First Day Handout

CS412: Mobile Device Programming
Professor: Jianna J. Zhang
Website: facultyweb.cs.wwu.edu/~zhangj/cs412/
E-mail: Jianna.Zhang@wwu.edu
About this Course: 4 Credit hours, no TAs, and no labs.
Description: Design and development of applications for the mobile
environment. Android platform, tools for Android development, UI design,
mobile application distribution systems.
Textbooks and References:
1. There is no required textbook
2. Follow Stanford University’s “Android Application Development” course
at: http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs193a/index.shtml
3. Class Website: http://facultyweb.cs.wwu.edu/~zhangj/cs412/
4. Android Developer’s Website: http://developer.android.com/index.html
5. Video by Derek Banas: “Android Studio Tutorial”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBD4xhH5vIE&index=1&list=PLGLf
Vvz_LVvSPjWpLPFEfOCbezi6vATIh
Course Plan and Organization:
1. We will follow closely to Stanford U “Android App Development” course
that is offered in winter 2015. It is current for Mobile Device Programming
courses. Here is the Website:
http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs193a/index.shtml
2. A lot of programming in class with your laptops/lab-computers
3. We plan to cover (may change during the quarter): Android Studio,
Android platform, action bar, supporting different devices, manage activity
lifecycle, dynamic UI with a fragment, saving data and settings, interaction
with data files, program camera, 2-d graphics, text-to-speech and speechto-text, animation, maps, services and notifications, and databases.
4. Weekly assignment: work as a group to get start, then each student will
finish the assignment individually on their own time
5. Peer evaluation: rotate among groups of students
6. Final project: proposal, design, and implementation
7. Sign out a nexus 7 today: https://cse.wwu.edu/computer-science
8. Let us start programming!
Mark Distribution (Total 100%)
1. Weekly Homework: 35% (Week 2 to 8)
2. Participations: 15%
3. Final Project: proposal (10%); design (10%); (implementation) 30 %
Note: There is no late Homework Assignments.
Percentage Letter Grade:
90-100 A (90-92 A-)
80-89 B (87-89 B+, 80-82 B-)
70-79 C (77-79 C+, 70-72 C-)
60-69 D (67-69 D+, 60-62 D-)
<60 F
Rules and Regulations
1. Login Canvas to turn in your assignments, and follow the name convention.
2. Please upload a .ZIP archive containing your entire project so that it can be
downloaded and run in Android Studio by the instructor or another student.
Please give your file a descriptive name including your name and the
assignment name; something like "First-LastName-asmt1-myApp.zip".
Please do NOT use other compression formats such as .GZ, .7Z, .RAR, etc.
(If you don't know how to make a ZIP file, go to this page).
3. Late assignments will NOT be accepted. You may hand in un-finished
work and get partial grades.
4. All class work in this class are individual assignments. Team discussion is
greatly encouraged.
5. You must follow the e-sign agreement by the CS Department to sign out a
Nexus 7 tablet.
6. You must return your tablet as required on the e-sign form before the end
of Wednesday of the final week in order to get full grade. Otherwise, you
will be given a “K” grade until this request is satisfied.
Lecture Time: 9:00 – 9:50 noon, MWF
Class Room: CF 314
Lab Room: CF 418
Office Hour: 1:30 – 2:30 pm Mondays and Wednesdays or by Appointment