Winter 2008, ITI 1120: Introduction to Computing I

Problem solving and algorithm design. Basic principles of software engineering: structure decomposition, documentation, testing and debugging. Variable types, expressions and assignment. Conditional and iterative control structures. Modules and parameter passing. Recursion. Fundamental data structures: arrays, strings, matrices, records. Introduction to objects. Includes examples of applications in various disciplines, including engineering.

Course Outline (pdf)
Professor
Labs
- Information about lab schedule and topics is available here.
- The course lab manual (pdf)
Course Notes (Required)
- Available here in pdf format.
Textbook (Recommended)
- Starting Out with Java: From Control structures through Objects, Tony Gaddis, Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, 2007.
Other Resources and Useful Links
- Java/Computing
  - "On To Java", 3rd edition by P. H. Winston and S. Narasimhan, On-line version available at http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/phw/OnToJava/
  - Official Java documentation for library classes (the "application programmers' interface" – API)
  - Sun's Java tutorial
  - Introduction to Programming Using Java (another online textbook)
  - Some more online tutorials
  - The Java Development Kit download page
  - The Dr. Java development environment
  - The Eclipse project (development environment for advanced users)
  - Instructions for installing Norton Antivirus software
- SITE Lab Information and Documentation
- Academic/Student Associations