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Introduction

So you have done Java A and even B. Congratulatons. Have you also found that Java offers something that is more than a programming language? 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 craftsman 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). You may also want UML 2.0 stencils from [http://www.phruby.com/stencildownload.html Pavel Hruby]

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]

• [http://www.phruby.com/stencildownload.html UML 2.0 stencils for Visio 2003]

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