Class Information

• Course Schedule including examples from lecture, problem sets and solutions, etc.
• Grading information
• Project ideas

Communication

• Announcements.
• Browse this web site regularly. Check this site first if you have any question, specially the FAQ link associated with each problem set.
• How to submit problem sets (electronically)

Textbook, References

• Database Management Systems, 3nd edition, Ramakrishnan and Gehrke, 2003 (Required).
• Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, 2nd edition, vol 1, Hall and Brown, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004. (Reference)
• More Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Hall, Prentice Hall PTR, 2001. (Reference)
• Browse the J2SE 6.0 API documentation via Sun's web server.
• The Java Programming Language, 4th edition, Arnold, Gosling, and Holmes, Addison-Wesley. (Reference)

Java, Eclipse

• Windows
• Install Java (JDK 6 Update 18).
• Install Java before Eclipse. Install Eclipse, Windows
• Basic DOS Commands
• Install Emacs for Windows. [Emacs Quick Reference]
• Mac OS X
• Verify Java Install (1.5.x or 1.6.x).
• Verify Java Install before Eclipse. Install Eclipse, Mac OS X
• Basic Unix and Emacs Commands
• Mac comes with emacs. Access it from the Unix terminal window. Or, install GNU Emacs using this if you want to use one with better user interface.

MySQL, JDBC, Tomcat

• Download and install MySQL on Windows
• Read this first before you configure and use Apache Tomcat 6
• Sun's JDBC website