Computation II
Code
100027
Academic unit
NOVA Information Management School
Credits
7.0
Teacher in charge
Mauro Castelli
Teaching language
Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English
Objectives
Teaching to the students the basis of programming (in Java).
Prerequisites
Students are asked to sign a document to certify their presence in each class (both theoretical and practical classes). At the end of the semester, signatures are counted and the total number of presences is re-scaled in a [0,20] range. This value represents the 10% of the final grade of the discipline.
Subject matter
Introduction to Programming
Compiler and Interpreter
Expressions
Input/Output facilities
Conditional Statements if
Iterative Statements while, for
Arrays
Methods
Hints to the concept of class
Bibliography
Absolute Java, Walter J. Savitch, Addison Wesley; 0; 0; 0; 0
Teaching method
Theoretical classes are given by means of slides + blackboard + projection of exercises solved using Eclipse. Practical classes normally use the same facilities, but with biggest focus on exercises solved with Eclipse.
Evaluation method
10% presence in the classes, 30% mini-tests done during the semester, 60% final exam.