CSCA08H: UTSC announcements

UTSC announcements

The announcements in this column apply to the UTSC campus only.

April

  • Final Exam Mon 11 Apr 05
    Please check here for the final exam date, time, and place. Please see below for extra office hours.
    The final exam covers pretty much everything we've covered in class and assignments, with an emphasis on material presented or practiced after the midterm. Main topics include: loops of all kinds; arrays of one or more dimensions; class, object, and method creation; Javadoc and unit testing, compilation vs. execution erros, sorting (just what we covered in lectures), reading from and writing to files; dealing with specific classes that we practiced with (String, JFrame, StringTokenizer, BufferedReader, etc.). API descriptions similar to the ones given in midterm will be provided (see course-wide announcements, Apr 7, on the right). No aids will be allowed.

  • Extra Office Hours Mon 11 Apr 05
    Michael will have extra office hours for people in CSA08 as follows:
    Thursday, 14 Apr: 10-12, 2-4
    Thursday, 21 Apr: 10-12, 2-4
    If these times do not work for you, please arrange an appointment by email.

  • Late A3 submits Mon 04 Apr 05
    If you are submitting late for A3, please use A3Late as your assignment name instead of A3. See here for details.

  • A3 short extension; A3 help Mon 04 Apr 05
    Due to popular demand, the A3 due time has been moved to 21:00 EDT (9:00 P.M.) on Tuesday, April 5. Michael will be in his office on Tuesday at the following times: 9 - 11 and 2:30 - 4:30, offering help and encouragement.

  • Checkstyle: update Mon 04 Apr 05
    The instructions of the last post (see below) have been updated. If you wan to use checlstyle, please re-read the link.

  • Checkstyle Mon 04 Apr 05
    Some people have had difficulties with installing or running Checkstyle on their own machine, or on the lab PCs. Here are instructions on how to run it from fissure for this assignment.

  • March

  • Office Hour Change This Week Wed 30 Mar 05
    Wednesday's office hours (2:30 - 3:30) are cancelled. Instead, there will be an A3 help session on Thursday, 2-4 in Michael's office.

  • More A2 Extra Office Hours Mon 07 Mar 05
    Today's office hours are extended: 1:00 - 3:00.

  • A1 marks Thu 03 Mar 05
    A1 marks are available here

  • A2 Extra Help Office Hours Wed 02 Mar 05
    Michael will have extra office hours Thursday, 3 Mar 09:00 - 11:00 and new: 1:30 - 3:00. Come with your questions!

  • Midterm marks Tue 01 Mar 05
    Midterm marks are available here

  • February


    Course-wide announcements

    Course-wide Announcements

    These are the course-wide announcements that apply to all three campuses.

    April

    • Exam cover page and API posted 2005-04-07

      It's on the Tests page.

    March

    • Assignment 3 posted 2005-03-13

      Good luck!

    • A2 - Add getInventory() to BookStore 2005-03-06

      You must add the method getInventory() to the
      BookStore class. This method will make it easier for
      you to test your other methods for this class.

      Since this is a new requirement, I have provided the code for you:
      Assuming you have some instance variable for the inventory of books on hand:
      private String bookInventory;
      The method is as follows:
      /**
      * Returns the inventory of the books on hand at the
      * BookStore.
      * @return the inventory of the books on hand as a String
      */
      public Sring getInventory() {
      return bookInventory; // or whatever you named this instance variable.
      }

    • A2 due date extended
      to Thursday, March 10
      2005-03-05

      The submission deadline is extended to Thursday, March 10 at 9:00 a.m. (sharp). This will give you time to create a more thorough set of test cases and to ensure that your code meets the checkstyle standard. The time is given due to the length of the assignment - it is recommended that you take advantage of every minute that you get.

    February

    • Assignment 1 Solution/Tester Posted 2005-02-18

      A sample A1 solution has been posted. We have also posted the A1 tester that we used to generate your "automark". To run the tester on your code in DrJava:

      • Open up your AVEquipment.java, ClassRoom.java.
      • Open up our AVEquipmentTester.java, ClassRoomTester.java.
      • Compile.
      • Click test.

      You can see exactly which tests your program failed.

    • Assignment 2 Posted 2005-02-14

      Assignment 2 is posted on the Assignments page.

    • Lucent Global Science Scholars Award 2005-02-07

      This is an outstanding opportunity for first-year students with high academic standing.

      *** The deadline for applications is March 31, 2005. ***

      The award:
      The successful applicants will receive a one-time award of $US5,000 and an expense-paid trip to visit Lucent/Bell Labs Global Headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey to attend the "Lucent Global Science Scholars Summit" in July 2005 along with other competition winners from around the world. When possible, the winner will be offered a paid summer internship.

      Eligibility:
      To be eligible, you must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada who is a full-time student in first year undergraduate study in: computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a specialized technical communications major. To see the full list of requirements, visit the website below.

      Applications:
      For an application form and more details, visit visit www.cbie.ca (choose "Scholarships") or contact Svetlana Pisarenko at (613) 237-4820, ext. 243, or spisarenko@cbie.ca.

    January

    • Style Rules Fri 21 Jan 05

      We posted a list of mandatory style and submission rules on the Assignments page. A portion of your assignment marks will be based on style. Follow these rules!

    • New CodeLab Web Address!!! Sat 15 Jan 05

      The hosting service for CodeLab is experiencing technical difficulties, making the normal login and registration web address inaccessible.

      Until this problem is fixed, please use the following web link to login or to register: CodeLab

      The Monday 9:00 a.m. submission deadline for all campuses is extended to Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. for this week only.

      If you need to contact Turing's Craft, Inc. for CodeLab support, they can be reached at arnow@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu

    • A1 posted Fri 14 Jan 05
      Assignment 1 is now posted. It is due February 1, 9:00 a.m. Please check the assigments page.