Schedule

The schedule for the semester can be found here.

Textbook

Big Java by Cay Horstmann, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2008, ISBN978-0-470-10554-2

On-line Materials

• Linux Manual
  We will also be using Bucknell's Linux Manual which is available in http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/docs/linux/, or in PDF format http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/docs/linux.pdf.
• Java Application Programming Interface (API)
  Sun Microsystem's Java API Website (Java Standard Edition 6)
• How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool
  Sun Microsystem's Javadoc Style Guidelines

Blackboard

Use this link to access Blackboard, where you will find your lab grades (and possibly other grades) for this class.

Handouts

Several handouts used in the course can be found here. Consider saving paper and using on-line versions instead of printing the handouts, whenever possible.

• An Introduction to the Structure of Computers and Programs
• Itty Bitty Machine on one page
• Itty Bitty Machine tracing sheet

Other Links

• Sun's Java Programming Style Standard
• What's new in Java 6.0
• How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool

Lab Policies

• Lab work is due electronically by 5:00 pm on the Thursday after the lab.
• The lab grader will post your grade and any feedback on Blackboard. The grade on a lab is either "Pass" (1), "Redo" (.5) or "Not submitted" (0). When a "Redo" grade is received, you have until the next lab to electronically submit a corrected version of the lab and if corrected properly you will receive a "Pass" (1). To resubmit (for example) lab 1, drag a folder called lab01-xyz01-v2 into the lab drop box.
• If a lab is submitted late, that is, after 5:00 pm on Thursday, it will be handled as if it is a resubmission of that lab (i.e., as though you had previously handed it in and received a "Redo" grade). You won't be able to redo a lab that is handed in late.
• If you are absent from a lab without permission, your lab submission will be handled as a "Redo" for that lab but with a maximum possible grade of 0.5.
• If students complete the lab ahead of time, they still need to come to the beginning of their lab session and demonstrate that it works to the TA or Instructor.
• The last lab of the semester is due by Thursday of that week, as usual. There will be no resubmission allowed on this lab.

Late Work Policy

Written work and programming projects for this class are posted so that students have plenty of time to complete them, assuming that they start early. The assignments must be turned in electronically by 5 PM on their due date. No work will be accepted late unless approved by the instructor. However, for programming projects, you have two (2) late cards which may be used during the semester. Use of a late card allows you to hand in a programming project one calendar day late without penalty. To use one of your two late cards, you must email your instructor in a separate message that you want to use a late card. Use your late cards wisely!

Connecting to Linux From Home

If you want to use the Linux machines from home, you may need some additional software on your computer.

• On a Macintosh, you need X11. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher, X11 is already installed on your computer. You will find it in /Applications/Utilities. Start X11 and type

  ssh -Y xyz01@linuxremote1.eg.bucknell.edu

  where xyz01 is your user name. To start Eclipse, type

  eclipse &

  To bring up a file browser, type

  nautilus --no-desktop --browser &

  Be sure to quit Eclipse and the file browser before quitting X11.
• On a Windows machine you will need a copy of Xmanager Enterprise. It is available on netspace. Select Run… from the Start menu and enter

  \\netspace\software\windows\campus\Engineering Applications

  You will see a folder named Xmanager Enterprise. Follow the instructions in the Installation Instructions.txt file.

Once you have the software installed, use it to connect to linuxremote1, linuxremote2, or linuxremote3.

Getting Locked Out From Eclipse

You may occasionally have trouble using Eclipse after a session has terminated abnormally. For example, suppose you are using Eclipse on your laptop and you lose your Internet connection temporarily. When you reconnect to the Linux machine and start up Eclipse, it will refuse to let you use your workspace:

To fix this problem, follow the following steps.

• Right click on the Linux desktop and select Open Terminal.
• Issue the following commands in the terminal

  
  cd csci203/.metadata
  rm .lock
  
  

Last modified: Tue Oct 20 09:54:58 EDT 2009