December 3, 2021

• Future Readings
  • True Programmers Never Stop Learning by Thibaud Jobert
  • Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by E. Gamma, R. Helm, R. Johnson, and J. Vlissides
  • Do Programmers Need a Code of Conduct interview with Robert Martin and his talk The Future of Programming

November 29, 2021

• Please complete the Course Evaluation on DukeHub — every voice matters!
• Current Readings
  • Four Pillars of Object Oriented Programming by Ben Jacobs
  • Secure Coding Guidelines for Java from Oracle
  • Java at 25: Features that made an impact and a look to the future an interview with Georges Saab, Vice President of Software Development in the Java Platform Group
  • The API-First World, a comic book from Postman
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Team Review, due Sunday, December 5 (effectively 3:07am EDT Monday morning)
  • OOGA, Complete, due Sunday, December 5 (effectively 3:07am EDT Monday morning)
  • Journal, Project Analysis, due Sunday, December 12 (effectively 3:07am EDT Monday morning)
    
  • OOGA, Demo, due Sunday, December 12 (effectively 3:07am EDT Monday morning)

November 16, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Improvement Assessment, due Tuesday, November 23 (effectively 3:07am EDT Wednesday morning)
  • OOGA, Basic, due Tuesday, November 23 (effectively 3:07am EDT Wednesday morning)
    Your assigned TA will contact you this week to demo and discuss your progress.

November 15, 2021

• Sign up to be a UTA for the Fall!
• Current Readings
  • Functional Programming in Java by Venkat Subramaniam
  • Refactoring with Loops and Collection Pipelines by Martin Fowler
  • Java Logging Best Practices by Rafal Kuć
  • Maven: A Build Automation Tool for Java by Aman Singh

November 9, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Ethical Dilemma, due Monday, November 15 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • OOGA, Test, due Monday, November 15 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
    Your assigned TA will contact you this week to demo and discuss your progress.

November 8, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Introduction to Design Patterns (Chapter 5 from Design Patterns Explained) by Alan Shalloway and James Trott
  • Composition vs. Inheritance by Bill Venners
  • The Magic of Data Driven Design by Steve Rabin from Game Programming Gems
  • Refactoring to Patterns (Introduction) by Joshua Kerievsky

November 2, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Project Analysis, due Monday, November 8 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • OOGA, Plan, due Monday, November 8 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)

November 1, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Josh Bloch interview on API Design
  • Agile Project Management by Isidora Markovic
  • Introducing OO Frameworks by Taligent
  • Teamwork is an Individual Skill by Christopher Avery

October 26, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Team Review, due Monday, November 1 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Cell Society, Change, due Monday, November 1 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)

October 24, 2021

• Current Readings
  • From STUPID to SOLID by William Durand
  • It All Comes Down to Respecting Levels of Abstraction by Jonathan Boccara
  • Why Lamba Expressions from Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient by Cay Horstmann

October 19, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Ethics in the News, due Monday, October 25 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Cell Society, Basic version, due Monday, October 25 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)

October 17, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Why Java Interfaces Are So Very Cool (Chapter 17 from Java Garage) by Eben Hewitt
  • Dependency Inversion Principle by Robert Martin
  • Reflection from the Java Tutorial
  • ACM Code of Ethics and a discussion about responses to cyber crime

October 12, 2021

• Java 17 was released last month as well as OpenJFX 17
  • No significant public changes made, just moving many things from preview to stable
  • Upgrading is NOT recommended since we have not had a chance to test them in IntelliJ yet
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Survey, due Monday, October 18 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Journal, Project Analysis, due Monday, October 18 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Cell Society, Plan and Test, due Monday, October 18 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)

October 10, 2021

• Current Readings
  • MVC from Head First Design Patterns by Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Eric Freeman, and Elisabeth Robson
  • Interface Separation Principle by Robert Martin
  • Lambda Expressions from the Java Tutorial
  • Managing Conflict and Project Teams and Problematic Behavior in Project Teams from the Group Project Survival Guide resource from Babson College (videos)

October 6, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Team Review, due Monday, October 11 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • OOLALA, Complete, due Monday, October 11 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)

September 27, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin
  • Designing with Exceptions by Bill Venners
  • User Interface Testing with TestFX by Adam Carroll (focus on the ideas, not the exact details)

September 24, 2021

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal, Starting the Project, due Monday, September 27 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • OOLALA, Basic, due Friday, October 1 (effectively 3:07am EDT Saturday morning)

September 20, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Open-Closed Principle by Robert Martin
  • A Systematic Approach to Write Better Code With OOP Concepts by Muhammad Umair
  • Git Branching from Pro Git book by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub
  • Effective Teamwork in Student Groups from the Group Project Survival Guide resource from Babson College (videos)

September 15, 2021

• Practice Set #4, due on Monday, September 20 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Complete this online survey about your weekly availability
    Teams for projects will be chosen for you based on you schedule compatibility
  • Journal, Improvement Analysis
  • Design, Fluxx Design Analysis
  • Project, Maze Solver
    Refactor your project in three significant ways based on feedback from your mentor TA or things you have learned
  • Project, NanoBrowser
    Update your project beyond what is started in lab

September 12, 2021

• Current Readings
  • JUnit Test Infected by Kent Beck and using TDD with IntelliJ
  • Model-View Separation Principle by Craig Larman from Applying UML and Patterns
  • Exceptions from the Java Tutorial
  • JavaFX: Making Client Apps Sexy Again! by Terrence Barr

September 8, 2021

• Practice Set #3, due on Monday, September 13 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Journal, Ethics
  • Design, Fluxx Changes
  • Project, Hangman Game
    Refactor your project in three significant ways based on feedback from your mentor TA or things you have learned
  • Project, Maze Solver
    Update your project beyond what is started in lab

September 5, 20021

• Current Readings
  • Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin
  • Access Control (Encapsulation) from Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
  • Object-Oriented Software Development: Inheritance and Polymorphism by Rick Mercer
  • Refactoring: Replace Conditional with Polymorphism from Refactoring by Martin Fowler

September 1, 2021

• Practice Set #2, due on Monday, September 6 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
  • Journal, Reflection
  • Design, Fluxx Use Cases
  • Project, Breakout Game
    Refactor your project in three significant ways based on feedback from your mentor TA or things you have learned
  • Project, Hangman Game
    Update your project beyond what is started in lab

August 30, 2021

• Current Readings
  • Chapter 1 from Clean Code by Robert Martin
  • OO in One Sentence by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
  • Code Smells by K. Beck and M. Fowler (Chapter 3 from Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code)
  • Refactoring: Extract Class from Refactoring by Martin Fowler

August 23, 2021

• Welcome to CompSci 307!
  • This website is your primary portal to the course: you are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently
  • Please help us make this course as useful as possible for you by letting someone on the Teaching Team know as soon as possible if you need help
• University Requirements
  • You are expected to wear a mask indoors and especially in the classroom
  • If you test positive for COVID, do not attend class, instead submit a Short-term Illness Notification
• Current Readings
  • Everything is an Object from Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
  • Debugging from The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
  • JavaFX, sections 1-3 from Core Java by Cay Horstmann
  • A Visual Guide to Version Control using GIT (or as videos)
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Before class on Wednesday, download and install the current versions of the software for the course
    Here is a video of the process (since there are some specific notes I wanted to show in choosing what to download)
    If you run into trouble, you can get help during class
    • OpenJDK version 16, the FULL DMG or MSI package
    • IntelliJ Ultimate (free for students)
    • GIT
      • MacOS install: you may need to install the Xcode Developer tools
      • Windows install: comes with a program called Git Shell or can also install a full version of Ubuntu Linux
        
  • Practice Set #1, due on Monday, August 30 (effectively 3:07am EDT Tuesday morning)
    • Journal, CompSci Autobiography
    • Design, Fluxx Objects
    • Project, Breakout Game