Lab00: Pre-Lab Fast Presentation 5 – 10 min KFUPM, CCSE, ICS Dept Fall Semester, Term 061 ICS Al-Zouri, Ali.

Outline/Agenda  Who I Am?  Course Description (In General)  Course Material (In General)  Grading Policy (Tentative)  Remarks  From Studying Experience  Some Important Points  Introduction to Computing Using Java

Who I Am?  Name: Ali Al-Zouri graduated from semester 042 joined semester 051  Office: Building 23 - Room 080  Phone:  : WebCT  Website:  Off. Hour: S 04:00 – 05:00 PM, M 04:00 – 05:00 PM and T 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM  Lab Time: T 2:00 AM – 5:10 PM [Section 54]  Lab Loc.: Building 23, Room 015

Course Description (In General)  Overview of computers and computing.  Introduction to a typical programming language, such as JAVA.  Basic data types and operators.  Basic object-oriented concepts.  Wrapper classes.  Console input/output.  Logical expressions and control structures.  Memory models and methods.  Arrays and strings.  More object-oriented concepts

Course Material (In General)  “Absolute Java” by Walter Savitch, Addison Wesley, First Edition, 2004 !!! companion web site: (follow the steps on the 1 st page of your textbook)  WebCT Course Site webcourses.kfupm.edu.sa webcourses.kfupm.edu.sa  If you wish, this is the ICS102 old pages:

Remarks  Lectures and labs are integrated and they complement each other.  To pass this course, you MUST pass its lab.  Cheating will be reported to the Department Chairman.  Attendance will be checked at the beginning AND at the end of each lab.  An official excuse must be shown within ONE week.  Absence of 3 labs will result in a DN (Denial) grade.  1% will be deducted for each lab absence.  NO make-up of quizzes or any class work.

From Studying Experience [1/2]  Before you start writing your code, try to design your problem first in any way you want.  Don’t try to copy and past the code at this first stage of your programming; instead type it.  You will learn from your errors.  You will discover a lot of new things.  Your quizzes !!! and exams will be written.  Don’t delay your assignment to the last moment.  You will do it in a hurry  You will do it only for submission purpose, if you manage to finish it.

From Studying Experience [2/2]  45 Hours  You will spend 45 hours in this lab, so try to benefit from this lab as much as possible.  Being a “Java” programmer is better than being “nothing” programmer!  Organization  This is programming. Organize your work as well as your code; in this way you will spend less time when you refer back to your work or code.  Normally in your future work, you will write programs for others not for yourself. So, be organized as much as possible.

Some Important Points  Be prepare for the lab  No explanation, although a lab material is included in the lab note!  Absolutely programming and answering questions.  Pre-Lab Quizzes  Simple question(s) test your preparation for the lab.

Introduction to Computing Using Java  Refer to the MS Word document.