CISP 312: Data Structures

Welcome to the CISP 312: Data Structures Course Weblog!

2011-07-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the CISP 312: Data Structures Course Weblog! This site will serve as a repository for course information, including course slides, assignments and resources.

Please send me an email (nicole.ryan@davenport.edu) if you have any suggestions regarding the weblog.

July 7, 2011 - ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, continued...

2011-07-07T08:00:00.000-07:00

For our virtual session this week we will continue to explore ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX.

This week I would like you to download and build the example program files for the Guestbook application shown on pages 1090 - 1094. This application connects to a database as explained in detail on pages 1086 - 1089.

Once you have downloaded the example files and explored how they work, I would like you to add validation functionality as outlined in exercise 21.5 (page 1142) and AJAX functionality as specified in exercise 21.6 (page 1142).

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) validation capabilities are explained in the chapter in section 21.9 (page 1121), and demonstrated in the Validation.aspx example (Figure 21.67) on pages 1124 - 1127.

Please apply the AJAX validation techniques to the Guestbook example using the specifications outlined in exercise 21.6 on page 1142. You only need to turn in your completed program files for exercise 21.6. These will be due at the end of class on July 14th, 2011.

If you have any questions or difficulties, please bring them to class Thursday, July 14th.

~Nicole

Virtual Class - July 7, 2011

2011-06-30T14:32:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder that we will not meet in person next week.

Please check the blog and Blackboard next Thursday for information on the exercises we will be working with. We will be continuing to work through ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX next week.

ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX

2011-06-30T14:16:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will begin to look ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX. We will work through the session tracking and cookies example on pages 1069 - 1078.

I would like you to modify the choices in the example (Fig 21.23, a/c), the welcome message (Fig 21.23, b/d), and the recommendations (Fig 21.25) to fit with another theme of your choosing.

Once you have successfully modified and built the exercise please submit it in Blackboard. This assignment is due July 7th.

LINQ to SQL

2011-06-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will work through exercise 20.3 on page 1030, which calls for the modification of the Display Table application (20.6).

We will work together on this tonight in class and this assignment will be due at the beginning of class next week, Thursday, June 30, 2011.

Midterm Exam/Project

2011-06-16T09:32:00.000-07:00

Today we will get started working on our project for the Midterm Exam. This will be an adaptation from the text example exercises that we explored last week, 19.10 and 19.11.

I would like you to complete Exercise 19-9, which asks that you modify examples 19.10 and 19.11 to allow the books to be sorted by page.

Please get started on this exercise tonight in class and I will take questions and provide help as needed.

~ Nicole

LINQ to XML

2011-06-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

This week we will explore LINQ to XML, XML Schemas and XSL style sheets. I would like you to try out example 19.11 on pages 953 - 955.

I also recommend that you explore some of the links I have added related to this chapter listed under 'References' in the sidebar.

We will also discuss what to expect next week this evening, and I will help you get prepared for the Midterm exam and project.

Files and Streams

2011-06-02T16:07:00.000-07:00

Tonight we discussed Files and Streams as the are presented in Chapter 18, including how to create, write and update files. We also looked at the .NET framework streams hierarchy, sequential access file processing and serialization.

In conjunction with tonight's discussion, please complete one of the two exercises for next week:
Exercise 18.3 - Create a program that stores student grades in a text file.. (30 points - complete details on page 934).
or
Exercise 18.4 - Modify exercise 18.3 to use objects of a class that can be serialized to and de-serialized from a file. (30 points + 10 Extra Credit Points).

Please upload your completed assignment in Blackboard by the end of class next Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Early Dismissal 5/26

2011-05-25T21:03:00.001-07:00

I wanted to give all of you a heads-up that I plan to dismiss class at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, May 26th.

I plan to go out of town for Memorial Day weekend and wish to get a head start so I am not stuck in holiday weekend traffic. Next week we will be discussing Files and Streams in chapter 18, and I will give you a practice assignment to help you apply the concepts presented in the chapter.

Best Regards,
- Nicole

Strings, Characters (Tom) and Regular Expressions

2011-05-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will discuss characters, strings and regular expressions.

To get a feel for working with strings, we will write a program that encodes English language phrases into Pig Latin as described in exercise 17.7 on page 887.

Please upload your completed Pig Latin program by next Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Warm-up Assignment - Experiment with WPF Graphics and Multimedia

2011-05-05T16:32:00.000-07:00

For next week download, build, and experiment with the WPF Graphics and Multimedia examples 16.3, 16.4 and 16.5 that I have uploaded to the class weblog.

Upload one of the exercises (16.3, 16.4, or 16.5) that you worked with for next week. You should submit all of the files from your project as a zipped file in Blackboard.

This assignment is due next Thursday, May 12, 2011.

Intro and WPF Graphics and Multimedia

2011-05-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will get acquainted with WPF Graphics and Multimedia. This chapter continues to build upon what we have covered in Chapter 15 related to Windows Presentation Foundation.

Tonight in class we will experiment with exercises from chapter 16 and discuss what is on the agenda for this semester.