Course Syllabus

The table below gives the planned syllabus for the course. This syllabus is subject to change. When it becomes necessary to revise the schedule, then this page will be updated to reflect the changes.

The references in the readings are given in the bibliography below.

Dates Topics Exercise or homework due Readings Optional Readings
Aug. 25 Introduction   Handouts, Course Web Site  
Aug. 27 Running Java Exercise 1 Running Java web page [Walrath-Campione99] Ch 1.
Aug. 29 Exception Handling Exercise 2 [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 8  
Sep. 1 No class (university holiday)      
Sep. 3 Exception Handling (Exercise 2) [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 8  
Sep. 3 Object-Orientation   [Reil96] Ch. 1 [Booch94] Ch. 1-2, [Budd02] Ch. 1, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 1-3, [Meyer97] Ch. 1-2
Sep. 3-5 Objects and Classes (Calculator example code, other example code) Exercise 3 [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 1-2, [Reil96] Ch. 2 [Booch94] Ch. 3, [Budd02] Ch. 2-7, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 4, [Liskov01] Ch. 1-2 and 5, [Meyer97] Ch. 3-8
Sep. 5-8 Objects and Classes (Calculator example code, other example code)   [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 1-2, [Reil96] Ch. 2 [Booch94] Ch. 3, [Budd02] Ch. 2-7, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 4, [Liskov01] Ch. 1-2 and 5, [Meyer97] Ch. 3-8
Sep. 8-10 Objects and Classes (Calculator example code, other example code) Exercise 4, HW 1 [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 1-2, [Reil96] Ch. 2 [Booch94] Ch. 3, [Budd02] Ch. 2-7, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 4, [Liskov01] Ch. 1-2 and 5, [Meyer97] Ch. 3-8
Sep. 12 Inheritance and Polymorphism (examples and the Calculator example) Exercise 5 [Reil96] Ch. 5, [Walrath-Campione99] [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 3-4, [Booch94] Ch. 4, [Budd02] Ch. 8-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 5-6, [Horstmann-Cornell01], Ch. 4-9, [Liskov01] Ch. 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 14-16
Sep. 15 Inheritance and Polymorphism (examples and the Calculator example) HW 2 [Reil96] Ch. 5, [Walrath-Campione99] [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 3-4, [Booch94] Ch. 4, [Budd02] Ch. 8-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 5-6, [Horstmann-Cornell01], Ch. 4-9, [Liskov01] Ch. 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 14-16
Sep. 17 Inheritance and Polymorphism (examples and the Calculator example), Patterns using polymorphism Exercise 6 [Gamma-etal95] pp. 127-134 and 325-330, [Larman01] Sec. 16.3-4, 22.1, 23.4, 34.12, [Reil96] Ch. 5, [Walrath-Campione99], [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 3-4, [Booch94] Ch. 4, [Budd02] Ch. 8-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 5-6, [Horstmann-Cornell01], Ch. 4-9, [Liskov01] Ch. 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 14-16
Sep. 19 Review for Exam 1 (Exam study guide), HW 3 problem 1a [Reil96] Ch. 1-2 and 5, [Walrath-Campione99] [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 1-4, [Booch94] Ch. 1-4, [Budd02] Ch. 1-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 1-6, [Liskov01] Ch. 1-2, 5, and 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 1-6 and 14-16
Sep. 22 Exam 1   [Reil96] Ch. 1-2 and 5, [Walrath-Campione99] [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 1-4, [Booch94] Ch. 1-4, [Budd02] Ch. 1-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 1-6, [Liskov01] Ch. 1-2, 5, and 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 1-6 and 14-16
Sep. 24-26 Presentations of project inceptions (hw2) HW 3 [Larman01] Ch. 4 Student project visions
Sep. 26 Form teams      
Sep. 29-Oct. 1 Inheritance and Polymorphism ( examples and the Calculator example) Exercise on Observer Pattern, HW 5 problem 1 [Reil96] Ch. 5, [Walrath-Campione99] [Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00] Ch. 3-4, [Booch94] Ch. 4, [Budd02] Ch. 8-10, [Cox-Novobilski91] Ch. 5-6, [Horstmann-Cornell01], Ch. 4-9, [Liskov01] Ch. 7, [Meyer97] Ch. 14-16
Oct. 3 Course Review and Planning      
Oct. 3 OOAD Overview Exercise 8 [Larman01] Ch. 1-3 [Beck99], [Booch94] Ch. 2.1, [Budd02] Ch. 3, [Fowler00] Ch. 1-2, [Liskov01] Ch. 13, [Meyer97] Ch. 27
Oct. 6 Inception Phase HW 4 [Larman01] Ch. 4 StickSync project documents
Oct. 8 Understanding Requirements Exercise 9 [Larman01] Ch. 5 [Liskov01] Ch. 11, [Meyer97] Ch. 27
Oct. 8 Use-Case Model: Writing Requirements in Context   [Fowler00] Ch. 3, [Larman01] Ch. 6,  
Oct. 10 Use-Case Model: Writing Requirements in Context Exercise 10 [Fowler00] Ch. 3, [Larman01] Ch. 6,  
Oct. 13 Team work on requirements (hw5)   [Larman01] Ch. 4  
Oct. 15 Use-Case Model: Writing Requirements in Context HW 5 [Fowler00] Ch. 3, [Larman01] Ch. 6,  
Oct. 15-17 Identifying Other Requirements   [Larman01] Ch. 7  
Oct. 17 Course Review and Planning      
Oct. 17 From Inception to Elaboration   [Larman01] Ch. 8  
Oct. 17 Use-Case Model: Drawing System Sequence Diagrams Exercise 11 [Fowler00] Ch. 5, [Larman01] Ch. 9 [Larman01] Ch. 13, [Meyer97] Ch. 27
Oct. 20 Domain Model: Visualizing Concepts HW 6 [Fowler00] Ch. 4, [Larman01] Ch. 10  
Oct. 22 Domain Model: Adding Associations Exercise 12 [Fowler00] Ch. 4, [Larman01] Ch. 11 [Reil96] Ch. 4 and 7
Oct. 24 Review for Exam 2 (Exam study guide) [Fowler00] Ch. 1-3, [Larman01] Ch. 1-7 [Beck99], [Booch94] Ch. 2.1, [Budd02] Ch. 3, [Liskov01] Ch. 11 and 13, [Meyer97] Ch. 27, StickSync project documents
Oct. 27 Exam 2   [Fowler00] Ch. 1-3, [Larman01] Ch. 1-7 [Beck99], [Booch94] Ch. 2.1, [Budd02] Ch. 3, [Liskov01] Ch. 11 and 13, [Meyer97] Ch. 27, StickSync project documents
Oct. 29 Domain Model: Adding Associations   [Fowler00] Ch. 4, [Larman01] Ch. 11 [Reil96] Ch. 4 and 7
Oct. 29 Domain Model: Adding Atributes Exercise 13 [Fowler00] Ch. 4, [Larman01] Ch. 12 [Reil96] Ch. 4
Oct. 31 Course Review and Planning      
Oct. 31 Domain Model: Adding Atributes HW 8, prob 1 [Fowler00] Ch. 4, [Larman01] Ch. 12 [Reil96] Ch. 4
Nov. 3 Basic OO Design HW 7 [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 13-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-3, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 5 Basic OO Design Exercise 14 [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 13-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-3, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 7 Team work on designs (hw8)      
Nov. 10 Basic OO Design HW 8, prob 3 [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 13-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-3, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 12 Basic OO Design Exercise 15 [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 13-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-3, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 14 Basic OO Design Exercise 15 [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 13-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-3, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 17 Design by Contract with JML and JUnit HW 8, prob 4 [Beck-Gamma98], [Leavens-Cheon03] [Fowler00] pages 62-65, [Leavens-Baker-Ruby03] [Liskov01] Ch. 3-5 and 12, [Meyer97] Ch. 11, [Mitchell-McKim02]
Nov. 19 Design by Contract with JML and JUnit Exercise 16 and the HistoricalData.java file [Beck-Gamma98], [Leavens-Cheon03] [Fowler00] pages 62-65, [Leavens-Baker-Ruby03] [Liskov01] Ch. 3-5 and 12, [Meyer97] Ch. 11, [Mitchell-McKim02]
Nov. 21 Review for Exam 3 (Exam study guide) [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 10-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-4 and 7, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Nov. 24-28 Thanksgiving Break, no class      
Dec. 1 Exam 3   [Fowler00] Ch. 4 and 11, [Larman01] Ch. 10-20 [Fowler00] Ch. 5 and pages 104-106, [Liskov01] Ch. 14, [Reil96] Ch. 2-4 and 7, [Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Dec. 3 Course Review and Planning      
Dec. 3 GRASP: More Patterns for Assigning Responsibilities Exercise 17 [Larman01] Ch. 22 [Larman01] Ch. 21, [Reil96] Ch. 3
Dec. 5 Designing Use-Case Realizations with GoF Design Patterns Exercise 18 [Larman01] Ch. 23 [Gamma-etal95], [Liskov01] Ch. 15
Dec. 8 Designing Use-Case Realizations with GoF Design Patterns HW 9, prob 1 [Larman01] Ch. 23 [Gamma-etal95], [Liskov01] Ch. 15
Dec. 10 Designing Use-Case Realizations with GoF Design Patterns   [Larman01] Ch. 23 [Gamma-etal95], [Liskov01] Ch. 15
Dec. 10 Design Patterns: Template Method, State, Command, Visitor, Decorator   [Gamma-etal95] [Larman01] Ch. 34
Dec. 12 Course Summary and Review HW 9, prob 2    
Dec. 12 Course Evaluations      
December 16 (Tues.), 9:45-11:45 a.m. Team Design Presentations Homework 10    

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Bibliography

[Arnold-Gosling-Holmes00]
Ken Arnold and James Gosling and David Holmes. The Java Programming Language Third Edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 2000.
[Beck99]
Kent Beck. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change. Addison-Wesley, Boston, Mass, 1999.
[Beck-Gamma98]
Kent Beck and Erich Gamma. Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests. Java Report, 3(7):37-50, 1998. Online at: http://junit.sourceforge.net/doc/testinfected/testing.htm
[Booch94]
Grady Booch. Object-Oriented Design: With Applications, Second Edition. Benjamin Cummings, New York, N.Y., 1994.
[Budd02]
Timothy Budd. An Introduction to Object-oriented Programming, Third edition. Addison-Wesley, Boston, Mass, 2002.
[Cox-Novobilski91]
Brad J. Cox and Andrew J. Novobilski. Object Oriented Programming: an Evolutionary Approach, Second edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1991.
[Fowler00]
Martin Fowler with Kendall Scott. UML Distilled Second Edition: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language. Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., Reading, MA, 2000. ISBN 020165783X.
[Gamma-etal95]
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA, 1995. ISBN 0201633612.
[Horstmann-Cornell01]
Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell. Core Java 2 Volume I -- Fundamentals. Sun Microsystems Press, Palo Alto, CA, 2001.
[Larman01]
Craig Larman. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001. ISBN 0130925691.
[Leavens-Baker-Ruby03]
Gary T. Leavens, and Albert L. Baker, and Clyde Ruby. Preliminary Design of JML: A Behavioral Interface Specification Language for Java. Iowa State University, Department of Computer Science, TR98-06x, June 1998, revised November 2003. [Postscript] [PDF]
[Leavens-Cheon03]
Gary T. Leavens, and Yoonsik Cheon Design by Contract with JML. (Draft), November 2003. [PDF]
[Liskov01]
Barbara Liskov with John Guttag. Program Development in Java. Addison-Wesley, Boston, Mass, 2001.
[Meyer90]
Bertrand Meyer. Lessons from the Design of the Eiffel Libraries. Comm. ACM, 33(9):69-88 (Sept., 1990).
[Meyer97]
Bertrand Meyer. Object-oriented Software Construction, Second edition. Prentice Hall, New York, NY, 1997.
[Mitchell-McKim02]
Richard Mitchell and Jim McKim. Design by Contract by Example. Addison-Wesley, 2002.
[Reil96]
Arthur J. Reil. Object-Oriented Design Heuristics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1996. ISBN 020163385X.
[Walrath-Campione99]
Kathy Walrath and Mary Campione. The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1999. Online at: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/index.html
[Wirfs-Brock-Wilkerson89]
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Brian Wilkerson. Object-Oriented Design: A Responsibility-Driven Approach. OOPSLA '89 Conference Proceedings, Norman Meyerowitz (editor), ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 24(10):71-75, Oct. 1989.

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Old Syllabi

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Course Content and Policies

The course's content and grading policy are described on separate web pages. See the links on the top left of this page.

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Last modified Wednesday, December 3, 2003.

This web page is for the Fall 2003 offering of Com S 362 at Iowa State University. The details of this course are subject to change as experience dictates. You will be informed of any changes. Please direct any comments or questions to Gary T. Leavens at leavens@cs-DOT-iastate-DOT-edu (after replacing -DOT- with `.').