Summer 2021: Programming in Java
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Contents
Logistics
- Class Timings: Tuesdays 10:45 am - 12:45 pm (3rd and 4th slot) & Fridays 8:45 am - 10:45 am (1st and 2nd slot)
- Classroom: Online
- Lab Timings: Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:45 am - 12:45 pm (3rd and 4thslot)
Course Overview
- As per the COURSE Guidelines
Lectures
Lecture | Topic | Lecture Slides | Readings |
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Lecture 01 (01/04/21, 06/04/21) | Introduction: History of Java, Java Features, First Sample Program, Java Virtual Machine(JVM) Architecture.
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1.pdf | Chapter 1 (R1) |
Lecture 02 (08/04/21) | OOPs Principles: Object, Class, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism. | 2.pdf | Chapter 2 (R1) |
Lecture 03 (09/04/21, 13/04/21, 16/04/21, 20/04/21) | Data Types, Variables, Arrays, Operators, Control Statements: The Primitive Data Types(Integers, Floating-Point Types, Characters, Booleans). Variables and their scope and lifetime. Type Conversion and Casting. Arrays (One-dimensional Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays) declaration, initialization, and usage. Operators (Arithmetic, Increment and Decrement, The Bitwise Operators, Compound Assignments, Relational Operators, Ternary Operator, Operator Precedence). Control Statemetns (Selection Statemetns-if, switch, Interation Statements - for, while, and do-while. The Enchanced For Loop (For-Each Loop). Jump Statements (break, continue, return).
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3.pdf | Chapter 3,4,5 (R1) |
Lecture 04 (22/04/21, 27/04/21) | Introducing Classes: Class Fundamentals, Declaring Objects, Introducing Methods, Constructors(Default, No-argument, Parameterized), The this keyword, Garbage Collection, The finalize( ) Method.
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4.pdf | Chapter 6 (R1) |
Test 1 (04/05/21) | Syllabus: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6, of the Referenc Book, as per the course guidelines. | ||
Online Teaching suspended from May 4, 2021(afternoon) - May 16, 2021. | |||
Lecture 05 (18/05/21, 19/05/21, 28/05/21) | A Closer Look at Methods and Classes: Overloading Methods, Automatic Type Conversions in Method Overloading. Overloading Constructors. Using Objects as Parameters. Copy Constructor. A Closer Look at Argument Passing(Call-by-Value, Call-by-Reference). Returning Objects. Recursion (Base Condition, Progressive Approach). Introducing Access Control (public, private, protected, default (package-private)). Understanding Static(static variable, methods, and blocks). Introducing Final. Nested and Inner Classes (how to define and use an inner class). Exploring the String Class. Using Command-Line Argument. Varargs: Variable-Length Arguments(self-study)
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5.pdf | Chapter 7 (R1) |
Lecture 06 (01/06/21, 03/06/21) | Inheritance: Inheritance Basics. Types of Inheritance in Java. A simple example of Inheritance(Single Inheritance). Member access and Inheritance, A more practical example. A Superclass Variable Can Reference a Subclass Object. Using super. Using Super to Call Superclass Constructors. Creating a Multilevel Hierarchy. When Constructors are Executed? Method Overriding. Method Overriding vs Overloading. Dynamic Method Dispatch. Why Overridden Methods? Applying Method Overriding. Using Abstract Classess. Using final with Inheritance. Using final to Prevent Overridding. The Object Class.
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6.pdf | Chapter 8 (R1) |
Lecture 07 (08/06/21, 09/06/21, 10/06/21) | Packages and Interfaces: Introduction to Packages. Defining a Package. Package Example. Finding Packages and CLASSPATH. Access Protection. An Access Example. Importing Packages. Introduction to Interfaces. Defining an Interface. Implementing Interfaces. Accessing Implementations Through Interface References. Partial Implementations. Nested Interfaces. Applying Interfaces. Variables in Interfaces. Extending Interfaces. Default Interface Methods. Multiple Inheritance Issues. static Methods in an Interface.
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7.pdf | Chapter 9 (R1) |
Lecture 08 (23/06/21, 25/06/21) | Exception Handling: Exception Handling Fundamentals(five keywords:try, catch, throw, throws, finally). Exception Types. Uncaught Exception.Using try and catch. Displaying a Description of an Exception. Multiple catch Clauses. Nested try Statements. throw. throws. throw vs. throws. finally. final vs. finally vs. finalize. Java’s Built-in Exceptions. Hierarchy of Java Exception Classes. Creating your own Exception Subclass
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8.pdf | Chapter 10 (R1) |
Lecture 09 (29/06/21) | Java I/O and File Handling: I/O Stream Basics, Byte Stream and Character Stream, The Predefined Stream, Reading Console Input, Writing Console Output, Reading and Writing Files, Try-with Resources [ Self Study ]
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9.pdf | Chapter 13 (R1) |
Lecture 10 (02/07/21,06/07/21, 09/07/21) | Event Handling, Introducing the AWT: Working with Windows, Graphics and Text, Using AWT Controls, Layout Managers, and Menus: The AWT class hierarchy. The Delegation Event Model. Events, Event sources, Event classes, Event Listeners, Relationship between Event sources and Listeners. Creating GUI applications using AWT.
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10.pdf + Book Reading + Online Tutorials. | Chapter 24,25,26 (R1) |
Lecture 11 (13/07/21,16/07/21) | Introducing Swing, Exploring Swring: online
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Book Reading + Online Tutorials] | Chapter 24,25,26 (R1) |
Assignments and Tests
Home Assignments
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 1, Difference between JDK, JRE, and JVM. [06/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 2(a), Difference between Procedure Oriented Programming(POPs) and Object Oriented Programming(OOPs). [08/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 2(b), Write some real life examples (pictorial representation) of OOPs. [08/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 3(a), WAP to read n elements in an array and finally print them. [16/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 3(b), WAP to calculate the sum and average of elements in the array. [16/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 3(c), WAP to find the largest and smallest element in the array. [16/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 3(d), WAP to find/search an element in the array(using linear search). [16/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 3(e), WAP to sort the elements of an array(using bubble sort). [16/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 4(a), WAP to print the prime numbers form given input m to n. [20/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 4(b), WAP to generate the Fibonacci Series upto a given limit. [20/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 5, WAP to create a Student class consisting of rollNo, name, course, and subjects as its instance variables. Demostrate in how many different ways you can initialize the objects of Student class. Finally display the objects as output of the program. [22/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 6, WAP to demonstrate the use of garbage collector in Java [27/04/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 7(a), What are the different ways of method overloading in Java? What is method overloading with widening in Java. [31/05/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 7(b), WAP to find the sum of n natural numbers using recursion. [31/05/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 7(c), WAP to find reversre a string using recursion. [31/05/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 7(d), WAP to count the number of objects created from a class. [31/05/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 7(e), WAP to demonstrate the different string handling methods in java. [31/05/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 8(a), Prepare 10 important questions from the Lecture 6. It should reflect your understanding about the topic. Avoid discussing with your friends. It may reduce your score if similarities are found. [05/06/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 8(b), Answer the questions prepared in 8(a). [05/06/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 9(a), Generate 5-10 errrors from the Lecture 07 ppt sample programs. The errors should be related to the concepts of inheritance, packages, and interfaces. [14/06/2021]
- Home Assignment (HA) No. 9(b), WAP to demonstrate how to achieve multiple inheritance in Java. [14/06/2021]
Class Assignments
- Assignment No. 1, Posted on Google Classroom, Submission Deadline: 20/05/2021
- Assignment No. 2, Posted on Google Classroom, Submission Deadline: 20/06/2021
Tests and Quizes
- Test 1, will be held on 04/05/2021. The Syllabus for Test 1 will be upto Chapter 6 + Class Assignment no. 1.
- Quiz 1, **/**/2021.
- Test 2, will be held on 02/07/2021. The Syllabus for Test 2 will be from Chapter 7-10 + Class Assignment no. 2.
- Quiz 2, **/**/2021.
Resources
- R1: Schildt, H. (2018). Java: The Complete Reference. 10th edition. McGraw-Hill Education.
- Additional R1: Balaguruswamy, E. (2014). Programming with JAVA: A Primer. 5th edition. India: McGraw Hill Education.
- Additional R2: Horstmann, C. S. (2017). Core Java - Vol. I – Fundamentals (Vol. 10). Pearson Education.
- Additional R3: Schildt, H., & Skrien, D. (2012). Java Fundamentals - A Comprehensive Introduction. India: McGraw Hill Education.
- Web 1: The Java™ Tutorials [1]
- Web 2: Java T Point Tutorial [2]
- Web 3: NTU notes on Java [3]
Course Running Status (Completed)
Unit/Chapter | Topic | Status | Remarks |
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1 | The History and Evolution of Java | Completed | 06/04/2021 |
2 | An Overview of Java | Completed | 08/04/2021 |
3 | Data Types, Variables and Arrays | Completed | 13/04/2021 |
4 | Operators | Completed | 16/04/2021 |
5 | Control Statements | Completed | 20/04/2021 |
6 | Introducing Classes | Completed | 27/04/2021 |
7 | A Closer Look at Methods and Classes | Completed | 28/05/2021 |
8 | Inheritance | Completed | 03/06/2021 |
9 | Packages and Interfaces | Completed | 10/06/2021 |
10 | Exception Handling | Completed | 25/06/2021 |
11 | IO and File Handling | Completed | 29/06/2021 |
12 | Event Handling and AWT | Completed | 09/07/2021 |
13 | Introducing Swing, Exploring Swing | Completed | 16/07/2021 |