programming notes

Before Getting Started...

• Programmer's Survival Guide for Windows
• Programmer's Survival Guide for macOS & Ubuntu
• Source-Code Editors & IDEs

IM1003 Object-oriented Programming

• (Week 1) Install JDK and Sublime Text
• (Week 3) Install Eclipse (or VS Code or NetBenas or IntelliJ)

Java Basics

• 1. Introduction to Java Programming
• 2. Java Basics
• Exercises: Java Basics
• Online Submission Exercises: Java Basics

Java OOP

• 3a. OOP Basics
• 3b. OOP Composition, Inheritance & Polymorphism
• 3c. OOP Wrapping-Up
• Exercises: OOP
• 3d. String is Special
• 3e. JDK New Language Syntaxes (JDK 7 to 2X)

Java Graphics

• 4a. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• 4b. Custom Graphics
• Exercises: Graphics Programming

Case Study / Assignment

• Introduction - Tic-tac-toe
• Game Programming Assignment - Sudoku
• Game Programming Assignment - Mine Sweeper
• Java Game Framework and Snake Game
• Game Programming Assignment - Tetris

IM2073 Web Programming

• Week 1: How to Install MySQL Server and Get Started with SQL
• Week 2(a): Introduction to Java Database Programming
• Week 2(b): How to Install Tomcat Server and Get Started with Java Servlet Programming
• Week 3: WebApp Case Study

IM2073 Mobile (Android) Programming

• Week 1: Android - How to install & Get Started
• Week 2: Android - Basics: User Interfaces and Activities
• For your project: Timer, logging and debugging
• For your project: Building Webapps with WebView

How to Install & Get Started...

• JDK
• Environment Variables (PATH, CLASSPATH, JAVA_HOME)
• Eclipse IDE for Java
• VS Code
• NetBeans for Java
• IntelliJ IDEA for Java
• Eclipse for C/C++
• CodeBlocks for C/C++
• Tomcat 10
• Tomcat 7/8/9 (old)
• More Tomcat 7 (old)
• Apache 2.2 - How to Install
• Apache 2.2 - How to Configure
• Apache 2 with Tomcat 6
• MySQL
• Git
• Wiki Text

Windows

• Programmer's Survival Guide for Windows
• Windows Basics
• Cygwin & MinGW (for Windows)
• Visual C++ 2010/2008 Express

Unix, Ubuntu Linux & macOS

• Programmer's Survival Guide for macOS & Ubuntu
• Unix Basics
• Ubuntu Desktop - Install & Setup
• Ubuntu Server - Install & Setup
• macOS - JDK, MySQL, Tomcat...

Android

• Android - How to install & Get Started
• Android - Basics and User Interfaces
• Android - More Basics
• Android - Custom 2D Graphics
• Android - 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES
• Android - Networking
• Android - Bluetooth
• Android - Native Development Kit (NDK)

Arduino

• Arduino - Get Started

Power User Software Notes

• Windows
• Word, Excel, Dreamweaver

ICPC

• Getting Started
• Tips, Trick & Tweaks
• PC^2 (U/C)

Java Programming - Part I

For First-Time Programmers

• 1. Introduction to Java Programming

For New Comers to Java & OOP

• 2. Java Basics
• Exercises: Java Basics
• 3a. OOP Basics
• 3b. OOP Composition, Inheritance & Polymorphism
• 3c. OOP Wrapping-Up
• Exercises: OOP
• 4a. String is Special
• 4b. Enumeration (enum) (JDK 5)
• 4c. Exception Handling & Assertion
• 4d. JDK New Language Syntaxes (JDK 7 to 2x)
• 4e. Java Reference

Power Programmers

• Data Representation - Integers, Floating-Point Numbers & Character Sets
• Regular Expression (Regex)

Java Programming - Part II

Intermediate Java

• 5a. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• 5b. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Part 2
• 5c. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Part 3
• 5d. Custom Graphics
• Exercises: Graphics Programming
• Case Study: Graphics Programming - Tic-tac-toe
• Case Study: Graphics Programming Part II - AI
• 5e. Applet & WebStart Application
• 5f. Swing - Templates, Misc & How-To
• 5g. JavaFX - Introduction
• 6a. Multithreading
• 6b. Basic Input & Output (I/O)
• 6c. Advanced I/O
• 6d. Networking
• 7a. The Collection Framework, Part 1 (JDK 5)
• 7b. Generics (Since JDK 5)
• 7c. Annotation (JDK 5)
• 8a. Interface, Lambda Expr, Streams & Functional Prog. (JDK 8-11)
• 8b. Collection Framework, Part 2 (JDK 8)
• 9a. Java Module System (JDK 9)

Special Topics in Java

• Java Unit Testing - JUnit & TestNG
• Java Build - Ant & Maven [TODO]
• Calendar, Date and Time
• XML and Java
• Regular Expression (Regex) and Java
• JavaBeans
• Java Logging Framework
• Java Native Interface (JNI)

Java Appendices

• JDK API Documentation
• Packages and CLASSPATH
• Java Archive (JAR)
• Java Miscellaneous How-To
• JDK 5 New Features
• JDK 6 New Features
• JDK 7 New Features
• JDK 8 (LTS) New Features
• JDK 9 New Features
• JDK 10 (18.3) New Features
• JDK 11 (18.9) (LTS) New Features
• JDK 12 (19.3) New Features
• JDK 13 (19.9) New Features

Java ME (Obsoleted)

• 1. Java ME: Getting Started, Basics & Game Programming

Java Game Programming

• 1. Introduction: The World of Bouncing Balls
• 2. 2D Graphics, Java 2D and Images
• 3. Playing Sound
• 4. Java Game Framework and Snake Game

Client-Side Programming

HTML/CSS

• HTML/CSS Basics
• HTML/CSS Intermediate
• More HTML5/CSS3
• HTML/CSS Tips & How-To

JavaScript

• JavaScript Basics
• JavaScript ES6 and beyond
• jQuery & Ajax
• JavaScript/jQuery Advanced Examples

Client-Side Frameworks

• Bootstrap, Font Awesome, Parsley and Others
• AngularJS

Node.js & Server-Side JavaScript

• 1. Node.js Basics

Database Programming

MySQL/MariaDB

• 1. MySQL 1: How to Install and Get Started
• 2. MySQL 2: By Examples for Beginners
• 3. Relational Database Design
• 4. MySQL 3: Intermediate
• 5. SQL Sample Databases
• 6. MySQL 4: Miscellaneous
• 7. MySQL Utilities

JDBC

• 1. Introduction to Java Database Programming (JDBC)
• 2. JDBC - Part 2
• 3. JDBC Intermediate

PostgreSQL

• 1. PostgreSQL: Get Started

MongoDB

• 1. MongoDB: Get Started

Server-side Programming

Jakarta Servlet / JSP / JSF

• 0a. How to Install MySQL Server
• 0b. How to Install Tomcat Web Server
• 1. Servlets Case Study
• 2. Jakarta/Java EE IDEs
• 3. Servlets Explained
• 4. Tomcat's Servlet Examples Explained
• 5. Servlets Case Study (Part 2)
• 6. Advanced Tomcat
• 7. Getting Started with JSP by Examples
• 8. JavaServer Pages (JSP)
• 9. JavaServer Faces (JSF)
• 10. Java Web Database Applications
• 11. Struts
• 12. Java Web Services

PHP

• 0. Setup AMP (Apache/MySQL/PHP)
• 1. PHP Basics
• 2. PHP/MySQL Webapps
• 3. OOP in PHP
• 5. PHP Miscellaneous
• 6. PHP Unit Testing

Perl

• 1. Perl Basics
• 2. Regular Expression, File IO & Text Processing

Python

• 0. Python Get Started
• Python By Examples
• 1. Python Basics
• 1a. Python File & Text Processing
• 2. Python OOP
• 3. Python Data Analytics
• 4. Python Database & Webapp
• 5. Python Webapp with Flask

Webapps

Basics

• Terminology

Testing

• Webapp Acceptance Testing with Selenium

Security

• Advanced Webapps Security

Misc

• Advanced Webapps Tips

Blockchain

• Ethereum Smart Contract
• Bitcoin

Web Protocols

• HTTP 1: Basics
• HTTP 2: State Management
• HTTP 3: Authentication
• HTTP 4: SSL

3D Graphics & OpenGL

Setup on Various Platforms

• OpenGL in C/C++
• JOGL 2.0  |  JOGL 1.1
• LWJGL 2.8
• Java 3D

Computer Graphics with OpenGL

• CG 1. Introduction to OpenGL
• CG 2. Computer Graphics - Basic Theory
• CG 3. OpenGL Examples
• CG 3. Computer Graphics - Curves & Surfaces [TODO]
• CG 4. OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) [TODO]
• References & Resources

OpenGL|ES

• 3D Graphics in OpenGL ES (for Android)

Physics Engine

• Bullet Physics & JBullet Physics Engine

C/C++ Programming

C++ Programming Language

• 0. C++ Introduction
• 1. C++ Basics
• 2. C++ More Basics
• 3. C++ OOP Basics
• 4. C++ Pointers, References & Dynamic Allocation
• 5. C++ OOP Examples
• 6. C++ OOP Inheritance & Polymorphism
• 7. C++ Operator Overloading
• 8. C++ Template & Generic Programming
• 9. C++ Strings
• 10. C++ Libraries & STL
• 11. C++ IO Streams & File IO
• 12. C++ Misc, Tips & Traps
• 13. Data Structure and Algorithm in C++

C Programming Language

• 0. C Introduction
• 1. C Basics

C/C++ Compilers and IDEs

• GCC and Make
• CodeBlocks for C/C++
• Eclipse for C/C++
• Visual C++