CIT-73 Object Oriented Concepts

Bristol Community College

Computer Information Systems Department

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CIT 73 Object Oriented Concepts

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Posted Aug 30:

Note to students: you need to sign up for CIS-73, Java Programming I, as a co-requisite for this course. To make yourself comfortable with the student option requirements, please be sure to read the course policies.

Catalog Description

This course is an introduction to the use of object-oriented concepts for software development. It prepares students for the CIS 73 Object-Oriented Java Programming course. The course concentrates on objects and discusses very little Java syntax. It discusses the object-oriented paradigm in detail with particular emphasis on classes, objects, and the use of objects in user applications and applets. The course introduces encapsulation, inheritance, arrays of objects, and polymorphism. Students learn how to design classes and display the interaction of objects in visual form using the Unified Modeling Language. The course introduces several concepts from procedural programming such as primitive data types, assignment, conditionals, and repetitive loops. Three class hours per week.

Instructor: Igor Kholodov Igor.Kholodov@bristolcc.edu
Office: K211
Telephone: 508-678-2811 ext. 3328

Course Objectives

The student should:

Understand the concepts and the opportunities that objects offer for software
development.
Compare the object oriented model to previous 3rd and 4th generation procedural
programming models.
Become very comfortable with the difference between a class and an object.
Understand how data variables and methods contribute to the functionality of an
object as well as the use of access modifiers and return types.
Understand how actual arguments are passed to the formal parameters of methods.
Learn how to design classes using UML from which objects can be created to instruct
the computer how to perform some "job".
Identify the key concepts used in object oriented programming including inheritance,
encapsulation, interfaces, and polymorphism.
Understand the concepts connected with not only an array of primitive data types
but also an array of objects.
Identify Java class files used for objects, application class files designed for
users with a main method, and Applets with an init method.
Be able to apply object oriented concepts in the design of a small system and the
preparation of specifications for the Java programmer using UML.

Course Outline

Week 1, Introduction to Software Production
slides lecture

Week 2, Chapter 1, Classes of objects
slides lecture

Week 3, Chapter 1, Encapsulation and Inheritance
slides lecture

Week 4, Chapter 2, Distinguishing Interface and Implementation
slides lecture

Week 5, Chapter 3, Advanced Concepts: Constructors, Overloading, Exceptions
slides lecture

Midterm Exam - Material from Weeks 1-5

Week 6, Chapter 3, Advanced Concepts, Scope
slides lecture

Week 7, Chapter 4, Anatomy of a class
slides lecture

Week 8, Chapter 5, Design Guidelines
slides lecture

Week 9, Chapter 6, Designing with Objects
slides lecture

Week 10, Chapter 7, Inheritance and Composition
slides lecture

Week 11, Chapter 8, Interfaces and Abstract Classes
slides lecture

Week 12, Chapter 9, Generalization, Aggregation, Association, and Cardinality
slides lecture

Week 13, Chapter 10, Unified Modeling Language
slides lecture

Week 14, Chapter 11, Serialization
slides lecture

Final Exam - Material Covered in Weeks 6-15

Required Text

The Object Oriented Thought Process by Matt Weisfeld
Second Edition, 2004
Pearson Education, Sams Publishing
ISBN 0672326116

Free UML Diagram Tools

Violet UML Editor, runs on any platform that has a Java SE 6.0 Runtime Environment. See also Violet Quick Start info.

UML Pad Editor, a UML diagrams design tool.

Java and UML Samples

This material is based upon
work supported by the
National Science Foundation.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).