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Introduction

With this assignment, we will try to wrap up your knowledge about Java, or any other object-oriented programming language you know (C++, Object Pascal, Python, Ruby ...), to get the essence of object orientation, to turn yourself from a programmer back to a designer: Use object orientation as a tool to slice the compex into the simple, and put them back again in a structured way.

Schedule

Week 1

Lecture: An introduction to UML

Assignment 1, to be finished in 1 week:

• Read online: [http://odl-skopje.etf.ukim.edu.mk/uml-help/ UML Tutorial in 7 days] by Slobodan Kalajdziski; You may also download a [attachment:UMLTutorialIn7Days.zip zipped copy] from here for reading offline.

• Read in the train: [http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rational/web/whitepapers/2003/intro_rdn.pdf Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language] (PDF) by Terry Quatrani; Also a local copy [attachment:intro_rdn.pdf here].

• Refreshing your Java Objects: [http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/ Thinking in Java]. Local copies: [attachment:TIJ3.ZIP Zipped HTML], [attachment:TIJ3.PDF PDF]

  • Chapter 1: introduction to Objects (skip "Java and the Internet", "Why Java succeeds" and "Java vs C++")
  • Chapter 16: Analysis and Design

• Practice UML diagrams using [http://w3.tue.nl/en/services/dienst_ict/organisatie/groepen/wins/campus_software/ms_visio/ Microsoft Visio 2003] (available as a campus software package)

Week 2

Lecture: Object oriented analysis and design (OOA & OOD)

Assignment 2, to be finished in 2 weeks:

• Modeling (not programming!) a product designed by yourself, using use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams.

Week 3

Lecture: Design Patters I: Observer, Iterator, Singleton, Factory ...

Continue Assignment 2.

Assignment 3, to be finished in 2 weeks:

• Reading: [http://www.patterndepot.com/put/8/JavaPatterns.htm The Design Patterns java Companion]

• You may also refer to the following famous books (if you are lucky, you may grab a copy from the university library):

  • GoF: [#Gamma+HelmETAL-DesiPattElemReus:95 Design Patterns -- Elements of Reusable Object-oriented Software]

  • POSA 1: [#BUSCHMANN:1996 Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns]

  • POSA 2: [#Schmidt+StalETAL-PattSoftArchVolu:00 Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects]

Week 4

Presentation: Everybody gets 5 minutes to present the results of Assignment 2.

Continue Assignment 3.

Week 5

Lecture: Design Patterns II: MVC, PAC

Assignment 4, to be finished in 2 weeks

• Redesign your game from Java A&B, using object-oriented analysis and design approach.

• At least 3 design patterns should be used in the game and identified in the report.

Week 6

work. work.

Final deliverables

• Report of assignment 2.
• Report of assignment 4, with source code and executable.

Online Resources

• [http://www.uml.org/ Official OMG UML site], but do not try to read the entire UML specification.

• [http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31863,00.html Borland's UML Tutorial]

• [http://odl-skopje.etf.ukim.edu.mk/uml-help/ UML Totorial in 7 days] by Slobodan Kalajdziski;

• [http://www.holub.com/goodies/uml/ Allen Holub's UML Quick Reference]

References