CMPS 144L (Computer Science 2 Lab)
Fall 2026

Syllabus

Teaching Assistants

• Office Hours

Lab Assignments

• Lab #1: Preliminaries and the TimeOfDay class
• Lab #2: TimeOfDay Class, Again
• Lab #3: Inheritance
• Lab #4: Abstract Classes and Their Children
• Lab #5: Loop Invariants
• Lab #6: Evaluating FPAEs using Stacks
• Lab #7: Shortest Paths via Queue; Indexed List via Link1

Java Resources

• Java download
• jGrasp IDE
• jGrasp Tutorials (zipped pdf file) (links to separate chapters exist on web page at URL specified in previous hyperlink)
• Using "run arguments" in jGrasp
• Java Package Hierarchy (i.e., links to all packages)
• Links to particular packages/classes
  • java.lang  :  Math   String
  • java.util :  Scanner   Iterator   Arrays   ArrayList   Random
• How Java Works (how stuff works) (Note that the hyperlinks for downloading JDK, etc., on this page are out of date.)
• Java "home page"
• Java Tutorials
  • The Java Tutorials
  • Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
  • Language Basics
  • Classes and Objects
  • Interfaces and Inheritance
  • Numbers and Strings
  • Arrays
  • Generics
  • Packages
  • How to Make Frames (Main Windows)
• How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool
• Using Assertions in Java Technology