Along the way, topics of current interest will be introduced. Class will be designed around a sequence of projects, culminating in a Final project which implements a network application in Java. Intermediate projects will be individual. Final project will be group. Books come with a CD-ROM with example code, tutorials, and the development tools.
Web sites are also available for the books with online tutorials.
The Java projects can be done on any Windows 95 or NT machine. These types of machines are available in Rm. Everyone in the class will get an account in Rm. The JDK is also available on the Book CD-ROM and over the internet from SUN . Introduction to Computer Networking Class notes.