C/C++, or the other way around.
  • How to make an installable Java application.