1. CSE 219 Computer Science III
Introduction

2. Who am I? Ahmad Esmaili E-mail: esmaili@cs.sunysb.edu
Work phone:
Office Location: CS Room 1438A
Office hours:
Mondays 9:15-10:30am & Fridays12:45 –2:00pm or by appointment

3. Course Homepages http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~cse219
announcements
course information
schedule and grades
Source codes covered in class
discussion board
schedule (lecture slides, hw, …)

4. Course Description
Development of the basic concepts and techniques from Computer Science I and II into practical programming skills that include a systematic approach to program design, coding, testing, and debugging. Application of these skills to the construction of robust programs of lines of source code. Use of programming environments and tools to aid in the software development process.
NOTE: You must have taken CSE 214 and received a grade of "C" or better in order to take this course

5. Course Topics Project Technologies Basics Software Design (UML)
GUIs & Event Programming
Image Processing
Multithreaded programming
Software Design (UML)
Design Patterns
Programming style
Algorithms and data structure selection
Code maintenance & documentation

6. Course Topics (continued)
Effectively using an IDE & associated tools for:
Designing
Code editing
Testing
Debugging
Revision control
Profiling
Documentation
Deployment

7. Textbook #1
Object Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition by Cay Horstmann Published by Wiley, 2005, ISBN

8. Textbook #2
Java How to Program - 7th Edition by Deitel and Deitel Published by Prentice Hall, ISBNs &

9. Course Language Java 1.6 (a.k.a. Java 6) Download
For info on changes from Java 5:
Download
API:
Tutorials:
Trail: Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
Trail: Working with Images
Lesson: Threads: Doing Two or More Tasks at Once

10. Course IDE eclipse Download Tutorials
Tutorials
to be given by TAs & posted online

11. Why Java?
Half of all server application programming is done using the Java platform
What’s that?
enterprise software
ecommerce, resource planning, etc.
What is used for the other half?
.NET

12. Lab Facilities
We will use the Computer Associates Transaction Processing Lab (Trans Lab)
CS 2114 & 2126
Login
all registered students have accounts
Room combo
soon to follow

13. How are grades computed?
4 Homework Assignments 36 % (9% each)
Written Midterm Exam 15 % Wednesday, March 11th, 2:20–3:40pm
Design/Coding Midterm Exam 19 %
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2:20–3:40pm
Software Tool Proficiency Quiz 5 %
Monday, May 6th, 2:20–3:40pm
Final Exam % Wednesday, May 13th, 2:00–4:30pm
100 %
Note CEAS Policy: The Pass/No Credit (P/NC) option is not available for this course.

14. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
All work you submit for homework, projects, or exams MUST be your own work.
If you cheat or aid someone in cheating, you will automatically fail this course and be brought up on charges of academic dishonesty without warning.
NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE!

15. Other Important Info
DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES (DSS) If you have a physical, psychiatric, emotional, medical or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out the assigned course work, please visit DSS in the ECC Building, /TTY.
CELLULAR PHONES Please turn off cellular phones during class.

16. Rules of thumb to remember
3 ½ months is not a long time
Points are more difficult to makeup later in the semester
Have the same sense of urgency for the 1st assignment as you would for the 4th

17. What is a framework?
Groups of classes that form the basis for customization
cooperating classes for a particular technology
ex: multimedia, the Web, databases, etc.
used to build new applications & other frameworks
what’s Java’s application framework for the domain of GUI development?
Swing (a framework built on the AWT framework)

18. Applications Using Frameworks
App1 calls methods of Framework objects
App2 calls methods of Framework objects
Framework calls methods of App1 & App2 objects
Application #1
Application #2
How can this happen?

19. Other Java Frameworks Table 1: Java Frameworks Application Frameworks
Database
JRelational
Intelligent Agents
Jade, JAF, ABLE
Logging
Java logging framework, Log4J
Multimedia
JMF
Networking
RMI
Testing
JUnit, Cactus, JFCUnit, Abbot, Hansel
Web Development
Struts, WebWork, SOFIA, Cocoon, JBoss, JOFFAD
XML
Dom4j, JBind
Others
Java Collections, BSF, Joone, ...

20. Framework Documentation
Frameworks are more than just one class, but many classes working together
Framework developers must explain how to use them all together properly
API
Tutorials
Frameworks are open source as well as for purchase, ex:

21. Who cares? We are constantly using Java frameworks
Think about how you might create a framework
Gaining the ability to make frameworks will make you a powerful developer

22. What’s a mod?

23. Mods Short for modification
Change an existing game/application to incorporate your own creative/productive/sick ideas
Modding techniques:
change artwork, music, etc. via plugging in your own
change source code
See:

24. Well known game mods Entirely new content Customizable UI components
Neverwinter Nights
Starcraft
Id games
Customizable UI components
World of Warcraft (WOW) add-ons
Etc.

25. Why do we care?
Because you will be making a game such that it can accommodate mods
Then you will be making mods for your game
Then you will be sharing your mods with each other

26. Sample Project?

27. Sample Project?

28. Why make mods?
Because it makes you design anticipating later changes and additions to your program
We will be making 2 types of mods:
maps (plugging in our own artwork/level design)
add-ons (providing additional UI utility)
Both mods should be addable without program recompilation

29. The HW Plan
HW 0 – your contract to be academically honest and understand rules of Project
HW 1 – Learning the necessary Java technologies for making a mini version
GUIs
Threads
Image Processing
HW 2
Create your Design & Documentation
HWs 3 – 4
code, test, profile, document (some more) & deploy your game
review & update your design as well
create mods for your game

30. Pre-HW0 (this means today)
Play and completely understand all the rules of the project ASAP