CS330 Outline

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This module introduces you to the course organization, policies, and mechanics. We review the structure of the course website.

We take a brief look at the major themes and areas of emphasis that we will cover this semester.

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This module covers the notion of ADTs from the a design perspective. We motivate the notion of ADTs as a design principle, and move towards ADTs as a contract.

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This module discusses the implementation of ADTs using C++ classes. This includes mechanics (e.g., Constructors and Destructors) and best practices (in the form of a checklist).

The first graded assignment takes place in this module and requires you apply these concepts along with those discussed in CS 250 and CS 252.

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In this course we will be using two of the most widely used OOPLs (Object-Oriented Programming Languages) – C++ and Java. Everyone enrolled in this course should be quite familiar with C++ already (although if it has been a while since your last C++ course or if your grades in that course were marginal (below B), now would be a good time to go back and review.

Most students in this course will be unfamiliar with Java, however, so we will take a little time to build up familiarity with it. There’s a lot of hands-on work (“labs”) in this section because the issue is really not so much “learning” Java as “getting comfortable” with it.

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This module discusses workflows and software development processes (introduced in CS 250) in the context of ADT design, implementation, and testing.

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This module discusses the initial stages of analysis of an Object Oriented System. This process starts with Class Discovery and Documentation, then concludes with class descriptions or CRC cards.

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This module discusses the intermediate stages of analyzing an Object Oriented System. This process continues with UML class diagrams.

The first Design Assignment is assigned during this section. You (and optionally your group) when follow the design process for an instructor selected domain.

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This module continues the discussion of design and UML. This includes modeling scenarios (partially and fully) through use cases, interaction diagrams, and sequence diagrams.

The second design assignment is assigned during this module. You (and your group) will extend your Early Elaboration Assignment solution in this exercise.

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This module discusses the notion of Inheritance in OOP. This includes an exploration subtyping as it relates to inheritance.

We introduce the mechanic of function overriding, an mechanic analogous to function overloading. The module concludes with an exploration of these mechanics in the context of the Spreadsheet Example.

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This module continues our discussion of Inheritance. The application of dynamic binding and the associated mechanics (e.g., virtual functions and pure virtual functions) are discussed.

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In this module we discuss GUIs and how

• objects are used to define a graphical interface
• to handle user interaction (e.g., clicking a button) through Listeners

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In this module we discuss the use of Java threads. We briefly cover the principles of multi-threading (parallelism).

We conclude the discussion in the context of the running SpreadSheet example.