January 15, 2025

• Complete this online survey about your weekly availability as soon as possible (you may submit it multiple times in case your schedule changes before Add/Drop)
  Teams for most projects will be chosen for you based on you schedule compatibility

January 13, 2025

• Current Readings
  • Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin
  • Code Smells by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler (Chapter 3 from Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code)
  • Everything is an Object from Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
  • Refactoring: Extract Class from SourceMaking.com
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Journal: Thinking about Habits and Failure, due by Friday, January 16 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
  • Project: Breakout - Complete, due by Tuesday, January 20 (effectively 3:08am Wednesday morning)

January 8, 2026

• Welcome to CompSci 308!
  • This website is your primary portal to the course: you are responsible for all material here, so check for updates frequently
  • Please help us make this course as useful as possible for you by letting us know if you need help or if something is not working for you
• Current Readings
  • Chapter 1 from Clean Code by Robert Martin
  • OO in One Sentence by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
  • JavaFX, sections 1-3 from Core Java by Cay Horstmann
  • A Visual Guide to Version Control using GIT (or as videos)
  • Markdown Manual: The Web's Simplest Plain-Text Syntax by Matthew Guay
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Before our first class on Thursday if possible, download the latest versions of the software to be used in the course
    If you run into trouble connecting everything, you will be able to get help during class and during Office Hours this week
    
  • Journal: CompSci Autobiography, due by Sunday, January 11 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
  • Project: Breakout - Plan and Starting Code, due by Tuesday, January 13 (effectively 3:08am Wednesday morning)