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Course Outlines

Spring 2016 - CMPT 213 D100

Object oriented design in Java (3)

Class Number: 8364

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 5 – Apr 11, 2016: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    Jan 5 – Apr 11, 2016: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 16, 2016
    Sat, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Surrey

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225: Data Structures and Programming

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to object oriented design using Java. The Java programming language is introduced, with an emphasis on its advanced features. The course covers the building blocks of object oriented design including inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces and abstract classes. A number of object oriented design patterns are presented, such as observer, iterator, and singleton. The course also teaches best-practices in code construction. It includes a basic introduction to programming event driven graphical user interfaces. Students with credit for CMPT 212 cannot take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Throughout the course, students will learn and use Java to solve interesting problems but no background in Java is expected. The course will cover a number of design patterns which students will use in the assignments. There will be a focus on designing and writing good maintainable code, as such all code submitted will need to conform to a coding standard which will be discussed in class.

Topics

  • Introduction to Java, including advanced features such as enum, generics, and mutable vs immutable.
  • Inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces and abstract classes.
  • Introduction to object oriented design (OOD) and some UML diagrams.
  • Code construction, best practices and coding standard.
  • Basic software design patterns such as iteration, singleton, observers, and template methods.
  • Introduction to refactoring.
  • Basic introduction to event driven user interface programming, and use of threads.
  • Software development tools, such as advanced IDE features, build tools, debuggers, and JavaDoc.

Grading

NOTES:

Will be discussed in the first week of class.

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Reference Books

  • Code Complete, 2nd ed., Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2004, 9780735619678
  • Head First Design Patterns, Freeman and Freeman, O'Reilly, 2004, 9780596007126
  • Patterns in Java Volume 1: A Catalog of Reusable Design Patterns Illustrated with UML , Mark Grand, Wiley, 2002, 9780471227298, 2nd Edition

RECOMMENDED READING:

Object-Oriented Design and Patterns, 2nd Edition, Cay Horstmann, Wiley, 2006
ISBN: 9780471744870

Registrar Notes:

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