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Important Dates

Aug 30

First day of class

Sept 11

First discussion section

Dec 6

Last day of class

Dec 11 - 16 (TBA)

Final Presentation

Resources

Code Review Roles

For a more detailed description, refer to section 21.3 of Code Complete

Moderator - (the TA will act as moderator)

1. keep the review moving
2. assures that code is distributed to reviewers
3. sets up meeting room
4. follows up on action items

Author

1. writes the code
2. distributes code to reviewers in a timely manner
3. presents overview

Reviewer

1. find defects
2. review style issues (here in this class)
3. ask about implementation details

Scribe

1. records suggestions made by reviewers
2. defects uncovered
3. changes author has pledged to make
4. gives list of items to TA

Programming Wisdom

O'Reilly Safari: A large collection of O'Reilly technical books available free online to UIUC CS students.
Joel on Software: Joel Spolsky's website, packed with insightful articles on the practice of programming.

Design Patterns

• The Design Patterns Java Companion: you can get the entire book here. Not as good as some of the others, but it is free.
• Design Patterns in Java -- Reference and Example Site: Has quick examples to help you get up to speed.
• UIUC CS WIKI -- Design Patterns: UIUC's very own wiki about design patterns

Java

There are a lot of resources for Java. So much that it can be overwhelming. Here are some of our favorites:

• Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java: A free electronic version of a good Java textbook.
• Java Almanac: Someone else has probably asked the question that you have now
• Java Cookbook: While its not free, this resource provides answers for your Java questions in a "here is my question, here is the answer" format.
• Sun Developer Network: The authoritative source.
• Regular Expressions for Java: Learn regular expressions, link courtesy of Robert

PHP

• www.php.net
• www.phpfreaks.com

XML

• www.w3.org
• www.w3schools.org

CSS

If you're creating HTML and want to separate the content of your site from its layout, cascading style sheets (CSS) are for you. There are tons of great CSS resources on the web; here are a few of the best.

• htmldog
• The CSS Zen Garden
• The Noodle Incident (Check out the boxes examples)
• Open Source Web Design (Has nice templates that you can use for your portfolio)

MySQL

www.mysql.com