Introduction to computer science II
CISC 124
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Who Am I?
Dr. Burton Ma
office
Goodwin 754
office hours
TBA
email
include CISC124 in subject line so I know what course you
are in
burton.ma@queensu.ca
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Teaching assistants
TBA, see onq
contact information and office hours will be posted on
onq
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Course information
everything will be on onq
lectures are recorded
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Textbooks
course notes provided as Jupyter notebooks
online at:
https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/burtonma/CISC124_current/HEAD?urlpath=notebooks%2Ftoc.ipynb
library has excellent online books:
Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary
Approach, 2nd ed (excellent for its breadth of exercises, but
weak or lacking in some aspects of object-oriented
programming)
https://ocul-qu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_QU/1m1jubc/alma9952532745005158
Effective Java, 2nd ed (3rd edition is actually available if you
look for it after following the link)
https://ocul-qu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_QU/sk7he5/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9780134686073
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Grading
see onq
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Assignments
to be done individually, submitted via onq
universal accommodation policy
there is an official due date for each assignment
expectation is that students will submit their work by this date
all students may submit their assignment work up to 7 days
late without penalty and without needing to inform the
instructor or TAs
grading of assignments may begin immediately after the
due date; changes made to your submitted work during the
accommodation period will not be considered if your work
has already been evaluated
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Quizzes
in class, see onq
one missed quiz for academically valid reason
weight of quiz is shifted to exam
two missed quizzes
policy to be determined
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Exam
in person, scheduled by Exams Office
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What is this course about?
CISC 124: Introduction to computing science II
Introduction to object-oriented design, architecture, and programming.
Use of packages, class libraries, and interfaces. Encapsulation and
representational abstraction. Inheritance. Polymorphic programming.
Exception handling. Iterators. Introduction to a class design notation.
Numerical computation. Applications in various areas.
learn about object-oriented programming using Java
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What is object-oriented programming?
one of the most widely used programming paradigms
programming paradigms
structured programming
like what you learned in CISC 121
control flow defined by loops, conditionals, function calls
object-oriented programming (OOP)
running program made up of objects that have state (information)
and behavior (meth0ds)
objects interact with one another by passing messages (calling
methods)
many others
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What is Java?
a general purpose, cross platform, OOP language
created during early 1990s to address issues with the
dominant languages at the time (C/C++)
primary goals
1. simple, object-oriented, and familiar.
2. robust and secure.
3. architecture-neutral and portable
4. execute with high performance
5. interpreted, threaded, and dynamic
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Where is Java used?
enterprise software
server-side
big data
embedded devices
some scientific applications
some video games
see https://blogs.oracle.com/javamagazine/the-top-
25-greatest-java-apps-ever-written
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Why not Python?
it is good for you to learn different languages
easier transition to C and C++
needed for upper-year CISC courses
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Using Java this course
instructions on onq
install a Java Development Kit (JDK)
Oracle JDK 17 recommended
install eclipse for Java programmers integrated
development environment (IDE)
other IDEs are fine but I cannot offer support for them
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Jupyter notebooks
demo here
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