ICRO 0104: Java

University of Minnesota - Rochester Center
Room SH201 (Monday 6:00pm to 9:30pm)

Instructor: Richard Sinn
Phone: 507-253-0758 (Office)
Email: webmaster@openloop.com, richard_sinn@vnet.ibm.com

Description

This class is designed for the student who wants to learn how to write Java applets and applications. Participants need to have experience with a high-level programming language. Students will learn:

The Basic Construct of the Java Programming Language
Different Features of the Java
Creating graphical user interface (GUI) using Java
Usage of Java threads
Basic Java Network Programming
Intenet Programming using Java

Text

Horstman and Cornell, Core Java 1.1, Volume 1: Fundamentals, Sun Microsystems Press/Prentice Hall, 1997.
Microsolf J++ Quick Start Link

Class Notes

Class notes will be prepared by both instructors from University of Minnesota (Clif Nock and Richard Sinn).

Updates

The schedule is updated. There is a class on 1/20 and 3/10. (1/15/98)
Class notes for Java fundamentals is updated. (1/15/98)
Add notes for week3 (1/24/98)
Add notes for week4 (1/25/98)
Add notes for week5 (1/29/98)
Add notes for week6 and week7 (2/1/98)
Finished up all notes (3/6/98)

Schedule

Week	Class No	Chapters	Topics
1/12	1	1,2	Java overview
1/20	2	3	Java fundamentals
1/26	3	4, 11	OOP and Basic Data Structure
2/2	4	4	Objects and classes
2/9	5	5,6	Inheritance and interfaces
2/16	6	12 + class notes	Basic Java Networking
2/23	7	12 + class notes	Java Client and Server Using Sockets
3/2	8	7, 9	Java GUI Part I
3/9	9	8, 9	Java GUI Part II
3/10	10	10	Applet and Thread Example

Other references

http://java.sun.com, The JavaSoft web site.
Arnold and Gosling, The Java Programming Language, Addison Wesley, 1996.
Horstman and Cornell, Core Java 1.1, Volume 2: Advanced Features, Sun Microsystems Press/Prentice Hall, 1997.
Gosling, Joy, and Steele, The Java Language Specification, Addison Wesley, 1996.
Lindholm and Yellin, The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Addison Wesley, 1996.
Hamilton, Cattell, and Fisher, Database Access with Java, Addison Wesley, 1997.
Kanerva, The Java FAQ, Addison Wesley, 1996.
Booch Grady, Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications, Second Edition, Benjamin Cummings, 1994.
Gamma, et. al., Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Software, Addison Wesley, 1995.

Software

We will use JDK 1.1.2 which comes with the text book for the first class. In addition, we will use Netscape Navigator 4.0 to test our applets. For the rest of the class, we will use Microsoft Visual J++.

All of the code that we write is 100% Pure Java, so it should work with any Java tools or Java virtual machines that support Java 1.1.