CS106A - Programming Methodology

Stanford Univ. - CS106A - Programming Methodology. This consists of 28 lectures given by Professor Mehran Sahami. This course is an introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Programming Methodology teaches the widely-used Java programming language along with good software engineering principles. Emphasis is on good programming style and the built-in facilities of the Java language. The course is explicitly designed to appeal to humanists and social scientists as well as hard-core techies. In fact, most Programming Methodology graduates end up majoring outside of the School of Engineering.
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Lecture 01 - An Overview of the Course, Discussing computer programming
Lecture 02 - Programming with Karel, Control Structures in Karel
Lecture 03 - Program-solving in Karel, Common Errors, Comments, and Advanced Instructions
Lecture 04 - The history of computing, Introduction to Java
Lecture 05 - Graphics, Objects, Classes, Variables, and Values pertaining to Java
Lecture 06 - Control Statements, Boolean Expressions
Lecture 07 - Loops, Function, Methods, and Returning
Lecture 08 - Information Hiding, Parameter Passing Between Methods, The RandomGenerator Class
Lecture 09 - Strings, Writing your own class, Creating a new class, Using the created class, Using JavaDoc
Lecture 10 - Importance of private variables, The acm.graphics package, interfaces and methods
Lecture 11 - GImage class, GCompound class, GPolygon class, and Event driven programs
Lecture 12 - Enumeration, Characters, The ASCII Subset of Unicode
Lecture 13 - String Processing, Tokenizers, Encryption
Lecture 14 - Memory, Different Sections of Memory for Different Types of Variables, Memory Allocation Mechanics
Lecture 15 - File processing, Code for Opening, Reading and Closing Files, Exceptions, Code for Writing Files
Lecture 16 - Array, Creating a New Array, The ++ Operator, Size of an Array, An Array as a Parameter
Lecture 17 - Multi-dimensional Arrays, An ArrayList, The Template Class, Methods in the ArrayList Class
Lecture 18 - Multi-dimensional Arrays, The ArrayList Way, Pros and Cons: ArrayList vs. Array, Debugging
Lecture 19 - An Interface, How are Interfaces Implemented, A Map, The HashMap Class, Methods of the HashMap
Lecture 20 - Introduction to Graphical User Interface (GUI), Interactors
Lecture 21 - Review of Interactors and Listeners, Example Programs
Lecture 22 - Overview of NameSurfer - The Next Assignment
Lecture 23 - Sorting and Algorithmic Efficiency, Searching
Lecture 24 - Principles of Good Software Engineering for Managing Large Amounts of Data, Principles of Design
Lecture 25 - Defining a Social Network for Our Purposes, See What the Program Needs to Do
Lecture 26 - Introduction to the Standard Java Libraries, A JAR File, Creating a JAR File, Creating an Applet
Lecture 27 - Life After CS106A, The CS Major, Other Possible Majors
Lecture 28 - The Graphics Contest Winners, Review for the Final


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Instructors: Professor Mehran Sahami. Handouts. Assignments. Exams. This course is an introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles.
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