Object-Oriented Design and Programming

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. explain the steps in creating an executable program for a computer, including the intermediate representations and their purpose; 2. manipulate binary patterns and understand the use of binary to represent numbers; 3. apply good programming style and understand the impact of style on developing and maintaining programs; 4. effectively use a version control system and the Linux command line tools for incremental development; 5. explain the benefits of object-oriented design and understand when it is an appropriate methodology to use; 6. design object -oriented solutions for small systems involving multiple objects; 7. implement, test and debug solutions in C++; 8. identify the relative merits of different algorithmic designs; 9. independently find and interpret discipline related documentation; and 10. explain the relevance of ethics in the context of Software Engineering.

Basic OOP Concepts: Classes, Objects, inheritance, polymorphism, Data Abstraction, Tools for developing, Compiling, interpreting and debugging, Java Programs, Java Syntax and data objects, operators. Central flow constructs, objects and classes programming, Arrays, methods. Exceptions, Applets and the Abstract, OLE, Persistence, Window Toolkit, Laboratory exercises in an OOP Language.