Links

Programming:

• Java API documentation (a list of all Java classes, packages, and methods)
• Java tutorial by Sun Microsystems. Particular lessons of interest:
  • strings
  • classes and objects; object-oriented programming
  • inheritance concepts; subclassing; interfaces; abstract classes
  • generics
  • nested classes
  • collections; List / implementations; Queue / implementations; Set / implementations; Map / implementations; iterators; collection algorithms
  • input/output streams
  • exceptions
• Sun's official Java coding conventions

• Academic Java, a resource site put together by Java educators
• Practice-It!, UW's practice problem web application written by Marty Stepp
• Javabat (a useful site full of Java practice problems; see especially the recursion questions)
• Joshua Bloch's 78 tips from the book Effective Java
• Arthur Riel's 60 heuristics from the book Object-Oriented Design Heuristics

Software:

• Java JDK compiler
• Eclipse editor
• jGRASP editor

• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (a free viewer so you can see the lecture slides)
• OpenOffice.org (free office software that is compatible with Microsoft Office)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader (to view PDF documents)
• WinDiff (compares text files on Windows)
• Free Microsoft software
• FireFox web browser

Computer Science Major:

• University of Washington - Why Choose CSE?
• University of Colorado - Why Computer Science?
• Schedule of information sessions for those interested in majoring in CS
• How to meet with a CS undergraduate advisor
• information about internships
• ACM: Association for Computing Machinery (the main CSE student organization)
• ACM-W (focuses on diversity and women's issues in computing)
• GirlGeeks (inspiring women in computing)

Other:

• Hacker's Dictionary
• Web Programming Step by Step, Marty Stepp's web programming textbook for CSE 190 M (shameless plug)

Do you know a good link for aspiring computer scientists that is missing from our list? Email it to us!