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COMP123 Course Outline	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 (general computer background)	(click here)
Ted Goff's funny and "so true" IT industry cartoons (very funny)	(click here)
Very funny tech-support/help desk Anecdotes	(click here)

Special references to the Java programming language.
Very useful for those that are new to Java.

Downloading SUN's Java SDK and XINOX's JCreator (install the SDK first, reboot, then install JCreator)	(click here)
Using JCreator (at home and in the labs)	(.pdf)

The "Java Tutorial" from SUN (good starting point)	(click here)
Learn Java from the "ground up" (high-speed learning)	(click here)
ACM's "Crash Course in Java 1.1+ (for other lang. programmers)	(click here)
Java by Example (from Watson's hot programming pages)	(click here)

Long list of Java resources	(click here)
"Don't Fear the OOP! (java object-oriented-programming explained)	(click here)

Dates and special instructions for quizzes and exams.

Assignments and research projects.

Exercises 1: Review	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Exercises 2: 1D & 2D Arrays	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Solutions: Exercises 2: 2D Arrays	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Exercises 3: Recursion	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Solutions: Exercises 3: Recursion	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Special link to Fibonacci Calculator	(click here)
Assignment 1: Extending the List	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Class List for Assignment 1	List (as .java)	List (as .doc)
test program class for Assignment 1	testLists (as .java)	testLists (as .doc)
Class IntegerList, Assignment 1 Solu.	IntegerList (as .java)	IntegerList (as .doc)
Class SortedList, Assignment 1 Solu.	SortedList (as .java)	SortedList (as .doc)
Exercises 4: Inheritance and Exceptions	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Exercises 5 & Assignment 2: Files	(.doc)	(.pdf)
Assignment 2 - Part B: (text) Data File	(emps.zip) click, open .zip, extract file to your folder
Exercises 6: Dynamic Data Structures: Vectors	(.doc)	(.pdf)

Support material for lectures and course references.

SUN's description on Java Data Types	(here)
Columbia Univ. on Variables and Operators	(here)

Textbook Companion Website (online self-quizzes)	(click)
Textbook Sourcecode Examples	(.zip)
Chapter 6 Review: 1D Arrays (from COMP113)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 6: 2D (nD) Arrays	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
** Special: Recursion: Discussion & Examples	(here)
** Special: How to Make Dialogs	(here)
Chapter 7: Inheritance (part 1)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 7: Inheritance (part 2)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
** Example: Inheritance Parent/Class	(.pdf)	(.doc)
Chapter 7: Inheritance (part 3): Data Class	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 8: Exception Handling	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 9: File I/O (part 1)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 9: File I/O (part 2)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 9: File I/O (part 3)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter Special: Utility Classes	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Chapter 10: Dynamic Data Structures: Vectors (part 1)	(.pdf)	(.ppt)
Using Vectors Special Example: BookCollection includes: tester program, BookCollection class, Book class	(.doc)	(.pdf)

Yanni :)