Visual Programming - 605316
Summer Semester 2008/2009
Course News:
- July 1,
2009:
First day of the semester.
Course Description:
Basic of visual programming, solid foundation of the syntax and semantics of a visual programming language used to develop both windows-based and web-based applications. The design and creation of graphical User Interfaces (GUI) using the Java programming Language.
Course Outline:
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Topic |
Sections |
Notes |
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1 |
Introduction to Visual Programming ( 6 hrs. ) |
Course
description, ILO, definitions, rules, etc. |
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2 |
Overview
of OOP concepts |
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3 |
Overview
of Swing Components |
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4 |
JLabel
Class |
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5 |
Event
Handlign |
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6 |
How
Event Handling Works |
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7 |
GUI Components Part 1 ( 6 hrs. ) |
JTextField
and JPasswordField |
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8 |
JButton |
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9 |
JCheckBox
and JRadioButton |
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10 |
JList |
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11 |
Review for First Exam |
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16 |
First Exam |
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17 |
GUI Components Part 2 ( 16 hrs. ) |
Return and Discussion of the First Exam |
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18 |
Multiple
Selection Lists |
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19 |
Mouse
Event Handling |
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20 |
Adapter
Classes |
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21 |
Keyboard
Event Handling |
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22 |
Layout
Manager |
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23 |
BorderLayout |
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26 |
GridLayout |
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27 |
JTextArea |
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28 |
JPanels |
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29 |
Creating
a Customized Subclass of JPanel |
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30 |
JSlider |
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31 |
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Using
Menus and Frames |
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32 |
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Review for Second Exam |
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33 |
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Second Exam |
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34 |
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Return and Discussion of the Second Exam |
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35 |
Exception Handling in Java ( 6 hrs. ) |
Basics
of Exception Handling in Java |
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36 |
Try
Blocks |
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37 |
Throwing
an Exception |
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38 |
Catching
an Exception |
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39 |
Rview
for Final |
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40 |
Final Exam |
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Note: Course weekly content may change, you will be
notified with any changes in the class.
Textbook:
- Java How to program, Deitel & Deitel, Prentice Hall, 5th edition.
Book Website: http://www.deitel.com
Suggested references:
- Using java 1.2, Mice Morgan, QUE
- On to Java, Patrick Henrt Winston, Sundar Narasimhan, 2
edition.
- Java By Example, Clayton Walnut.
- Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design, Simon
Bennett, Steven McRobb and Ray Farmer, 2002, McGraw Hill.
- Practical Object Oriented Development with UML & Java,
Richard C. Lee and William M. Tepfenhart, Prentice Hall, 2002.
- Frequently Asked Questions about Object Orientation: OO FAQ
Tools used in the course: