305272 Advanced Computer Programming (2-3)

Academic year: 2005 Semester: 2

Instructor Contact Information

Office: EE-408

E-mail: suradet at nu.ac.th

Course Overview

This is the second programming course. In this course, the focus is on object-oriented programming. For most of the course, we will use Java as a vehicle to explore the object-oriented world. After the students become familiar to the new way of thinking, we will change the way we write a program from an individual component perspective to a group of collaborative components using design patterns. We then repeat the same process but in an accelerating manner with different object-oriented programming languages. In addition, the software engineering practices are emphasized throughout the course.

Course Objectives

This is an object-oriented programming course with emphasis on systematic thinking process. After completing this course, students should:

be able to apply the object-oriented design concept with various programming languages.
be able to use design patterns to guide the object-oriented design.
be able to apply the software engineering practices to computer programming.
have data that show the improvement of their personal performance and the quality of their products.

Instructional Approach

There is no required textbook for this course. However, the books on various object-oriented programming languages may be helpful for completing the assignments of this course. The students benefit more from completing their own assignment than from lecturing. In other word, self-teaching is the key to be successful in this course.

Suggested Textbook

K. Barclay and J. Savage, Object-Oriented Design with UML and Java, Elsevier, 2004, ISBN 0-7506-6098-8
Robert Cartwright, Element of Object-Oriented Program Design, Rice University, 2003
Watts S. Humphrey, Introduction to Personal Software Process, Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-54809-7

Course Outline

Week No.	Topics
1	Welcome to Object-Oriented World
2	Recording our thoughts using UML
3	Implementing objects with Java
4	Union and Composite Patterns
5	Command Pattern
6	Interpreter Pattern
7	Visitor Pattern
8	Midterm Examination
9	Recursion
10	Inner Class
11	GUI
12	Exception Handling
13	Repeat weeks 3 – 5 in C#, Python, Ruby
14	Repeat weeks 6 – 7 in C#, Python, Ruby
15	Repeat weeks 9 – 12 in C#, Python, Ruby
16	Conclusion
17	Final Examiniation

Course Evaluation

The course grade will be based on

Item	Weight
Assignments	20%
Object-Oriented Programming Articles Reading	20%
Notes & Journal	10%
Quizzes	10%
Exams	40%

Academic Policy

Notes

The above description is only tentative; it may be changed at the instructor’s discretion.