Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Covers the principles of object-oriented software design and development, as well as computational methods and sensing for engineering, science, and management applications.
• It covers subjects including class design, inheritance, graphical user interfaces, numerical methods, streams, threads, sensors, and data structures. Students use the Java® programming language to perform weekly software tasks.

Syllabus:

1. Control and Scope

• Course Overview, Introduction to Java    
• Interactive Development Environment: Eclipse    
• Operators, Control Structures    
• Data Types, More Operators  
• More Data Types, Control Structures, Intro to Methods   
• Methods and Scope   

2. Classes and Objects

• Classes and Objects    
• Classes II    
• Methods and Objects, Access   
• Static Methods and Data   
• Arrays, Arraylists   
• Recursion

3. Inheritance

• Inheritance: Subclasses 
• Inheritance II: Abstract Classes, Methods
• Inheritance III: Interfaces  
• Design Lab I - Inheritance    

4. Graphical User Interfaces

• Introduction to Swing   
• Swing Event Model   
• Inner Classes, Layout Managers    
• Model-View-Controller, Timers   
• 2D API, 2D Transformations    
• Design Lab II- Swing    

5. Streams (Input/Output) and Exceptions

• Streams I, Exceptions   
• Streams II  

6. Sensors and Threads

• Sensors I  
• Sensors II   
• Design Lab III - Sensors    
• Threads   
• Threads and Sensors  

7. Numerical Methods

• Matrices   
• Linear Systems   
• Integration   
• Root Finding    

8. Data Structures

• Sorting
• Stacks, Queues  
• Lists   
• Storing Data: Trees, Hash Tables

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