Approximate Schedule

Week 1

• Introduction
  • Motivation
  • Queuing theory
  • State machine diagrams
  • State pattern
  • Architectural overview
  • Presentation-Translation-Application architecture
• Reading
  • Lecture 1
  • Basic Concurrency Concepts
  • Intro to Queuing Theory
  • Presentation-Translation-Application architecture
  • Behavioral Design
  • UML Reference Card
  • UML state machine notation
  • UML state machine intro and guidelines
  • Lecture on FSMs and Statecharts
  • Strategy and State design patterns - Tools
  • NetBeans IDE

Week 2

• Presentation
  • Java Swing features and concepts
  • Swing containers and atomic components
  • Composite pattern
• Reading
  • Lecture 2
  • The Swing Quick Start Guide
  • The Swing Tutorial
  • Visual index to Swing components

Week 3

• Presentation
  • Laying out components in containers
  • Strategy pattern
• Translation/Communication
  • Events and event object in Java
  • Event sources
  • Event handling and listeners
• Reading
  • Swing tutorial on layout
  • Strategy and State design patterns
  • Swing tutorial on event listeners

Week 4

• Quiz 1
• Translation/Communication (continued)
  • Events and event object in Java
  • Event sources
  • Event handling and listeners

Week 5

• Translation/Communication (continued)
  • Observer pattern
  • Model-view-controller (MVC) pattern
  • Java inner classes
• Graphics
  • Painting
  • Graphics primitives
• Reading
  • Observer design pattern
  • MVC design pattern (detailed)
  • MVC as an aggregate design pattern
  • Java nested and inner classes
  • Swing tutorial on painting
  • Swing tutorial on graphics

Week 6

• Concurrency
  • Introduction
  • Thread issues in Swing
• Reading
  • Swing tutorial on using threads
  • Swing Connection: Threads and Swing
  • Swing Connection: Using a Swing Worker Thread
  • Swing tutorial on using timers
  • Swing tutorial on monitoring progress
  • JDC article on Swing urban legends

Week 7

• Quiz 2
• Concurrency in Java
  • Introduction
  • Explicit threads in Java
• Reading
  • Lecture
  • Introduction to threading
  • Java concurrency constructs by Doug Lea
  • Java tutorial on threads
  • CPJ by Doug Lea, chapter 1

Week 8

• Concurrency in Java (continued)
  • Threads in Java (continued)
  • Block-structured mutual exclusion (synchronized)
  • Project discussion
• Reading
  • CPJ by Doug Lea, chapter 2

Week 9

• Concurrency in Java (continued)
  • Monitor-based concurrency control in Java
  • Building blocks: bounded counters
• Reading
  • CPJ by Doug Lea, chapter 3

Week 10

• Concurrency in Java (continued)
  • Controlling and interrupting threads
  • Building blocks: barriers, guarded methods, bounded buffers
• Reading
  • JDC article on handling InterruptedExceptions
  • util.concurrent documentation (Doug Lea's package of building blocks for concurrent Java programming)
  • CPJ by Doug Lea, chapter 3, 4.4

Week 11

• Quiz 3
• Concurrent Programming Frameworks: Trull
  • Introduction
  • Abstract behaviors
  • Three aspects of components: object-oriented, event-oriented, autonomous
  • Composition of abstract behaviors
  • Communication
• Reading
  • CPJ by Doug Lea, rest of chapter 4
  • Trull site (includes demos, API documentation)
  • Trull demo: bounded counters (run using Java Web Start)
  • Triveni site (includes published papers)
  • Trull conceptual element reference
  • Trull installation and usage
  • Sample Trull problems / solutions

Week 12

• Concurrent Programming Frameworks: Trull (continued)
  • Preemption: cancelation, suspension
  • Autonomous activities: creation and control
• Reading
  • Trull demo: microwave oven (run using Java Web Start, tutorial: class MicrowaveLogic)
  • Trull demo: office building (run using Java Web Start)

Week 13

• Concurrent Programming Frameworks: Trull (continued)
  • Discussion of project 5 and Trull as needed

Week 14

• Concurrent Programming Frameworks: Trull (continued)
  • Discussion of project 5 and Trull as needed

Week 15

• LAST CLASS
• Concurrent Programming Frameworks: Trull (continued)
  • Discussion of project 5 and Trull as needed