Introduction to Programming

Introduction to Programming
Lecturer: Francesco Ricci

Academic year 2011-2012 - 1st Semester

Objectives | Syllabus | Exam | Lectures | Resources

Start date: September 28th
Lectures: Tuesday and Wednesday 10:30-12:30 Room E221
Labs: Wednesday: 14:00-16:00 Room E431 Mehdi Elahi (E) - 16:00-18:00 Room 531 Markus Innerebner (D) - 16:00-18:00 Room E431 Floriano Zini (I)
Hours of availability for students and tutoring: Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00 (send me an email to set the appointment)

Objectives: The objective of the Introduction to Programming course is to teach the fundamental principles of programming. We will use an object-oriented approach and the student will learn how objects "speak" and "cooperate" to solve a problem. We will teach how to solve problems with good programs. Hence not only how to write programs but also how to design and implement effective solutions. The learning will be based on examples, from very simple ones to more complex. We will use the Java programming language.

Syllabus

Introduction to computer systems
Data types and expressions
Classes and objects
Conditionals and loops
Object-oriented design
Arrays and collections
Inheritance and polymorphism
Recursion

Exam

Final exam: written exercises and questions, 60 % of mark - as a prerequisite for trying the written exam you have to submit a project and pass the project evaluation
Project: the project consists in the design and implementation of a Java application with a graphical user interface 40% of the mark. More details in intro-course.pdf. Note that if you have not passed the project part you could not attend and pass the written exam. So, the project is a prerequisite for attending the written exam.

Exam project specifications: To be published on May 28th

Timing: Written Exam 10:30-12:30, June 29, 2012; deadline for submitting your projects June 11th at noon; publication of the project speficifications May 28th.