CSCI-383 OOPD

CSCI-383 Object-Oriented Programming & Design (2009 Fall) @StFX Univ.

• Instructor: Dr. Ji Ruan
• Email: jruan(use@)stfx.ca
• Office Hours: contact via email.
• Course Hours: Monday 10:15-11:00am, Wednesday 9:15-10:00am, Friday 8:15-9:00am. Location NH142 (on the top floor)
• Labs Hours: Friday 2:15PM-4:00PM, Room NHB22LAB
• Teaching assistant Mr. Conan Li, Email: cli(use@)stfx.ca

1. Lecture Slides:
   • Lecture 0: Outline
   • Lecture 1:  Thinking Object-Oriented (1) 2009/09/14
   • Lecture 2: Thinking Object-Oriented (2) 2009/09/16
   • Lecture 3-4: Abstraction 2009/09/18-21
   • Lecture 5-7: Object-Oriented Design 2009/09/23-25-28
   • Lecture 8-9: Classes and Methods 2009/09/30-10/02
   • Lecture 10: Messages, Instances and Initialization. 2009/10/05
   • Lecture 11: A Case Study: Eight Queens 2009/10/07
   • Lecture 12: Inheritance 2009/10/09
     
   • Lecture 13: Case Study: The Solitaire Game 2009/10/14
   • Lecture 14: Subclasses and Subtypes 2009/10/16
   • Lecture 15: Static and Dynamic Behavior 2009/10/19
     • Mid-term exam 2009/10/23
   • Lecture 16: Implications of Substitution 2009/10/26
   • Lecture 17: Multiple Inheritance 2009/10/28
   • Lecture 18: Polymorphism and Software Reuse 2009/10/30
     
   • Lecture 19: Polymorphism – Overloading 2009/11/02
   • Lecture 20: Polymorphism – Overriding 2009/11/04
   • Lecture 21: Polymorphism – The Polymorphic Variable 2009/11/06
   • Lecture 22: Polymorphism – Generics 2009/11/09
   • Lecture 23: Container Classes 2009/11/13
   • Lecture 24: Standard Template Library (STL) 2009/11/16
   • 2009/11/18 Discussion
   • Lecture 25: Software Frameworks 2009/11/20
   • Lecture 26: Object Interconnections 2009/11/23
   • Lecture 27: Distributed Objects (1) 2009/11/25
     
   • Lecture 28: Distributed Objects (2) 2009/11/27
   • Lecture 29: Reasoning about Multi-Agent Systems
   • Lecture 30: Review 2009/12/04
2. Assignments are announced in the class.
3. Labs Instructions: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab4, Lab5

• Suggested: An introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, 3^rd edition, by Timothy Budd, ISBN  9780201760316, Addison-Wesley. (Sample Chapter 1-7 can be downloaded from author’s book site).
• Complementary: Any C++ programming book (including electronic sources), such as
  • C++ How to Program by Harvey & Paul Deitel (Any version from 4th edition is ok)
  • Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition by Bruce Eckel (free download version available, and you could also pay to support the author).

Course Descriptions

The lectures present the main concepts of object-oriented analysis and programming. Topics include object-oriented approach, objects, messages; inheritance, substitution; polymorphism and software reuse. All these topics will be practiced with GNU C++ in Unix/Linux.

This course has 3 credits and a 2-hour lab/week. Prerequisite of this course is CSCI 255 (Advanced Data Structures). Students should expect to spend about 10 hours/week on the course materials.

All labs are conducted with GNU C++ in Linux. Students should be familiar with Linux and g++ as they’ve been taught in CSCI-255. Here are two links about unix/emacs and vi editor for quick reference. Also students are required to write codes in an industrial-standard style (e.g. Google style or standard by Todd Hoff). And remember, if you choose one style, be CONSISTENT with it.

Marking Scheme

• Assignments  20%
• Labs+Project  20%
• Midterm    20%
• Final Exam    40%

Weekly Topics

• 0                      Outline
• 1 – 2                Introduction and Design
• 3 – 4                Classes, Methods, and Messages
• 5 – 7                Inheritance
• 8-10                Polymorphism
• 11 – 12            Advanced Topics