ITK 168 Section 13Dr. Doug Twitchell

IntroductionMe

Deepa Gudipally (lab instructor/grader)

Useful placesWebCTiCampushttp://webct.ilstu.eduhttp://www.itk.ilstu.edu/itk168http://www.itk.ilstu.edu/faculty/dtwitch/itk168-fall05.html

SyllabusSyllabus

MaterialsBecker, Byron Weber. Robots: Learning to Program with JavaISBN 0-9733618-2-4http://www.learningwithrobots.com/

http://www.learningwithrobots.com

More MaterialsEclipsehttp://www.eclipse.orgIntegrated Development Environment (IDE)Makes life a lot easierhttp://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/ (in PowerPoint presentation)http://www.eclipse.org/

ProgrammingJava 1.5Object OrientedRequires logical, detailed thinkingWide range of abilities in the classMay require time

Modeling ProblemsModels are abstractions of real world problems.

Bob Davie: http://espn.go.com/ncf/columns/davie/1427720.html

Model and ObjectsWhats the difference?

ModelObject

Models, Classes and ObjectsModel (class)Audiovox CDM8 US users manual. http://www.audiovox.comhttp://www.vzw.comObjects (instance)

Models and ObjectsCell Phone 1Pictures from http://www.vzw.comCell Phone 2AttributesT-MobileGSMSilveronAttributesVerizonCDMASilveroffCommandsCall numberReceive callSave numberCommandsCall numberReceive callSave number

Classes and ObjectsCell Phone 1Pictures from http://www.vzw.comCell Phone 2AttributesT-MobileGSMSilveronAttributesVerizonCDMASilveroffCommandsCall numberReceive callSave numberCommandsCall numberReceive callSave number

Models, classes, objects, and problemsModelProblemObjects

Robots Demo