Session Details

Week 1, Session 2 — Tue Sep 8

Reading

  1. Big Java Chapter 1 (just skim §1.1–1.2 and 1.5, read the rest)
  2. Big Java, §2.1–2.7
  3. Do Big Java Chapter 2, first assessment on ANGEL, under Lessons → Assignments

HW Due

  1. HW 1

Topics

  1. Classes, objects, and methods in Java
  2. UML Class Diagram basics

Resources

  1. Slides

Outline

  1. [10 min] Questions; HW1 commits
  2. [5] More announcements and course intro
  3. [10] Identifiers and variables in Java
  4. [20] Using objects and methods, UML Class Diagrams, exercise
  5. [5] Break
  6. [10] Passing parameters, types
  7. [15] Primitive types, exercise
  8. [15] Constructing objects, accessor and mutator methods
  9. [15] Exercises

HW Assigned

  1. HW 2