MIS 260: Web Programming

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MIS 260 Web Programming

• Yong Choi
• School of Business Administration
• CSU, Bakersfield

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Instructor

• Name Yong Choi, PhD
• Where am I from?
• Hot is much better than cold.
• My family
• Office BDC 101
• Office Hours refer to the class web page (or
  syllabus)
• Office Phone (661) 654 - 6691
• Email Address ychoi2_at_csub.edu
• Try not to check during weekend.

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About MIS Lab.

• Do not try to fix any problem by yourself!!
• Let technicians know and fix your problem
• Direct call to ITRS (x2307)
• You will never be penalized because of technical
  problems of this classroom.
• Make sure the Internet connection of your
  computer works!
• If yours does not work, change to others.

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MIS Lab Security Policy

• IT and Deans office established an official
  security policy.
• Students are not allowed to stay in the MIS Lab
  without a faculty member present.
• Students will not be allowed to loan the MIS lab
  proxy card under no circumstances.
• There are no exceptions to this rule.
• Contact the Deans office if you have questions
  or suggestions about this policy

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Course Materials

• Materials on the class web page
• Java and VB.Net
• Online textbook for both
• 2001 Getting Started VB.Net
• www.csub.edu/ychoi2/mis260.htm

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Course Objectives 1

• This is a HYBRID course
• Combination of online and in-class (practice
  assignment)
• online class Monday, in-class Wednesday -
  except first week
• Designed for a student who has never programmed
  before
• If you are familiar with programminglet me know
• Proceed slowlybut let me know if too slow for
  you
• Learn by doing as opposed to learn by reading
• Not going to try to master everything -- focus on
  fundamental concepts of programming

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Course Objectives 2

• To be a novice programmer, you need to take
  several programming courses
• Please click here to see the list of programming
  courses from Computer Science Department
• Thus, this course is not even close to
  introductory.
• Actual name.taste of computer programming
• Need to understand programming fundamentals to
  communicate with technical staff and programmers
• U.S. Computer Programmers Losing Ground please
  read!
• Outsourcing of programming (India)

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Our MIS Program Strategy 1

• Such a small program.in small school..compare
  to other universities.
• Two MIS professors take care of all MIS core
  courses (Hossein and Choi)Thus, we can ONLY
  offer basic core courses of MIS
• Strategy MIS program internship
• Prepare you for a full time job
• Apply class knowledge and experience real world
  MIS
• I am in charge of MIS internship.so far, more
  opportunities than number of students.

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Our MIS Program Strategy 2

• Fortunately, we have a great relationship with
  the local business community
• Oxy, County, GIS
• Building of career
• Do not think about money too much
• First place to tryschool lab assistant or help
  desk staff
• After a quarterpart time internships
• Try to get a full time job before graduate

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My Perspective 1

• MIS is a young and therefore exciting discipline.
• At same time, MIS professionals must be able to
  live with changes sometimes you must be able to
  teach or train yourself in order to master new IT
  (Java).
• Programming is a skill
• A difficult skill to master
• lots of opinions on how best to learn
• initially the intricacies of using a language
  where ambiguity is not allowed
• small errors cause the "spell" to malfunction.

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My Perspective 2

• Computer program may be the most complicated
  things built by man.
• consider each statement and variable as a moving
  part in a machine.
• In large programs how many moving parts are
  there?
• We will be doing programming in the small
• programs that can be built and understood by a
  single person.
• learning the fundamental skills of programming

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My Perspective 3

• Any program that people are willing to pay money
  for, is not written by a single person (at least
  not anymore)
• Commercial programs have millions of lines of
  code
• Programming in the large
• How can such complex things be built correctly?
• lots of failures and problems such as the
  California DMV system, Y2K, and Microsoft Windows
  95

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Evaluation and Grading

• The scale is subject to change.
• Assignments 100 (or less)
• Exams 100 (or less)
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• Total 200
• A 93-100, A- 90-92.9, B 87-89.9, B 83-86.9,
  B-80-82.9, C 77-79.9, C 73-76.9, C- 70-72.9,
  D 67-69.9, D 63-66.9, D- 60 - 62.9, F below
  60

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More Evaluation and Grading

• Your goal in this class shall be to learn as much
  as you possibly can about the design and
  implementation of computer programs to solve
  various problems.
• Assignments and exams evaluate ability to solve
  problems and implement logics. Syntax is
  emphasized. Some assignments and a exam will ask
  you to correct syntax related problems.
• Master of Java Syntax ? VB.NET, JavaScript

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Assignment and Test

• You are required to complete various
  assignments.
• Most Wednesday class time will be used for
  practice and assignment.
• If you miss more than one Wed class, you will
  have a hard time catching up
• Online quiz (no score)
• Exam
• Exam evaluate ability to solve problems,
  implement algorithms, and deal with abstraction.

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Course Guideline 1

• Email Policy
• MUST USE THE RUNNER EMAIL
• CSUB email and my email systems configured to
  reject any suspicious third party emails such as
  hotmail, yahoo, and Google.
• If you prefer using another email account, you
  MUST TAKE YOUR OWN RISK.
• Class Attendance
• Is required
• Notify me first by email prior to the absence.
• Miss a class because of a documentable illness or
  other reasonable cause, I will provide help.
• The attendance will be checked time to time.

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Course Guideline 2

• No interference
• Examples
• surfing without permission from the instructor
• typing (email, paper)
• talking to classmates during the lectures
• early leave without notification
• Maximum 20 penalty from your total score can be
  deducted depending on the level of interference.

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Course Guideline 3

• Late work
• will not be accepted.
• Failure to submit an assignment by the deadline
  will result in a grade of 0.
• A written excuses from the appropriate person
  such as a medical doctor is the only acceptable
  form of excuse.

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Course Guideline 4

• Office hours
• You must be able to demonstrate you have already
  put a reasonable effort into solving and/or
  analyzing the problems.
• Please do not try to use office hours to make up
  for a missed class (I do not repeat any
  lectures).
• Honor code
• Classroom conduct

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Course Activity 1

• Programming assignment
• Collaboration policy
• Discussion of ideas and design okay.
• Sharing of code, design, algorithms not okay.
• Copy of others
• Assignments are due at the beginning of class on
  the assigned due date.
• Or will be required turn in by email if necessary
  
• No late assignments will be accepted

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Course Activity 2

• Functionality
• Does the program do what is expected of it?
• Does it meet all the requirements on the
  assignment handout?
• Does it work for the test cases we give it?
• Style
• Is your program designed in a straightforward and
  clear way that is easy to understand?
• Are the algorithms well defined, simple, and as
  elegant as possible?
• Does it follow the principles of decomposition
  and Object Oriented Design?
• Is your program easy to understand?
• Do comments appear to help explain complicated
  code?

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Required SW and Other info

• Java compiler and TextPad
• download both from the class web site
• We need to install both
• VB.NET one of the SW tools of Visual Studio.Net
• Available in the computer lab.

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Who are you?

• Please see me or email me if you took a computer
  programming course (java, C, Pascal..) from
  somewhere
• Introduce yourself
• Name
• Standing (i.e., senior, junior)
• Major
• What do you do? Do you have a part or full time
  job
• Your current job title and description
• Your expectations

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Todays Assignment

• Todays lecture basic programming concepts
• Taste of online lectures
• Try Chapter 1 thru 4....lets try chapter 1 now!
• Rest of chapters.try at home or in the computer
  lab.
• Study chapter 5 thru 7 for Wednesday class...
• Wednesday class
• Computer programming concept
• Quick review of chapter 5 thru 7
• Try sample Java programs