CSE 143X: Computer Programming I/II (accelerated), Autumn 2012

Links

Programming:

• Java API documentation (a list of all Java classes, packages, and methods)
• Java tutorial by Sun Microsystems.
• Java Language Specification (formal definition of the language).
• Practice-It!, UW's practice problem web application written by Marty Stepp
• CodingBat (a useful site full of Java and Python practice problems)
• Joshua Bloch's 78 tips from the book Effective Java
• Arthur Riel's 60 heuristics from the book Object-Oriented Design Heuristics

For your homeworks:

• Unofficial style guide, developed by a former TA
• Unofficial commenting guide, developed by head TA Alyssa Harding
• Oracle's official Java coding conventions

Software:

• Java JDK compiler
• jGRASP editor
• Free Microsoft software through DreamSpark (students will be sent information after the 10th day of the quarter, your id is your full @uw.edu email address)

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)

Other:

• Hacker's Dictionary
• xkcd