This is an abbreviated course syllabus.
Like everything else in this course, it is likely to change.
| Week 1: Some Basics
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(01) Friday, 27 August 2004
Motivating Problems
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(02) Monday, 30 August 2004
Polymorphism (1)
About the class.
The candy machine world.
Problem 1: Testing.
Problem 2: Doubling.
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(03) Wednesday, 1 September 2004
Java Packages
Quiz.
The Import Statement.
Why packages?
Using packages in *nix systems.
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(04) Friday, 3 September 2004
Polymorphism (2)
Using Java packages.
The Candy Machine Problem, Revisited.
Solution one: Java Introspection.
Solution two: An Important Design Pattern.
Improving solution two: Anonymous Inner Classes.
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| Week 2: Basics, Continued
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(05) Monday, 6 September 2004
Polymorphism (3)
Factories, Revisited.
Anonymous Inner Classes.
Factories, Re-Revisited.
Assignments:
Read Fowler, Chapter 3, 5, and 6.
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(06) Wednesday, 8 September 2004
The UML (1): Objects and Their Relationships
The Key Parts of a Class
Relationships Between Classes
Incorporating Interfaces
Q and Q
Exercise
Assignments:
Read Fowler, Chapters 4, 9, and 10.
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(07) Friday, 10 September 2004
Cancelled
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| Week 3: UML
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(08) Monday, 13 September 2004
The UML (2): Classes and Interfaces
Review.
Interfaces.
Assignments:
Homework for Friday: Sketch UML diagrams to give an overview of how one might approach the "Ant Simulation" problem. Work in groups of three.
Homework for Wednesday: Finish UML Distilled.
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(09) Wednesday, 15 September 2004
The UML (3): Processes and Computation
Representing code in action.
Sequence diagrams.
Use cases.
Finite state amchines.
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(10) Friday, 17 September 2004
The UML (4): Miscellaneous
Sequence diagram example.
Questions and answers.
State diagram example.
Due:
Homework 2: Diagrams.
Assignments:
Start to read the XP book.
Project, phase 1: Design and implement theWorld.
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| Week 4: Tools
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(11) Monday, 20 September 2004
Version Management with CVS
Background: Controlling Source Code
Background: Unix tool design
CVS: Design Issues
Using CVS
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(12) Wednesday, 22 September 2004
Simple Project Management with Make
The problems Make addresses
Make basics
Variables in Make
Standard Make targets
Advanced make
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(13) Friday, 24 September 2004
Java Project Management with Ant
Philosophy of Ant
Ant Basics
Ant Variables
Due:
Homework 3: Worlds
Assignments:
Read the XP book.
HW4, Part 1: Implementing the State of the World.
HW4, Part 2: Implementing Bugs.
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| Week 5: Extreme Programming
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(14) Monday, 27 September 2004
Extreme Programming (1)
Context: Kinds of Software.
Context: Heavyweight Development.
Basics of XP.
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(15) Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Extreme Programming (2)
Principles that ground XP.
Programmers' activities.
XP Practices.
Exercise: Testing.
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(16) Friday, 1 October 2004
Testing
Due:
WorldState or Bug
Assignments:
Prepare talks for Monday's class.
Write a better TestVector (due Friday).
Read JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests.
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| Week 6: Swing
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(17) Monday, 4 October 2004
BugWorld Presentations
Presentations
Assignments:
Start reading Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing.
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(18) Wednesday, 6 October 2004
Testing with JUnit
Writing our own tests.
Generalizing to a test suite.
JUnit.
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(19) Friday, 8 October 2004
Swing (1)
Swing Basics
A Sample Program
Some Design Issues
Exercise
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| Week 7: Pause for Breath
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(20) Monday, 11 October 2004
Swing (2)
Design Criteria.
Examples.
Exercise.
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(21) Wednesday, 13 October 2004
Class Cancelled
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(22) Friday, 15 October 2004
Class Cancelled
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| Week 8: Design Heuristics
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(23) Monday, 25 October 2004
Design Heuristics (1): Basics
Quiz discussion.
Your questions.
The basics: Why this book, why study heuristics?
A guiding principle: Encapsulation.
Weaknesses of this principle.
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(24) Wednesday, 27 October 2004
Design Heuristics (2): Relationships
Preparation
Containment vs. Association
Assignments:
Take Home Exam 1 (due next Friday).
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(25) Friday, 29 October 2004
Pause for Breath
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| Spring Break
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| Week 9: Testing
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(26) Monday, 1 November 2004
In-Class Exam 1
The exam.
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(27) Wednesday, 3 November 2004
Swing (3): Drawing
Graphics basics
Normal steps
Example
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(28) Friday, 5 November 2004
Discussion of In-Class Exam 1
Questions and answer on take-home
Problems with in-class
If time: Ideas about Wednesday's problems?
Assignments:
Please try to read more of Design Heuristics.
Finish the exam.
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| Week 10: Design Heuristics, Revisited
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(29) Monday, 8 November 2004
Swing (4): Debugging Drawing
A buggy program
Strategies for zapping the bug
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(30) Wednesday, 10 November 2004
Design Heuristics (3): Relationships
How objects and classes relate
Obtaining classes to use
Class design
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Association
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(31) Friday, 12 November 2004
Project Interfaces
Next phase of assignment
Interface demos
Assignments:
Next stage of the project: Integrate! In particular, integrate (1) a world represented by a two-dimensional array of tiles; (2) the code that displays tiles; (3) the code that reads and runs bugs.
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| Week 11: Design Heuristics, Concluded
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(32) Monday, 15 November 2004
Design Heuristics (4): Choosing Relationships
Today's strategy
Choosing a relationship
Choosing how to get objects to use
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(33) Wednesday, 17 November 2004
Design Heuristics (5): Choosing Relationships, Continued
Today's strategy
Choosing a relationship
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(34) Friday, 19 November 2004
Design Heuristics (6): Obtaining Objects to Use
Choosing how to get objects to use
Riel's heuristics
Our heuristics
Assignments:
Read chapters 1 and 2 of Design Patterns.
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| Week 12: Design Patterns
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(35) Monday, 22 November 2004
Design Patterns (1): Introduction
Multiple perspectives on software reuse
The Design Patterns philosophy
An example: Sorting
The Design Patterns catalog, abbreviated
The Patterns Format(s)
Assignments:
Finish your simulation (due Monday, 6 December 2004).
Read chapter 2 of Design Patterns (due Wednesday, 24 November 2004).
Read chapter 3 of Design Patterns (due Monday, 29 November 2004).
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(36) Wednesday, 24 November 2004
Class Cancelled
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Thanksgiving Break |
| Week 13: Design Patterns
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(37) Monday, 29 November 2004
Design Patterns (2): Case Study
The case: A text editor
Nine key patterns: Composite (163), Strategy (315), Decorator (175), Abstract Factory (87), Bridge (151), Command (223), Iterator (257), Visitor (331), Flyweight (195)
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(38) Wednesday, 1 December 2004
Design Patterns (3): Creational Patterns
Questions and answers.
Three related creational patterns.
Two other creational patterns.
Assignments:
Read "Structural Patterns" for Friday.
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(39) Friday, 3 December 2004
Design Patterns (4): Structural Patterns
Builders, revisited
Basic wrapper patterns
Group wrapper patterns
Other wrapper patterns
Other creational patterns
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| Week 14: Wrapup
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(40) Monday, 6 December 2004
Takehome Discussion
Introductory notes
Java Collections Framework
Factories
Introspective Testing
Refactoring
Assignments:
Take-home Final Examination.
Read Chapter 5 of Design Patterns.
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(41) Wednesday, 8 December 2004
Design Patterns (5): Behavioral Patterns
Introduction
Summary of patterns
Relating patterns
Assignments:
End-of-course Development Evaluation (due Friday).
Final stages of project (due Friday).
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(42) Friday, 10 December 2004
Wrapup
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