Assignments

• Required: Java style guide: all submitted code should conform.

IntelliJ in CSIL; click for details

• IntelliJ is installed in CSIL labs (Windows OS; Surrey and Burnaby).
  • Suggested lab: SRYE 4013 (new building); but other SRYE labs likely OK too.
  • Run by pressing Windows key, and then "IntelliJ".
  • If IntelliJ asks for a license, point it to this server:
    http://cs-sc-licensing.cs.surrey.sfu.ca:8023/

Assignment 1: Game tracker

• Assignment description.
  • Sample output.
  • Marking guide.
• Code style guide which must be followed.
• Due Sept 16th by 11:59pm.

• Solutions folder.

Assignment 2

• Assignment description
• Marking guide
• Useful Resources
  • Sample input JSON file, and sample output files
  • GSON: Sample Puppy project that can save to JSON and read from JSON.
  • GSON: Use in IntelliJ
  • GSON: Array or List as Root of JSON file; more info here
  • GSON: Reading/Writing LocalDate; more info here or here.
• Due Sept 30th
• Solutions folder.

Assignment 3

• Assignment description
  • Sample output
  • Marking guide
  • Assignment requires you to use a few streams, I suggest first doing the streams exercise listed on the notes page.
• May be done in pairs or individually; due Oct 21st by 11:59pm
• Solutions folder.

Assignment 4

• Marking guide: two parts, submitted separately.
• [Group] Part A: Sum-Awesome Game
  • Part A - Sum-Awesome Game description.
• [Individual] Part B: Fort REST API
  • Part B - Fort REST API description.
  • REST API specification
  • You may use the posted solution to Assignment 3 if desired. You may modify it in any way.
  • Web client: download the file and extract so you have a /public folder in the root of your Spring Boot project. Then run your program and browse to http://localhost:8080/.
  • REST API Data Transfer Objects (DTO): Classes which, when serialized, contain the information the web client needs. Edit these and implement static factor methods to create the objects correctly. You can rename the package. These are to be temporary objects; do not save them; that's what your model's for.
  • Postman queries to exercise back-end REST API
  • Videos
    • Video of fort web client -- This talks about "tanks", but it's just a slightly different version of the same basic game.
    • Video on getting started with Spring Boot in IntelliJ. [Updated 2023]
    • Video on creating a REST API with Spring Boot in IntelliJ.
    • Using Postman to test a REST API.
• Assignment due (all at once) on Tuesday, November 21th by 11:59pm [REVISED DATE].
• Submit via CourSys
  • See assignment submission directions for how to create/test ZIP file.

Hints for Resolving Spring Boot issues; click for details

• Check the build.gradle file contains the following (check versions)

  plugins {
  id 'java'
  id 'org.springframework.boot' version '4.0.0-RC1'
  id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.4'
  }
  group 'org.example'
  version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
  repositories {
  mavenCentral()
  }
  dependencies {
  implementation ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
  testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
  }
  test {
  useJUnitPlatform()
  }

• Check gradle\wrapper\gradle-wraper.properites file contains the line:
  distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
• Check Java version is up to date (Fall 2025 I'm using Java 24):
  File > Project Structure > Project > SDK = 24 (or something relatively rescent)
• Ensure Gradle is using the same SDK version as your project:
  File > Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle:
  Distribution: Wrapper
  Gradle JVM: Project SDK
• After changing build.gradle or gradle-wrapper.properties you must re-sync the project with the gradle file. Click the Gradle elephant icon on the right, then select the Sync All Gradle Projects button at the top.

Policies

• Assignment Late Policy
  Assignments may be turned in up to 3 days late with 0% penalty. Later than this is 100% penalty (60 minute grace period). Contact the instructor if there are extenuating circumstances.
• Extensions and Deferrals
  Email Dr. Brian with your request. You may need to complete and email SFU Academic Concession Self-Declaration Form. Doctor's notes are usually not required.
• Academic Honesty
  • The MOSS tool will be used to check the originality of all electronic submissions.
  • SFU's Academic Honesty policy is crucial to earning credit in this course. Violations of the policy will be taken seriously and reported to the department and university.
  • Explanation of penalties applied for academic dishonesty.
• AI Policy
  • Students may use AI tools (such as GitHub's Copilot, or ChatGPT) to support their programming.
  • You must do the high-level design yourself and be able to write all submitted code on your own (even if you used help from the AI).
  • You should use the AI to code no more than a few lines at a time: do not have it write all lines of code.
  • You must add a comment to any functions that you used the AI's help to write more than 5 line of code.
  • Code written exclusively by, or with the help of an AI system is still governed by the academic honesty policies of the course and university. If a significant number of lines of code, or detailed/critical code is found not to be the student's work, then that work will get a zero. If the copied code was not cited correctly (from either a human or AI source) then it will be considered a case of academic dishonesty and the entire assignment may get a grade of 0 and a report on file with the university.
  • Note that AI tools are not available during exams, and exams make up the bulk of the percentage for the course.