Lectures, In-class Problems, Readings, News and Assignments

Lectures, In-class Problems and Readings

Sept 8: Course Overview

Make sure to save MySQL root password during installation
In-class: Install and Configure MySQL Community Server and launch installer. Make sure preference pane is in /Library/PreferencePanes
In-class: Install and Configure MySQL Workbench
In-class:Workbench Views->Panels->Show Sidebar and Server->Users and Privileges
Reading: MySQL on Mac OS X
Reading: Social Networking
Review: Hibernate

Sept 13: Accessing Network Content

In-class: Social Networking
In-class: Install and Configure Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers and Xcode
In-class Task 1: Create Xcode/Android Project to read the contents of a fixed URL of your choice
Helper Code iOs: SimpleURLConnections
Helper Code iOs: Swift and Objective-C in the Same Project
Helper Code iOS: Closures
Helper Code iOS: Swift HTTP Get
Helper Code Android: Lambda Expressions
Helper Code Android: AsyncTask
Helper Code Android: HTTP Post with HttpClient
Helper Code Android: Volley (eu.the4thfloor.volley:com.android.volley:2015.05.28 com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.0.19)
Review: Hibernate, Observer Pattern

Sept 15: Parsing Network Content

In-class: Social Object Theory
In-class: XML Parsers (iPhone)
In-class: NSXMLParser Objective-C, Tutorial Objective-C
In-class: Parsing XML in Swift
In-class: Parsing XML in Android
In-class: Parsing XML in Android Tutorial (DOM)
In-class: Parsing XML in Android Tutorial (SAX)
In-class Android: How to Parse XML Documents (Android) com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7
In-class Task 2 Android and iOS: Parse XML downloaded into Objects
Review: Hibernate

Sept 20 App Servers

In-class: App Server Definitions, App Server Architecture, App Server Comparison, Top 10 App Servers, Tomcat Web App Structure
In-class: Maven
In-class Task 3: Tomcat Configuration with Maven
Review: Tomcat

Sept 27: Rest Apps

In-class: Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures, REST with Java (JAX-RS) using Jersey - Tutorial
In-class Task 4: Getting Started with REST

Sept 29: Rest Apps

Reading: Introduction to XML
In-class: JSON
Reading: Remote Procedure Call
Video: Introduction to REST
Video: Introduction to JSON
Reading: Volley
In-class Task: Building a REST Application

Oct 4: Encryption

Before proceeding make sure you have the jurisdiction policy for your respective Java platform installed. If not you can download it from here. Place the policy files in the {JDK_HOME}\jre\lib\security folder. On my Mac {JDK_HOME} is the folder /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home
Reading: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) definition Java Symmetric AES Encryption Decryption using JCE, Encrypt and decrypt text with AES algorithm Java : Encryption and Decryption of Data using AES algorithm with example code
In-class Task: Encryption
Review: Tomcat, Struts2

Oct 6: Accessing MySQL Database from Java

In-class: Log4j2
In-class Task: Set up a Database named social
Reading: MySQL on Mac OS X
Review: Hibernate

Oct 11: Accessing MySQL Database from Hibernate

In-class: Facade Pattern, Singleton Pattern,
In-class: Hibernate Query API
In-class Task: Testing HibernateCounterManager and Counter
Reading: MySQL on Mac OS X

Oct 13: One-to-One-Mappings

Oct 18: One-to-Many-Mappings

In-class: Mapping Objects to Tables, Mapping Objects to Relational Databases: O/R Mapping In Detail, Mapping objects to relational databases, Mapping Objects to Tables: A Pattern Language.
In-class: Hibernate One-to-Many Mappings
In-class Task: Testing One-To-Many Mappings
Review: Hibernate

Oct 20: Many-to-Many-Mappings

Reading: Hibernate Many-To-Many Mapping, Hibernate Many-to-Many Mappings - Tutorials Point
In-class Task: Testing Many-To-Many Mappings
Review: Hibernate

Nov 1: HTML Unit

Review: HtmlUnit, Getting Started, Quick Introduction
In-class Task: Test Applications Using HtmlUnit

Nov 3: Accessing Tomcat Through Apache Http Server

Reading: Recaptcha Intro, Recaptcha Explained, Recaptcha Developer Recaptcha Guide
Reading: Apache Http Server, Workers
In-class Task: Using Recaptcha and Accessing Tomcat Through Apache Http Server

Nov 10: Preferences and File Saving (Android)

Review: Saving Key-Value Sets, Saving Files
In-class Task: Android Preferences App

Nov 15: SQLLite

Review: SQLLite, Simple SQLite Database Tutorial, Saving Data in SQL Databases
In-class Task: Android SQLLite App

Nov 17: Struts2

Reading: Struts2, Struts MVC
In-class Task: Running your first Strut2 Action
Review: App Server Definitions, App Server Comparison, Tomcat Web App Structure, Tomcat,

Nov 24: Struts2 Actions

Reading: Tag Reference, Action Context
In-class Task: Using Action Classes in a Struts2 Application

Nov 29: Class Cancelled
Dec 1, Dec 6: Presentation (10-15 minutes)

Project Description
Project Rationale/Motivation
Social Features
Application Features
Architecture
Usability/Robustness/Inteface/Demo
Problems Encountered
Future Work

Dec 8: Demo Day (8 minutes)

Book your slot: to be shown here
11:35 : Gattas
11:43 : Maclauchlan
11:51 : Novelini
11:59 : Brown
12:07 : Encarnado
12:15 : Tzogas
12:23 : Geoff D
12:31 : Nicholas A
12:39 : Austin
12:47 : Bangs
12:55 : Seely
13:03 : Lutaaya
13:11 : SongJin
13:19 :
13:27 : Haamed
13:35 :

News

Class Starts at noon on Oct 18, 2016
Class cancelled, Thursday Sept 22, 2016
The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE), Open Data in Canada
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Assignments:

In-class Tasks due the following class they are assigned
Assignment #0 - Due Sept 20
Project Proposal Due Sept 22, 2016.
Assignment #1 - Due Oct 11
Project Milestone Report #1 (One Paragraph) - Due Oct 20, 2016.
Assignment #2 - Due Nov 10
Project Milestone Report #2 (One Paragraph) - Due Nov 15, 2016.
Class Test Nov 22.
Assignment #3 - Due Dec 1
Project Presentations Dec 1 and Dec 6
Last Class Dec 8: Demo Day