Computer Science 210
Data Structures

Fall 2017, Siena College

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Agenda

• Welcome to Data Structures!
• Why take Data Structures?
• Administrative tasks
  • roll call
  • syllabus and course web site
  • advice: don't remain confused
  • more about our textbooks
  • computer accounts and our IDE, BlueJ
• Running our "Late" example
• Review assignment, due September 15

  The first 5 chapters of J+DS zyBook cover mostly Java programming constructs you already know. To refresh your knowledge, you should skim/read those chapters, and do any of the "participation activities" that you believe would be helpful to you. The graded portion of the assignment (worth a total of 75 points) is for you to complete the following "challenge activities" (yes, almost all of them):

  1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.4.1, 1.4.2

  2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4. 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.6.1, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.10.1, 2.11.1, 2.14.1, 2.14.3

  3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.10.1, 3.10.2

  4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.8.1

  5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3

• Lab 0: Setting Up

Lecture 01 Assignment

Due at the start of class, Friday, September 8.

Please submit answers to these questions in Blackboard under "Lecture 01 Assignment" by the start of class. We will discuss these questions at the start of class, so no late submissions can be accepted.

1. I would like to get a sense of everyone's backgrounds coming in. Please answer each of the following. (4 points)
   • What is your name, year, and major?
   • If you are not already one, are you considering a major or a minor in CS or IS?
   • If you took CSIS 110 at Siena, who was your instructor and what was the theme of the course (e.g., multimedia, Linux) and which programming language did you use?
   • If you took CSIS 120 at Siena, who was your instructor and which semester?
   • Have you taken any other computer science, either before or at Siena?
   • Do you have any programming experience other than the courses listed in the previous questions? If so, which programming languages have you used and how complex were the programs you developed?
   • What was your high school and home town?
   • What is your favorite restaurant in your home town and what should I order there?
   • What types of computers (e.g., PC running Windows, Mac, Linux, tablets) have you used?
   • Do you have a laptop computer that is capable of running Java that you can bring to class each day, and if so, what type (e.g., PC running Windows, Mac) is it?
2. In an effort to get to know your names and to make sure you know how to find me, please stop by my office (Roger Bacon 321) and introduce yourself as a Computer Science 210 student (no later than September 13). (3 points)

Examples

• Late
• Graph of the late calculator's output: