6.170 / Spring 2002 / Calendar

Handout A2

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(Note: Problem sets are due at 4pm in the Course Secretary's office. Readings are from Program Development in Java by Liskov with Guttag.)

Week of	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
2/3	Registration Day No Class	L1. Introduction Read: 1 HO: General info, Calendar, Style guide, Tools, Student info, ps0, ps1 Due: Student info (11:59pm)	L2. Dependences & Decoupling Read: 1, 13:1-3	R1. Course Q&A, Java Q&A Due: ps0
2/10	L3. Specifications Read: 3.1-3.2	L4. Testing and Debugging Read: 10.9-10.10 HO: ps2 Due: ps1	L5. Testing and Debugging Read: 10.1-10.4, 10.7-10.8	R2. PS1 Design Review
2/17	President's Day No class	L6. Exceptions Read: 4 HO: ps3 Due: ps2	L7. Object Model Notations	R3. PS2 Design Review
2/24	L8. Intro to ADTs Read: 4, 5	L9. Understanding ADTs - 1 Read: 5.1-5.7	L10. Understanding ADTs - 2	R4. Abstractions and test suite design
3/3 Quiz Review (34-101, 7:30pm)	L11. Problem Object Models Read: 12 HO: ps4	L12. Subclasses and subtypes Read: 7.1-7.6, 7.9, 10.5-10.6 Due: ps3	Quiz 1 (through L10) During class in 54-100 for usernames a*-j* in 34-101 for usernames k*-z*	R5. PS3 Design Review
3/10	L13. Reasoning about programs HO: ps5 Due: ps4	L14. Reasoning about programs	L15. Equality Read: 5.4	R6. PS4 Design Review
3/17	L16. Classes and interfaces HO: ps6	L17. Design Patterns Read: 15 Due: ps5	L18. Guest lecture	R7. PS5 Design Review
3/24	Spring Break
3/31	L19. System Integration and Software Process Read: 14 HO: Final Project	L20. Software Process and Project Management Due: ps6	L21. Software Process and Project Management Read: 11	R8. PS6 Design Review
4/7 Quiz Review (34-101, 7:30pm)	No class	No class	Quiz 2 During class in 54-100 for usernames a*-j* in 34-101 for usernames k*-z*	L22. Final Project Demonstration
4/14	Patriot's Day			Due at noon: Preliminary design
4/21				DROP DATE
4/28		Due: Preliminary release
5/5
5/12	Due: Final project		L23. Wrapup	Last day of classes (6.170 does not meet)