Spring 2021: Programming in Java (PSCS)

Logistics

• Class Timings: Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (5^th and 6^th slot)
• Classroom: Online
• Lab Timings: Mondays (8:45 am - 12:45 pm (1^st to 4^thslot)

Course Overview

• As per the COURSE Guidelines, yet to be finalized.

Lectures

Lecture	Topic	Lecture Slides	Readings
Lecture 01 (Jan 05)	Introduction: History of Java, Java Features, First Sample Program, Java Virtual Machine(JVM) Architecture.	1.pdf	Chapter 1 (R1)
Lecture 02 (Jan 12)	OOPs Principles: Object, Class, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism.	2.pdf	Chapter 2 (R1)
Lecture 03 (Jan 19, Feb 01)	Java Programming Fundamentals: Data Types, Variables, Operators, Keywords, Naming Convention, Decision Making(if, switch), Looping(for, while), Type Casting.	Read/Download Lecture 03 from [1]	Chapter 3,4,5 (R1)
Lecture 04 (Feb 02)	Classes and Objects: Creating Classes and objects, Constructors(default, no-parameter, parameterized, this keyword, etc	4.pdf	Chapter 6 (R1)
Lecture 05 (Feb 09)	Inheritance: Inheritance basics, ...	Read/Download Lecture 10 from [2]	Chapter 8 (R1)

Assignments and Tests

Home Assignments

• Home Assignment (HA) No. 1, Difference between JDK, JRE, and JVM. [12/01/2021]
• Home Assignment (HA) No. 2, Difference between C++ and Java. [02/02/2021]
• Home Assignment (HA) No. 3, Difference between OOPs and POPs. [02/02/2021]

Class Assignments

• Assignment No. 1, Posted on Google Classroom, Submission Deadline: **/**/2021
• Assignment No. 2, Posted on Google Classroom, Submission Deadline: **/**/2021
• Assignment No. 3, Posted on Google Classroom, Submission Deadline: **/**/2021

Tests

• Test 1, **/**/2021.
• Test 2, **/**/2021.
• Test 3, **/**/2021.

Resources

• R1: Herbert Schildt, The Complete Reference, 9th Edition, MGH Education (India). [Tentative]
• Web 1: The Java™ Tutorials [3]
• Web 2: Java T Point Tutorial [4]
• Web 3: NTU notes on Java [5]