CS223 2004F Course Syllabus

This is a highly approximate syllabus. Expect topics, assignments, ordering, and almost everything else to change.

• Week One: Some Basics
• Week Two: Basics, Continued
• Week Three: UML
• Week Four: Tools
• Week Five: Extreme Programming
• Week Six: Swing
• Week Seven: Pause for Breath
• Week Eight: Design Heuristics
• Break
• Week Nine: Testing
• Week Ten: Design Heuristics, Revisited
• Week Eleven: Design Heuristics, Concluded
• Week Twelve: Design Patterns
• Week Thirteen: Design Patterns
• Week Fourteen: Wrapup

Week One: Some Basics

Class 01 (Friday, 27 August 2004) Motivating Problems

Class 02 (Monday, 30 August 2004) Polymorphism (1)

Overview:

• About the class.
• The candy machine world.
• Problem 1: Testing.
• Problem 2: Doubling.

Class 03 (Wednesday, 1 September 2004) Java Packages

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• First.java.
• Second.java.
• Handout on packages.

Overview:

• Quiz.
• The Import Statement.
• Why packages?
• Using packages in *nix systems.

Class 04 (Friday, 3 September 2004) Polymorphism (2)

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• The candy package.
• Using Packages in Java.

Overview:

• Using Java packages.
• The Candy Machine Problem, Revisited.
• Solution one: Java Introspection.
• Solution two: An Important Design Pattern.
• Improving solution two: Anonymous Inner Classes.

Week Two: Basics, Continued

Class 05 (Monday, 6 September 2004) Polymorphism (3)

Assignments

• Read Fowler, Chapter 3, 5, and 6.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Sample Code.

Overview:

• Factories, Revisited.
• Anonymous Inner Classes.
• Factories, Re-Revisited.

Class 06 (Wednesday, 8 September 2004) The UML (1): Objects and Their Relationships

Assignments

• Read Fowler, Chapters 4, 9, and 10.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• The Key Parts of a Class
• Relationships Between Classes
• Incorporating Interfaces
• Q and Q
• Exercise

Class 07 (Friday, 10 September 2004) Cancelled

Class 08 (Monday, 13 September 2004) The UML (2): Classes and 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.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Review.
• Interfaces.

Week Three: UML

Class 09 (Wednesday, 15 September 2004) The UML (3): Processes and Computation

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Representing code in action.
• Sequence diagrams.
• Use cases.
• Finite state amchines.

Class 10 (Friday, 17 September 2004) The UML (4): Miscellaneous

Due

• Homework 2: Diagrams.

Assignments

• Start to read the XP book.
• Project, phase 1: Design and implement theWorld.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Sequence diagram example.
• Questions and answers.
• State diagram example.

Class 11 (Monday, 20 September 2004) Version Management with CVS

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Reading/Lab.
• CVS Documentation.

Overview:

• Background: Controlling Source Code
• Background: Unix tool design
• CVS: Design Issues
• Using CVS

Class 12 (Wednesday, 22 September 2004) Simple Project Management with Make

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Examples.
• info make

Overview:

• The problems Make addresses
• Make basics
• Variables in Make
• Standard Make targets
• Advanced make

Week Four: Tools

Class 13 (Friday, 24 September 2004) Java Project Management with Ant

Due

• Homework 3: Worlds

Assignments

• Read the XP book.
• HW4, Part 1: Implementing the State of the World.
• HW4, Part 2: Implementing Bugs.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Examples.
• Ant Web Page.

Overview:

• Philosophy of Ant
• Ant Basics
• Ant Variables

Class 14 (Monday, 27 September 2004) Extreme Programming (1)

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• ExtremeProgramming.org.

Overview:

• Context: Kinds of Software.
• Context: Heavyweight Development.
• Basics of XP.

Class 15 (Wednesday, 29 September 2004) Extreme Programming (2)

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• ExtremeProgramming.org.
• Some sample code.

Overview:

• Principles that ground XP.
• Programmers' activities.
• XP Practices.
• Exercise: Testing.

Class 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.

Week Five: Extreme Programming

Class 17 (Monday, 4 October 2004) BugWorld Presentations

Assignments

• Start reading Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Presentations

Class 18 (Wednesday, 6 October 2004) Testing with JUnit

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• JUnit.org.
• Some sample code.
• VectorTest.java.

Overview:

• Writing our own tests.
• Generalizing to a test suite.
• JUnit.

Class 19 (Friday, 8 October 2004) Swing (1)

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Sample Code.
• Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing.

Overview:

• Swing Basics
• A Sample Program
• Some Design Issues
• Exercise

Class 20 (Monday, 11 October 2004) Swing (2)

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Sample Code.
• Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing.

Overview:

• Design Criteria.
• Examples.
• Exercise.

Week Six: Swing

Class 21 (Wednesday, 13 October 2004) Class Cancelled

Class 22 (Friday, 15 October 2004) Class Cancelled

Class 23 (Monday, 25 October 2004) Design Heuristics (1): Basics

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• Quiz discussion.
• Your questions.
• The basics: Why this book, why study heuristics?
• A guiding principle: Encapsulation.
• Weaknesses of this principle.

Class 24 (Wednesday, 27 October 2004) Design Heuristics (2): Relationships

Assignments

• Take Home Exam 1 (due next Friday).

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• Preparation
• Containment vs. Association

Week Seven: Pause for Breath

Class 25 (Friday, 29 October 2004) Pause for Breath

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Class 26 (Monday, 1 November 2004) In-Class Exam 1

Related Pages:

• The in-class exam.

Overview:

• The exam.

Class 27 (Wednesday, 3 November 2004) Swing (3): Drawing

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Sample Code.
• API for java.awt.Graphics.
• Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing.

Overview:

• Graphics basics
• Normal steps
• Example

Class 28 (Friday, 5 November 2004) Discussion of In-Class Exam 1

Assignments

• Please try to read more of Design Heuristics.
• Finish the exam.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Handout on introspection.
• In-class Exam 1.
• Take-home Exam 1.

Overview:

• Questions and answer on take-home
• Problems with in-class
• If time: Ideas about Wednesday's problems?

Week Eight: Design Heuristics

Class 29 (Monday, 8 November 2004) Swing (4): Debugging Drawing

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• FunnyButtons.java

Overview:

• A buggy program
• Strategies for zapping the bug

Class 30 (Wednesday, 10 November 2004) Design Heuristics (3): Relationships

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• How objects and classes relate
• Obtaining classes to use
• Class design
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Association

Class 31 (Friday, 12 November 2004) Project Interfaces

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.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Next phase of assignment
• Interface demos

Class 32 (Monday, 15 November 2004) Design Heuristics (4): Choosing Relationships

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• Today's strategy
• Choosing a relationship
• Choosing how to get objects to use

Break

Break runs from 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 17, 1998 to 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 3.

Week Nine: Testing

Class 33 (Wednesday, 17 November 2004) Design Heuristics (5): Choosing Relationships, Continued

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• Today's strategy
• Choosing a relationship

Class 34 (Friday, 19 November 2004) Design Heuristics (6): Obtaining Objects to Use

Assignments

• Read chapters 1 and 2 of Design Patterns.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Riel's Heuristics.

Overview:

• Choosing how to get objects to use
• Riel's heuristics
• Our heuristics

Class 35 (Monday, 22 November 2004) Design Patterns (1): Introduction

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).

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Multiple perspectives on software reuse
• The Design Patterns philosophy
• An example: Sorting
• The Design Patterns catalog, abbreviated
• The Patterns Format(s)

Class 36 (Wednesday, 24 November 2004) Class Cancelled

Week Ten: Design Heuristics, Revisited

Class 37 (Monday, 29 November 2004) Design Patterns (2): Case Study

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• 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)

Class 38 (Wednesday, 1 December 2004) Design Patterns (3): Creational Patterns

Assignments

• Read "Structural Patterns" for Friday.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.

Overview:

• Questions and answers.
• Three related creational patterns.
• Two other creational patterns.

Class 39 (Friday, 3 December 2004) Design Patterns (4): Structural Patterns

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Summary of Patterns.

Overview:

• Builders, revisited
• Basic wrapper patterns
• Group wrapper patterns
• Other wrapper patterns
• Other creational patterns

Class 40 (Monday, 6 December 2004) Takehome Discussion

Assignments

• Take-home Final Examination.
• Read Chapter 5 of Design Patterns.

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Sample Code.

Overview:

• Introductory notes
• Java Collections Framework
• Factories
• Introspective Testing
• Refactoring

Week Eleven: Design Heuristics, Concluded

Class 41 (Wednesday, 8 December 2004) Design Patterns (5): Behavioral Patterns

Assignments

• End-of-course Development Evaluation (due Friday).
• Final stages of project (due Friday).

Related Pages:

• EBoard.
• Summary of Patterns.

Overview:

• Introduction
• Summary of patterns
• Relating patterns

Class 42 (Friday, 10 December 2004) Wrapup

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Week Twelve: Design Patterns

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Week Thirteen: Design Patterns

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Week Fourteen: Wrapup

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