CSCS 531: -- Fall 2006 -- Syllabus

This course meet every other Tueday, 3:30-5:00pm, starting 12 September 2006, in 120 West Hall.

Finding "the best" book to learn a language is very person-specific...different people have different learning styles and like different books. Some books on Java that many students have found useful include:

The Java Tutorial. (3rd edition?) Compione, Walrath, Huml.
Head First Java. Sierra and Bates. [Assumes some programming knowledge.]
Java in a Nutshell. Flanagan. [Lots of details.]
Java Tech--An online Intro to Java course; hardcopy book is Topics in Scientific and Technical Computing with Java.

Copies of the above books are in the CSCS lab, for use there. If you know of other Java books you have found useful, please let me know!

The details for each week's class:

Class 0 -- 2006 Sept 12
Class 1 -- 2006 Sept 26
Class 2 -- 2006 Oct 10
Class 3 -- 2006 Oct 24
Class 4 -- 2006 Nov 7
Class 5 -- 2006 Nov 21
Class 6 -- 2006 Dec 5

Last Changed: 4 Dec 2006.