CP2003 - Principles of Programming Languages ( 3 Units )

The lecture notes will be availabe in HTML. NOTE: These lecture notes are provided as a guide only. Additional explanations and examples will be performed in lectures and it is highly recommended that you attend.

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Provisional Plan:

• Week 1: Object Oriented Programming Paradigm, Object Oriented Languages (Textbook: 31-38, 103-106, 342-343)
• Week 2: Introduction to Java (Textbook: 15-16)
• Week 3: Java Primitive Types, Control Flow, Constants, Vectors, Iterators, Strings, Arrays, Packages (Textbook: 47-81, 183-268, 380-387, 431-478)
• Week 4: Java I/O, File I/O, Streams, Readers, Writers and Exceptions (Textbook: 83-89, 515-532, 544-562)
• Week 5: Java Objects and Classes, Inheritance, Access Controls, Polymorphism, Dynamic Binding (Textbook: 103-137, 269-311, 341-393, optional 563-612)
• Week 6: Java Abstract Classes and Interfaces, Inner Classes (Textbook: 363-393, 401-407)
• Week 7: Event-Driven Programming and Java GUIs I (Textbook: 139-182, 395-430, 479-514)
• Week 8: Event-Driven Programming and Java GUIs II (Textbook: 139-182, 395-430, 479-514)
• Week 9: Java Remote Method Invocation (JRMI) (Daconta et. al: 579-600)
• Week 10: Sockets, Client-Server Programming
• Week 11: Java Threads (Textbook: not covered)
• Week 12: Java Applets (Textbook: 139-181)
• Week 13: JavaScript and Review