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CISC-124 Introduction to Computing Science II Winter 2019 "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

Internal Links
Personnel
Course Information
Schedule
Assignments
Lecture Notes
Recommended Readings
Assignment Solutions & Sample Tests
Academic Integrity in CISC 124
Change Log

External Links
	Learning - Your First Job (Paper by Dr. R. Leamnson) - ESSENTIAL READING
	Academic Integrity Statement from Faculty of Arts and Science

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Personnel

Instructor	Francisco de la Parra, PhD
	E-mail: parra@cs.queensu.ca
	Office Hours:     Thursdays 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm     Goodwin 621

TAs	Name	Email	Lab Hours
	Akib Anwar Hridoy	saah@queensu.ca	Monday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
	Lucas Bullen	lb149@queensu.ca	Wednesday 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
	Mackenzie Furlong	mwf2@queensu.ca	Monday 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
	Cameron Raymond	cjkr@queensu.ca	Monday 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
	Sean Remedios	sr166@queensu.ca	Tuesday 8:30 am - 10:30 am
	Ella Stewart	eps3@queensu.ca	Wednesday 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
	Duncan Stuart	ds172@queensu.ca	Monday 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

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Course Information

Calendar Description	Description found here.
Text	Absolute Java, Walter Savitch 6th (or 5th) Edition. (Recommended)
Syllabus	CISC124-W2019-Syllabus
Marking Scheme	Four Assignments worth 10% each : 40% Three Lab Quizzes worth 5% each : 15% One Final worth 45% : 45% There are no make-up quizzes in CISC-124.  If you miss a quiz due to valid extenuating circumstances (which do not include social activities or family gatherings) I will revise your marking scheme. You must have a passing grade (i.e. at least 50%) on the Final Exam in order to pass the course.   Students with special needs are responsible for contacting the instructor at least a week before each quiz.  Please see the Queen's Disability Services page for students for more information.

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Schedule

Class Schedule	Tuesday 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Humphrey Aud
	Wednesday 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Humphrey Aud
	Friday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Humphrey Aud
Quizzes and Assignments Schedule	Due Date	Location / Submission Mode
Quiz 1	Week 4	in Jeffery 155 during lab hours
Quiz 2	Week 7	in Jeffery 155 during lab hours
Quiz 3	Week 11	in Jeffery 155 during lab hours
Assignment 1	Week 4 - January 30, 2019 - 11:00 pm	submit through onQ
Assignment 2	Week 7 - February 25, 2019 - 11:00 pm	submit through onQ
Assignment 3	Week 10 - March 28, 2019 - 11:00 pm	submit through onQ

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Assignments

Due Date / Time	Assignment Instructions		Comments
Wednesday January 30, 2019, 11:00 pm	Assignment1-NHLSimulator		Marking scheme included in assignment 1 description document. Submit a single zip file through onQ
Monday February 25, 2019, 11:00 pm	Assignment2-HPOExplorer Input files(HPO.txt and queries.txt) Clarifications		Marking scheme included in assignment 2 description document. Submit a single zip file through onQ
Thursday March 28, 2019, 11:00 pm	Assignment3-MTOptimizer Input files(ridership.txt and vehicle files)		Marking scheme included in assignment 3 description document. Submit a single zip file through onQ

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Lecture Notes

Source	Material
Week 1 - L1 - Jan 8	Introduction
Week 1 - L2 - Jan 9	Java introduction. JDK and program examples
Week 1 - L3 - Jan 11	Intro to classes and objects. Room scheduler example
Week 2 - L1 - Jan 15	Java API. Console input/output example
Week 2 - L2 - Jan 16	Java syntax. Arrays. Branching
Week 2 - L3 - Jan 18	More Java syntax. While Demo. Expressions. WhileDemo Java program: while loops, arrays, instance method invocation, console input/output
Week 3 - L1 - Jan 22	JavaDemo1. while and for loops. switch statement. Formatted console output
Week 3 - L2 - Jan 23	JavaDemo2. Arrays of objects. Encapsulation, accessor and mutator methods. Recursive methods
Week 3 - L3 - Jan 25	JavaDemo3. Type casting. Example class for generating unique random integers in a given range
Week 4 - L1 - Jan 29	JavaDemo4. 2D arrays. Ragged arrays. Aliasing. System properties
Week 4 - L2 - Jan 30	Exception Handling Scheme. Exception classes. Try-catch-finally statement. Throwing exceptions
Week 4 - L3 - Feb 1	Exceptions Demo. Demo on throwing and handling java-API and user-defined exceptions
Week 5 - L1 - Feb 5	Using Java API classes. Wrapper classes. Classes: Math, String and StringTokenizer. Method overloading
Week 5 - L3 - Feb 8	File I/O. Text and binary files
Week 6 - L2 - Feb 13	OO design summary. Software qualities, development approaches and modularity. Objects, classes and encapsulation
Week 6 - L3 - Feb 15	Numeric representation. Numeric systems. Memory representation of integer and real numbers
Week 7 - L1 - Feb 26	Round-off Error. Javadoc Complements: two's complement representation of signed integers. "Student" class documented for use with Javadoc
Week 7 - L2 - Feb 27	Software testing. Junit Activities, aspects and levels of software testing. Junit framework
Week 7 - L3 - Mar 1	Junit. Class hierarchies Junit testing examples for classes "ClassList" and "Student" (Eclipse project). Vehicle class hierarchy example
Week 8 - L1 - Mar 5	Class inheritance Schematic design of a Vehicle and a Person class hierarchies
Week 8 - L2 - Mar 6	Coding class inheritance Java code examples a Vehicle and a Person class hierarchies. Interfaces. Abstract classes. Enumerations
Week 8 - L3 - Mar 8	Testing class inheritance Summary on interfaces and abstract classes. Test demo of a Vehicle and a Person hierarchies
Week 9 - L1 - Mar 12	Special classes Inner and Anonymous classes. Polymorphism. Linked list example
Week 9 - L2 - Mar 13	Special class demos Inner class usage in linked list demo. Anonymous class for random number generator object demo. ArrayList introduction.
Week 9 - L3 - Mar 15	ArrayList and Generics Methods of ArrayList. Generics
Week 10 - L1 - Mar 19	Generics Demo Generics demo. Lambda expressions introduction
Week 10 - L2 - Mar 20	Lambda Expressions Demo Lambda expressions demo. GUI introduction
Week 10 - L3 - Mar 23	GUI Models GUI architectural patterns. Java GUI packages
Week 11 - L1 - Mar 26	JavaFX Introduction JavaFX tools. GUI implementation model. Basic examples
Week 11 - L2 - Mar 27	JavaFX Application Workflow Application class. Container classes. Components
Week 11 - L3 - Mar 29	JavaFX Event Handling GUI development with Scene Builder: *.fxml layout file, application class, controller class, *.css style file. JavaFXEvents example
Week 12 - L1 - Apr 2	JavaFX Events Example Example of generating and handling syncronized events in a JavaFX application
Week 12 - L2 - Apr 3	Linked Lists and Iterators Single- and double-link linked lists. Generic linked lists. Data node encapsulation. Iterator classes
Week 12 - L3 - Apr 5	Collections Collections framework. Maps framework

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Recommended Readings

Source	Comments
Learning (Your First Job)	Essential reading for all students
Computer Science For Fun	Purely recreational
Atlantic - From Aristotle to Computers	A bit of history

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Assignment Solutions

Date	Material	Comments
Feb 14	Assignment-1 Solution	A sample solution to assignment 1
Mar 14	Assignment-2 Solution	A sample solution to assignment 2
Apr 24	Assignment-3 Solution	A sample solution to assignment 3

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Academic Integrity in CISC 124

Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities).

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1 on the Arts and Science website) and from the instructor of this course.

Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification. Falsification includes attempting to obtain, or accepting, a grade that is not solely and completely based on the graded work as submitted. 

In CISC-124, academic integrity means that the work you hand in as your own (tests and assignments) really is your own. You may ask other people for general help in the course -- by which I mean general explanations and help with practice problems that are not being handed in. You may talk in general terms with other students about marked assignments, as in discussing strategies ("how are you handling the case where the list is empty?") or requirements ("are we supposed to print out all the data or just the average?"). You may not share code or even pseudo-code with anyone else.

CISC-124 has a zero-tolerance policy regarding departures from academic integrity.  There will be no exceptions.

Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university. 

Each student in CISC-124 is required to confirm that they have read this statement on academic integrity and that they understand the consequences of any departure from academic integrity.   Your assignments and tests will not be evaluated unless you complete this confirmation through onQ.

The preceding text on academic integrity is based on a document written by Prof. Margaret Lamb and is used here with her permission.

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Change Log

Date	Log Entry
2019-01-08	Website opened
2019-01-09	Posted slides lecture 1: Introduction, week 1
2019-01-13	Posted assignment 1
2019-01-13	Posted material from lectures 2 an 3, week 1
2019-01-17	Posted material from lectures 1 an 2, week 2
2019-01-19	Posted material from lecture 3, week 2
2019-01-23	Posted material from lectures 1 an 2, week 3
2019-01-25	Posted material from lecture 3, week 3
2019-01-29	Posted material from lecture 1, week 4
2019-02-01	Posted material from lecture 2, week 4
2019-02-02	Posted material from lecture 3, week 4
2019-02-03	Posted assignment 2
2019-02-06	Posted material from lecture 1, week 5
2019-02-09	Posted material from lecture 3, week 5
2019-02-13	Posted material from lecture 2, week 6
2019-02-14	Posted a sample solution to assignment 1
2019-02-16	Posted material from lecture 3, week 6
2019-03-01	Posted material from lectures 1, 2 and 3, week 7
2019-03-05	Posted assignment 3
2019-03-09	Posted material from lectures 1, 2 and 3, week 8
2019-03-14	Posted a sample solution to assignment 2
2019-03-16	Posted material from lectures 1, 2 and 3, week 9
2019-03-22	Posted material from lectures 1 , 2 and 3, week 10
2019-04-02	Posted material from lectures 1 , 2 and 3, week 11
2019-04-07	Posted material from lectures 1 , 2 and 3, week 12
2019-04-24	Posted a sample solution to assignment 3

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