EECS 285: Practical Programming in Java

Fall 2020

Introduction to the Java language, with graphical user interfaces and mobile programming in Java. Build an object-oriented game simulator, a playable graphical game, and an Android application.

See the syllabus for all the details.

For live lectures on Zoom and recordings, please visit the course's Canvas page.

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Day	#	Lecture Topic	Deadline
Wed 2 Sep	1	Introduction and Basic Java
Wed 9 Sep	2	Classes and Objects
Wed 16 Sep	3	Enums and Inheritance	Project 1 due Fri 18 Sep 8pm
Wed 23 Sep	4	Inheritance and Polymorphism
Wed 30 Sep	5	Arrays and Exceptions
Wed 7 Oct	6	Interfaces, Nested Classes, and GUIs	Project 2 due Fri 9 Oct 8pm
Wed 14 Oct	7	GUIs II
Wed 21 Oct	8	GUIs III and Design Patterns
Wed 28 Oct	9	Generics and Collections
Wed 4 Nov	10	Input and Output	Project 3 due Fri 6 Nov 8pm
Wed 11 Nov	11	Android
Wed 18 Nov	12	Android II	Project 4 setup due Wed 18 Nov 8pm
Wed 2 Dec	13	Android III	Project 4 due Tues 8 Dec 8pm