1. CSC 142 Computer Science II Zhen Jiang West Chester University zjiang@wcupa.edu

2. Outline Motivation Basic items (review of decision structure, loop, etc) Topics

3. Motivation Why computer programming? Software Engineer (listed as #3 in http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-10- best-and-worst-jobs-of-2013/2013/05/03/fccd6a8e-b1ab- 11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_gallery.html#photo=1 ) http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-10- best-and-worst-jobs-of-2013/2013/05/03/fccd6a8e-b1ab- 11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_gallery.html#photo=1

4. Why this section? Job hunting WCU graduated vs. UPenn, Temple, Drexel, … Something help you to stand out! How can I introduce you?

5. Tell you what I see at Temple Knowledge? Communication? Abstraction & critical thinking Passion and motivation I just need 3 credits How much I need to do for getting an ‘A’ I need to care my GPA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYtxA_IfQMk

6. Critical thinking, abstraction, motivation How can I obtain all these How can I prepare myself How can I prove myself

7. Research project Critical thinking, communication, etc. Real competition, deadline, pressure More realistic system, complex programming, for instance, http://www.cis.temple.edu/~jiang/RSU_van.pptx. http://www.cis.temple.edu/~jiang/RSU_van.pptx Student opportunities: http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/student_info.htm http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/student_info.htm Sponsorship http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/ISC2013.pptx. http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/ISC2013.pptx NSF, NSA, etc Industry interns

8. Textbook Highlighted by content in ppt slides Indexed by page number in ppt slides Discussion Summary Exercises (in ppt slides and class), quiz, project, test, final

9. Basic Items Development environment I/O, variable, assignment, String, etc. http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/csc141index.htm or http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~zjiang/csc141index.htm http://www.cis.temple.edu/~jiang/csc141a.ppt Decision structure, and Loop Review 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 http://www.cis.temple.edu/~jiang/csc141b.ppt http://www.cis.temple.edu/~jiang/csc141c.ppt

10. Topics Array Method Object Recursion GUI