News

This page is used to update you to the latest happenings on this course's web site. It is also used to help me keep track of what I'm doing (or should have been doing). The newest changes are listed first.

• 12 December 97
  • Work on outline of class forty.
  • Work on evaluation form for fantasy football.
  • Work on evaluation form for crime spree.
  • Work on notes on assignment four.

• 10 December 97
  • Work on outline of class forty.
  • Work on evaluation form for steganography project.
  • Work on evaluation form for teacher's pet project.

• 8 December 97
  • Work on outline of class forty.
  • Work on evaluation form for project NiceMail.
  • Work on evaluation form for project BlitzMail.
  • Removed problems from final review
  • Collected sample problems

• 4 December 97
  • Work on final review
  • Work on outline of class thirty nine.
  • Modifications to course syllabus.

• 3 December 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty eight.
  • Some modifications to outline of class thirty seven.

• 1 December 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty seven.
  • Updates to course syllabus.
  • Work on specifications for project presentations.
  • Work on specifications for project reports.

• 26 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty six.

• 24 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty five.
  • Modifications to outline of class thirty four.

• 21 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty four.
  • Modifications to outline of class thirty three.

• 19 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty three.

• 17 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty two.

• 14 November 97
  • Work on outline of class thirty one.

• 12 November 97
  • Slight modificationss to outline of class twenty nine.
  • Work on outline of class thirty.
  • Moved most of that outline to outline of class thirty one.

• 10 November 97
  • Slight modificationss to outline of class twenty eight.
  • Work on outline of class twenty nine.

• 7 November 97
  • Slight modifications to outline of class twenty seven.
  • Work on outline of class twenty eight.

• 5 November 97
  • Slight modifications to outline of class twenty six.
  • Work on outline of class twenty seven.

• 4 November 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty six.

• 3 November 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty five.
  • Addition of reading to course syllabus.

• 31 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty four.
  • Some modifications to the case studies (addition of new case study).

• 29 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty three.
  • Some modifications to the case studies.

• 27 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty two.
  • Work on assignment nine.

• 17 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty two.
  • Updates to notes on project groups.

• 16 October 97
  • Updates to outline of class twenty one.
  • Work on outline of class twenty two.
  • Added a link to the API to every page, as per student request.

• 15 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty one.
  • Slight updates to outline of class twenty.
  • Added survey on class web usage.

• 13 October 97
  • Work on outline of class twenty.

• 10 October 97
  • Work on outline of class nineteen.
  • Minor updates to the syllabus to accommodate the recent changes based on in-class experience.

• 8 October 97
  • Update to outline of class seventeen (removed untaught materials; fixed link).
  • Work on outline of class eighteen.
  • Work on list of groups (added Unix groups and group names).

• 6 October 97
  • Work on outline of class seventeen.
  • Wrote assignment for project proposals.

• 3 October 97
  • Work on outline of class fifteen (removed things we didn't talk about that day).
  • Work on outline of class sixteen.
  • Work on outline of class seventeen (mostly by copying stuff from the previous outline).
  • Updated due date and requirements for assignment 7.
  • Updated due date for assignment 8.
• Added notes on assignment 5.

• 1 October 97
  • Made small change to code in reading on greedy algorithms.
  • Work on outline of class fifteen.
  • Slight modifications to syllabus.
  • Released assignment 7.
  • Released assignment 8 (optional).

• 30 September 97
  • Added link to case study of Java security.

• 29 September 97
  • Work on outline of class fourteen.
  • Work on outline of class thirteen.

• 26 September 97
  • Work on outline of class thirteen.
  • Work on assignment 5.
  • Work on assignment 6.
  • Title of assignment 7.
  • First version of project groups (updated after class!).
  • Work on project list.
  • Added projects directory.

• 24 September 97
  • Work on outline of class twelve.
  • Some significant updates to the syllabus.
  • Added link to readings to most pages.
  • Added reading on greedy algorithms.

• 22 September 97
  • Slight update to assignment 4.
  • Work on outline of class eleven.

• 19 September 97
  • Added link to the Java API to the course front door.
  • Work on outline of class ten.

• 18 September 97
  • Added notes on the second assignment.
  • Added links to various javadoc resources to the course front door.

• 17 September 97
  • Work on outline of class nine.

• 15 September 97
  • Work on outline of class eight.
  • Slight updates to syllabus.

• 12 September 97
  • Work on outline of class six.
  • Work on outline of class seven.
  • Release of assignment 3.
  • Added small collection of examples.
  • Continued updates to syllabus.

• 10 September 97
  • Work on outline of class six.
  • Slight modifications to syllabus.
  • Simplification of assignment 2.

• 8 September 97
  • Reorganization of syllabus to handle problems with documenting new event method.

• 5 September 97
  • Slight update to second assignment.
  • First version of outline of the fourth class.
  • First version of first case study on The Ariane 5 crash.
  • Added a link to The Java Tutorial to the course front door.
  • Added a link to the list of case studies to all/most pages.

• 3 September 97
  • Finished work on outline of the third class.
  • Finished work on second assignment.
  • Added "writing visual programs" to the course syllabus.
• Changed game for second assignment from ping-pong to racquetball (hey, I forgot the ping-pong rules).

• 1 September 97
  • Finished work on outline of the second class.
  • Slight modifications to the syllabus, including rearrangement of first two weeks.
  • Started work on outline of the third class.
  • Added answers to the first quiz.

• 31 August 97
  • Updated the set of answers to your survey questions.
  • Began work on outline of the second class.
  • Slight modifications to the syllabus.
  • Added TA to basic course information.

• 29 August 97
  • Added some answers to questions from the survey. Expect that page to change a bit in the next few days.
  • Fixed the incorrect link to Assignment 1 from the syllabus.
  • Updated syllabus (still incomplete).
  • Updated the course guide
  • Finished first outline
  • Added the first assignment.

• 28 August 97
  • First version of the first outline (still incomplete).
  • Added course guide (still incomplete).

• 26 August 97
  • First version of the web site.