McCloskey's Web Page for CMPS 134, Fall 2015

CMPS 134 (Computer Science I) Fall 2015

Student Functions (For authorized users only)

Name	e-mail	office	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Bret Oplinger	bret.oplinger@scranton.edu	LSC 182C	11am -- Noon	11am -- Noon 2pm -- 3pm	11am -- Noon	11am -- Noon 2pm -- 3pm	11am -- Noon
Conner Simmons	conner.simmons@scranton.edu	LSC 182B		11am -- 1pm	11am -- Noon	11am -- 1pm
Ben Degler	benjamin.degler@scranton.edu	LSC 182A	3pm -- 5pm		3pm -- 5pm

Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach , by S. Reges and M. Stepp, published by Pearson, 2014. (3rd edition preferred, 2nd acceptable)

Final Exam: Thursday, December 10, 8:00am—10am in LSC 113 (the usual room) Here is a preview.
Test #2 (November 13) Here is a preview. Here are sample solutions.
Quiz #2 (November 6): Here are links to a Java program that contains two different solutions to the programming problem posed in the quiz: Quiz2_F15
Test #1 (October 7) Here is a preview. Here is an old test and the solutions.
Quiz #1 (September 18): Here are links to the two Java programs that were the subject of the quiz: Quiz1_1_F15 Quiz1_1_F15. In each case, you were to have reported the output produced by running the program.

HelloWorld program
MeanProgram
Relevant to Chapter 1:
- DrawBoxes DrawBoxes2 Illustrates methods (procedural decomposition)
- DrawFigures1 DrawFigures2 DrawFigures3 Illustrates methods (procedural decomposition) and escape sequences in Strings

Relevant to Chapter 3:
- DrawFiguresWithLoops2 DrawFiguresWithLoops3 DrawFiguresWithLoops4
- DrawHourGlass
- BunchOfFuncMethods
- SqRootTable
- String processing:
  - StringDemo (Illustrates use of various methods applied to a String object)
  - Commonly used methods in the String class (Illustrates use of various methods applied to a String object)
  - DateConversionApp

Relevant to Chapter 4:
- GrossPayApp
- Ascending3
- Translating a test score to a letter grade
- Computing max of 2 or 3
- NameConversion NameConversion2 NameConversionViaScanner
- StudentCoursesApp (sample input data: stu_courses.txt)

Relevant to Chapter 8:
- TossableCoin-related classes:
  - TossableCoin1 (basic version) TossableCoin1App TossableCoin1AnotherApp
  - TossableCoin2 (incorpoates heads- and tails- counting) TossableCoin2App
  - TossableCoin3 (incorporates bias) TossableCoin3App
  - TossableCoin4 (introduces toss history capability)
  - TossableCoin5 (introduces comparison method)
- UmpireClicker classes:
  - UmpireClicker1 (basic version)
  - UmpireClicker2 (employs wrapAroundIncr() method)
  - UmpireClicker3 (employs WrapAroundCounter objects)
  - UmpireClickerApp (for testing)
Relevant to Chapter 7:

Java Package Hierarchy (i.e., links to all packages)
Links to particular packages/classes
- java.lang : Math String
- java.util : Scanner Random
- java.io : File
Java SE 8 JDK download
jGrasp IDE
jGrasp Tutorials (198-page pdf file) (links to separate chapters exist on web page at URL specified in previous hyperlink).
How to make jGrasp use spaces in place of tab characters
How Java Works (how stuff works) (Note that the hyperlinks for downloading JDK, etc., on this page are out of date.)

General
- Decoding the Value of Computer Science (in Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 2010)
- Overview of Computers (wikipedia)
- Computer program (wikipedia)
- Personal Computer (wikipedia)
- How PC's Work (How Stuff Works)
- Notes on how a Hypothetical Computer Works

Memory/Storage
- Notes on Memory/Storage
- How Computer Memory Works (how stuff works)
- How Removable Storage Works (how stuff works)
- How Hard Disks Work (how stuff works)
- How CD's Work (how stuff works)
- How DVD's Work (how stuff works)

Representation of Data
- How Bits and Bytes Work (how stuff works)
- How Boolean Logic Works (how stuff works)
- Numeral Systems Positional notation (wikipedia)
- ASCII and Unicode (character encoding standards) (wikipedia)
- ASCII table and related links
- David Eck's Data Representation Lab (Scroll down the page and click on the "Launch DataReps" button.)
- Why are there so many image formats on the Web? (how stuff works)
- Why are my digital photograph files so huge ...? (how stuff works)
- How Analog and Digital Recordings Work (how stuff works)
- Notes on Data Representation/Encoding

Internet-related
- Notes on the Internet
- A Brief History of the Internet (by Leiner, Cerf, Clark, Kahn, Kleinrock, ...)
- How LAN (local area network) Switches Work (how stuff works)
- How Internet Infrastructure Works (how stuff works)
- How Routers Work (how stuff works)
- How Web Servers Work (how stuff works)
- How Web Pages Work (how stuff works)
- How Domain Name Servers Work (how stuff works)
- How Internet Search Engines Work (how stuff works)

System Software
- Notes on Software, especially Operating Systems
- How BIOS Works (how stuff works)
- How Operating Systems Work (how stuff works)

Malicious Software (Malware)
- Notes on Malware
- Malware (wikipedia)
- Computer Viruses (wikipedia)
- How Computer Viruses Work (how stuff works)