programming notes

How to Install & Get Started...

• JDK 7
• Programming Text Editors & Keyboard Shortcuts
• Command Shell (CMD)
• Environment Variables (PATH, CLASSPATH, JAVA_HOME)
• Eclipse 3.7 for Java
• NetBeans 7.0 for Java
• Cygwin
• Eclipse 3.7 for C/C++
• Visual C++ 2010/2008 Express
• CodeBlocks for C/C++
• Tomcat 6 [For EE3072 P311]
• Tomcat 7
• More Tomcat
• Apache 2.2 - How to Install
• Apache 2.2 - How to Configure
• Apache 2 with Tomcat 6
• MySQL 5.5
• WampServer 2.1
• Common Error Messages

Android

• Android - How to install & Get Started
• Android - Basics and User Interfaces
• Android - Custom 2D Graphics
• Android - 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES

Software Notes

• Recommended Shareware/Freeware
• Windows & Office
• Dreamweaver

ICPC

• Getting Started
• Tips, Trick & Tweaks
• PC^2 (U/C)

Java Programming - Part I

Getting Started

• 0. Getting Started in Java

For First-Time Programmers

• 1. Introduction to Java Programming

For New Comers to Java & OOP

• 2a. Java Basics
• Exercises: Java Basics
• 3a. OOP Basics
• 3b. OOP Inheritance & Polymorphism
• 3c. OOP Wrapping-Up
• 3d. String is Special
• Exercises: OOP
• 3e. Java Brief Summary

Power Tools

• Data Representation - Integers, Floating-point Numbers & Character Sets
• Regular Expression (Regexe)

Java Programming - Part II

Intermediate Java

• 4a. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• 4b. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Part II
• 4c. Custom Graphics
• Exercises: Graphics Programming [TODO]
• Case Study: Graphics Programming - Tic-tac-toe
• Case Study: Graphics Programming Part II - AI
• 4d. Multithreading
• 4e. Applet & Web Start Application
• 4f. Swing - Templates, Misc & How-To
• 5a. Exception Handling & Assertion
• 6a. Basic Input & Output (I/O)
• 6b. Advanced I/O
• 6c. Networking
• 7a. Data Structures in Collection Framework
• 7b. Generics, Enumeration & JDK 1.5 features
• 7c. Annotation

Special Topics in Java

• Unit Testing with JUnit
• Calendar, Date and Time
• XML and Java
• Regular Expression (Regexe) and Java
• JavaBeans
• Java Logging

Java Appendices

• Java Documentation
• Packages and CLASSPATH
• Java Archive (JAR)
• Java Miscellaneous How-To
• JDK 7's New Features

Java ME

• 1. Java ME: Getting Started, Basics & Game Programming

Java Game Programming

• 1. Introduction: The World of Bouncing Balls
• 2. 2D Graphics, Java 2D and Images
• 3. Playing Sound
• 4. Java Game Framework

Web Design & Programming

• HTML/CSS Basics
• HTML/CSS Tips
• HTML/CSS Intermediate
• HTTP 1: Basics
• HTTP 2: State Management
• HTTP 3: Authentication
• HTTP 4: SSL
• JavaScript 1: Basics
• JavaScript 2: Examples
• Ajax (U/C)
• HTML 5
• Perl 1: Basics
• Perl 2: Regular Expressions

MySQL & Java Database Programming

• 0. How to Install MySQL and Get Started
• 1. MySQL for Beginners
• 2. Basic Java Database Programming (JDBC)
• 3. Relational Database Design
• 4. Intermediate MySQL
• 5. Intermediate JDBC

Webapp & Java Server-side Programming

• 0. How to Install Tomcat and Get Started
• 1. Java Servlets Case Study
• 2. Java Servlets
• 3. Java Servlet Examples
• 4. More on Tomcat
• 5. Java Servlets Case Study Continue
• 6. JSP 1.2 Case Study (pdf)
• 7. JavaServer Pages (JSP)
• 8. JavaServer Faces (JSF)
• 9. Java Web Database Applications
• 10. Struts
• 11. Java Web Services

3D Graphics & OpenGL

• OpenGL in Visual C++
• JOGL 1.1
• Java 3D
• 1. Introduction to OpenGL
• 2. 3D Graphics
• 3. Affine Transformations
• 4. Texture
• 5. Lighting, Materials, Blending
• 6. Texts & Bitmaps
• 7. Curves & Surfaces (U/C)
• References & Resources
• Bullet Physics & JBullet Physics Engine
• 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES (for Android)

C/C++ Programming

• 0. C++ Introduction
• 1. C++ Basics
• 2. C++ More Basics
• 3. C++ OOP
• 4. C++ Pointers, References & Dynamic Allocation
• 5. C++ OOP Examples
• 6. C++ Inheritance & Polymorphism (U/C)
• 7. C++ Operator Overloading & Template (U/C)
• 8. C++ Standard Libraries
• 0. C Introduction
• GCC and Make
• CodeBlocks for C/C++
• Eclipse C/C++
• Visual C++ 2010/2008