IS612 – Object Oriented Concepts and Development

Dr. Catherine DwyerFall 2010

Agenda Class introductions What is IS612? Overview of Syllabus Introduction to Java programming using

Eclipse This week’s assignment

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Catherine DwyerAssociate Professor Seidenberg School, Department of Information Technology

Full time since Fall 2000 Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, IS112, IS223,

IS241, IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games Using VB)

Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101 Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming

Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001

I have taught C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, and JavaScript

Written a textbook for Visual Basic and for JavaScript

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My Computing Background MS in CS (Pace), PhD in IS from NJIT, dissertation

on privacy management in social networking site Two daughters, recent college grad (2008) and

college freshman Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC

investment bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics Design Firm

Husband journalist with The New York Times Research interests: social networking and social

media, online privacy management, and sustainability

Links to my research on my web site: http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer

You?

Required Text and Software Lewis and Loftus, Java Software Solutions,

sixth edition (fifth is also fine, and will be cheaper )

Bring your book to class every class meeting! Software:

Java Eclipse Microsoft Visio (available through MSDNAA)

Overview of Online Resources for IS612 Course material is available on my Web site:

http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer Blackboard site - http://blackboard.pace.edu

Faculty contact information Syllabus Assignments Course resources Links to Java online resources

What about programming? Why do MS in IS students need to know about

programming?

What does IS profession say? Official IS description of this course:

Programming Fundamentals Primary goals:

What are the key object oriented concepts? How does the application of object oriented

concepts improve the reliability of software? How is data created and managed in software? What makes up the practice of software

development?

Why study Java? Of all the programming languages around,

why do we study Java?

Java is the language of the Internet Designed to produce applications for a

networked environment First major programming language available

via download (see http://java.sun.com) Most popular “general purpose” language for

web applications Builds on “C” syntax Is object oriented

Getting started with Java and Eclipse Trying out the Eclipse development

environment Running your first Java program

Next Class Read chapter one of Lewis and Loftus and

bring text to class Install Java and Eclipse on your home

machine/laptop (see assignment for Week 01)