Home Page of Com S 362
This is the home page of the Fall 2004 offering of Com S 362 at Iowa State University, as taught by Gary T. Leavens.
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12/16/2004 | Final grades are now available. These reflect grades through homeworks 9 and 10 and are what is being submitted to the registrar. Have a good break. |
| 11/19/2004 | As mentioned in class today, you can use JML to write contracts that record detailed designs for your project's Java code. The are many tools you can use for this effort. The basic tools for type checking and compiling JML-annotated code are available also in a plugin for Eclipse. While not available inside Eclipse, the ESC/Java 2 is an easy to use tool that helps find common problems, like null pointer exceptions, in Java code. | |
| 10/20/2004 | Learning outcomes for this course, based on the department's desired learning outcomes for the B.S. degree, have been added to the course web pages. These are also linked with the course's objectives. | |
| 9/29/2004 | See the page of student project links, that have been submitted as part of homework 5. | |
| 9/17/2004 | See the page of potential student project visions. | |
| 8/30/2004 | The Running Java web page now has a section on the Eclipse installation error discussed in class. | |
| 2/11/2003 | You can get all of the details on Java's syntax from the Java Language Specification Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2000). See also the Java section of the course resources page. |
Questions and Answers
Often a student will ask a question that provokes an answer of use to other students. When this happens, in addition to answering the student directly, we will post the question and answer on the Q & A page. Urgent answers will also be sent to the course mailing list.
We will regularly send course-related email to your cs.iastate.edu account. You are responsible for reading email on this account at least once per day during the week. If it is not convenient for you to read email on this account you are responsible for forwarding your email to a more convenient location.
Feedback
Prompt, frequent and constructive feedback is essential to
success in any endeavor. For this reason we strive to grade
your work in a timely manner. We would also appreciate your
feedback on the course. Please use
this anonymous form to provide
constructive criticism and offer suggestions (or dole out praise
).
You can, of course, also
email your comments.
Last modified Thursday, December 16, 2004.
This web page is for the Fall 2004 offering of Com S 362 at Iowa State University. The details of this course are subject to change as experience dictates. Students will be informed of any changes. Please direct any comments or questions to the course staff.