COP 3252 - Advanced Java Programming (CS Majors)

Fall 2025 Semester

Fall 2025 Syllabus

Lecture Notes and Outlines

Homework Assignments

• Assignment 1 - Basic exercises (due Sept 11)
• Assignment 2 - Two class exercises (due Sept 22)
• Assignment 3 - Tic-Tac-Toe (due Oct 2)
• Assignment 4 - Pig Latin web page translator (due Oct 17)
  • A sample run
    • Our notes page on Console I/O
    • Same notes page translated to Pig Latin version
• Assignment 5 - Graphics and Graphics2D (due Oct 27)
• Assignment 6 - Guess the number (due Nov 10)

Assignment X - Game Project -- due date Dec 4 -- ultimate, final, absolute deadline!

Resources

• Java home page (on Oracle site)
• API Specifications
  • Java Standard Edition, v 24.0, API Specification
  • Java Standard Edition, v 17.0, API Specification
• Java Tutorial Pages (on Oracle)
• Java SDK Tools
  • Documentation on the Java Compiler 'javac'
  • Documentation on the Java application launcher 'java'
  • Documentation for the documentation generator 'javadoc'
  • Using JAR files
• Source code from our textbook (Pearson site)
• Setting the class path (you should not need to do this)
• SSH and X Window server info -- If you want to tunnel graphics through SSH
  (and run from your CS account), you'll need an XWin server
• Information about the Computer Science account for this class
• My Basic Unix Tutorial - You need to be familiar with the unix environment in this course.

Compilers and Compiling Help

• Java Standard Edition download page
  • Latest editions on this link
  • Click the "Archive" tab for earlier editions
• Netbeans Download page
  • The Netbeans IDE was available through Oracle (and formerly Sun) up through Java SE 8
  • Newer Netbeans versions are available through Apache, to go with the appropriate Java SDK
• Eclipse Download page
• Compiling on the Command Line with basic SDK tools
• Building Projects with Java IDEs (NetBeans and Eclipse)
• How to pack up a simple jar archive (using either command line or Eclipse)

Other Unix Links

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners
• A Basic UNIX Tutorial
• Unix Tutorial
• Unix Online Man Pages, at Computer Science Dept, Florida State University
• Simple list of common Unix commands