Elements of the Java Platform

CS 161 - Java

Programming Assignment Road Map

Assignment 1

Goal:

• Create an easy program and get your chosen Java environment to work.

Purpose:

• To get you used to the compiler and the interpreter;

• For you to experience common initial problems;

• Decide where you will do the remainder of the assignments;

• Get familiar with tools.

Assignment 2

Goal:

• Write a simple Java program from scratch;

• Learn how to write a Java class with fields and methods.

Purpose:

• To start thinking in terms of breaking a problem into smaller pieces.

• To start getting the computer to calculate answers. To start learning to be exact when giving the computer instructions.

Assignment 3

Goal:

• Write a second Java class and use the two classes written so far, this week's uses last's.

Purpose:

• Learn about instances of classes and calling methods on them.

• To start building solutions from smaller pieces: Java classes; to get those pieces to interact.

Assignment 4

Goal:

• Add input/output capabilities to a Java class;

• read data, process it, and produce some results calculated from the input using multiple classes.

Purpose:

• To access data from an external source,

• To learn how to instruct the computer to process it,

• How to break data into pieces associated with objects.

• Learn about I/O principles;

• Building more complex programs by combining simple pieces.

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