Management Information Systems 260 Web Programming Fall 2006 (CRN: 42459)

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Management Information Systems 260 Web Programming

Fall 2006 (CRN: 42459) Class

Time: 6:00 – 8:05 p.m. (T,Th) Venue: WSL 5

Web Site: www.pbvusd.net/mis260

Instructor

Name: Terrell Tucker Office: BDC 127

Office Hrs: 5:15 – 6:00 p.m. (T, Th) or by Appt.

Office Ph: 831-8331 ext. 144 Email: [email protected] Prerequisite

MIS 200A Software Productivity Tools or equivalent Course Objective

The course is designed to guide the beginning programmer in developing applications using the Java and Visual Basic.Net (VB.NET) programming languages. The ability to program using object-oriented tools is beginning to be treated as fundamental knowledge of the average MIS major. Students will be introduced to object-oriented programming concepts along with the Java and VB.NET syntax to implement them. Upon the completion of this course, students will know how to create and modify simple Java and VB.NET language applications, and will have the tools to create more complex examples. Students will also have a fundamental knowledge of object-oriented concepts.

Learning Objectives

• understand the programming algorithm, process, and structure

• understand and identify the fundamental concepts of object-oriented programming

• understand and use the concepts of objects, primitive value, message, method,

selection control structure, repetition control structures, object reference, container, and method parameter

• know how to write and run a complete program

• understand and identify the importance of object-oriented programming for the Internet- based electronic commerce

• understand the impact of Java and VB.NET on business Required Materials

• Online Java Programming notes by Dr. Yong Choi.

• Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 BASICS by Todd Knowlton, Alfred Thompson, Brad Hunt and Stephen Collings, Course Technology 2007 (ISBN: 0-619-26720-8)

• Other class materials (e.g., assignments, class announcements, lecture notes, data files…) will be available on our class web page.

Course Guidelines and Comments

Exams will cover anything discussed in class, readings in the textbook, or principles applied in the assignments. There are two midterm exams and one final exam. The final exam is

comprehensive. Students will be informed of the exact format before the exams. There is no make up.

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Late work will not be accepted. Each homework and programming assignment will have a posted deadline. Deadlines are absolute. Failure to submit an assignment by the deadline will result in a grade of 0.

Office Hours are scheduled so you may simply drop in if you need to discuss anything related to the course, your curriculum, your career, etc. I encourage you to take advantage of this time.

Grading

* The grading percentages and scales are subject to change without notice*

Assignments 50%

Exams: 50%

Total 100%

Final grades will be determined on a sliding scale. There may be opportunity to earn extra credit

points.

Course Activities

Programming assignments are a crucial part of the class, and will take a substantial amount of time and effort. All program assignments must be submitted and be of at least reasonable quality to earn a passing grade in the course. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade for the course. Just as you should not submit someone else's work, you must also not make your program available to others to be copied or modified and later submitted by them. It is your obligation not to share your program with others.

Each program assignment is made available through its link to the class web site. Usually, paper copies are not handed out. Documentation that is required is specified as part of the assignment description. The fact that your program "runs" is important, but is only one factor in determining your grade for each project. Assignments will be graded on two criteria, functionality and style. A program that works is not, by any means, a perfect program. You should always write programs that are concise and written well. More on the two criteria:

• Functionality: Functionality means he program should do what is expected of it. Does it meet all the requirements on the assignment handout? Does it work for the test cases we apply? When testing functionality, the program is examined for its behavior from an external perspective, without looking at your code.

• Style: Style means your program should be designed in a straightforward and clear way that is easy to understand Are the algorithms well defined, simple, and as elegant as possible? Does your program follow the principles of decomposition and Object Oriented Design? Is your program easy to understand? Do comments appear to help explain complicated code? For this facet of the grading we will look closely at the code and offer constructive choices on your programming style and algorithm development.

Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date and may be submitted via

email. If the assignment is not complete, whatever programming and documentation that have

been completed to that point should be submitted. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE

ACCEPTED! Promptness and professionalism are standards to which you will be held. More

detailed instructions for each programming assignment will be posted on our class web site. So,

please visit the web site regularly!

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Tentative Class Schedule

--- Week 1: Sep 12/14

Introduction of Class Materials

Learning About Programming

Understanding Object-Oriented Programming Concepts

Comparison of Java Program Object-Orientation with C++

Importance of learning Java Program Assignment

 Comparison of Java with C++ and Visual Basic (Due 9/19)

--- Week 2: Sep 19/21

Creating your first Java program

Drawing Flowcharts

Starting a Java Program and Adding Comments

Running and Modifying a Java Program Assignment:

Read online chapters

Online quiz and review

--- Week 3: Sep 26/28

Using Data Within a program

Using Constants and Variables

Learning about the Int Data Type, ASCII and Unicode

Writing Arithmetic Statements and Using the Boolean Data Type

Learning about Floating-Point Data Types and Numeric Type Conversion

Working with the Char Data Type Assignment:

--- Week 4: Oct 3/5

Using methods, classes, and objects

Creating Methods with no Arguments, a Single Argument, and Multiple Arguments

Creating Methods that Return Values

Learning about Class Concepts; Creating a Class; Organizing Classes

Using Instance Methods and Declaring Objects

Using Constructors Assignment:

--- Week 5: Oct 10/12

Advanced object concepts

Understanding Blocks and Scope

Overloading a Method

Learning about Ambiguity

Sending Arguments to Constructors and Overloading Constructors Assignment:

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Week 6: Oct 17/19 Input and selection

Accepting Keyboard Input

Making Decisions with the IF and IF … ELSE Structures

Using AND and OR Operators

Using the SWITCH Statement

 Using the Conditional and NOT Operators

Understanding Precedence Assignment:

--- Week 7: Oct 24/26

Looping

Learning about the Loop Structure

Using a WHILE Loop

Using a FOR Loop

Learning How and When to Use a DO…WHILE Loop

Learning about Nested Loops Assignment:

--- Week 8: Oct 31/Nov 2

Characters, strings and the string buffer

Manipulating Characters

Declaring a String Object

Comparing String Values

Using Other String Methods

Converting Strings to Numbers

Learning about the StringBuffer Class Assignment:

Online quiz and review Using MS Visual Studio. Net

Lesson 1: A First Look at MS VB.NET

Lesson 2: Forms, Controls, and Properties

Lesson 3: Events and Code of VB.Net

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Week 9: Nov 7/9 Ch 8- Arrays

Declaring and Initializing an Array

Using Subscripts with an Array

Declaring an Array of Objects

Searching an Array for an Exact Match or a Range Match

Passing Arrays to Methods

Using the LENGTH Field

Creating Arrays of Strings

Sorting Primitive, Object, and String Array Elements

Using Two-Dimensional and Multidimensional Arrays Assignment:

 Read Chapter 8

Exercises Chapter 8 Using MS Visual Studio. Net

Lesson 4: Mathematical Operators

Lesson 5: Exponentiation, Order of Operations, and Error Handling

Lesson 6: Data Types and Variables

Lesson 7: Strings and Decimal Types

--- Week 10: Nov 14/16

Chapter 9 – Applets

Writing an HTML Document to Host an Applet

Understanding Simple Applets

Using Labels with Simple AWT Applets

Writing a Simple Swing Applet and Using a JLabel

Adding JTextField and JButton Components to Swing Applets

Adding Output to a Swing Applet Assignment

Online quiz and review Using MS Visual Studio. Net

Lesson 8: If Statements

Lesson 9: Nested If Statements and Radio Buttons

Lesson 10: Do Loops

Lesson 11: List Boxes, For Next Loops, and Label Settings

--- Week 11:

Final exam: Tuesday, November 28, 8:00 – 10:30 p.m.