Syllabus for SSE 550

Object-Oriented Design I

Spring Semester 2013 (13S)

Early Version; Texts Are Correct; Changes Are Possible

Textbooks and Supplies:

Texts (including web sites):

(Read the Important Note (below the list of texts) before you buy! Three books are listed as "required", but only one is required; which text is required depends on your choice of language.)

• Head First Java (2nd ed.) , by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 0596009208 (2005) (Required for the Java option only!)
• Head First C# (2nd ed.) , by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene, O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 1449380344 (2010) (Required for the C# option only!)
• C++ How to Program (8th ed.), by Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall ISBN 0132662361 (2011) (Required for the C++ option only!)

Important Note : Pick one language (from Java, C#, or C++) to do both SSE 550 Object-Oriented Design I and SSE 554 Object-Oriented Design II; then choose the text required for SSE 550 for that language.

If you have a strong reason to choose one particular language, do choose that language.

C++ is the most challenging of the three choices, but also opens the most doors, for example, into General Purpose Programming on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU).

Take a look at the survey Tiobe survey , and sum the C and C++ percentages. (You will learn a lot of C by studying C++ in 550 and 554).

Also take a look at Programming Language Popularity , for several other looks at language popularity. Note that this source is not up to date.

Choose the language you prefer.

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Software (including web sites):

• Note that this course is intended to be OS neutral.

• Java Option:

  • The latest Java SE Development Kit (JDK), including the documentation, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html . (Please note that the documentation is a separate download.) (Required.)

  • A Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of your choice. NetBeans http://netbeans.org/ and Eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ work well. Note that NetBeans can be downloaded and installed from the JDK installation download page listed above. (Required.)

• C# Option:

  • The latest Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition Integrated Development Environment (IDE) https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/expressts/2010-editions/express . (Required unless you use an alternative C# IDE.) Note that the 2012 editions are about to be released. You may use either the 2010 or 2012 editions.
    

  • If you wish to use an alternative IDE, such as Mono, you are welcome to do so.
    

• C++ Option:

  • A C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of your choice. NetBeans http://netbeans.org/ and Eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ work well, and Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express. Note that NetBeans can be downloaded and installed from the JDK installation download page listed above. (Required.)

• An Internet ftp client of your choice.  Core FTP LE is free and works well http://www.coreftp.com/ .  (Required, but your choice)

Other Useful Resources (including web sites):

Catalog Description (Course Purpose):

This is a beginning course in object-oriented development. It may be taken in one of several object-oriented languages, e.g., C#, Java, or C++.

This Online Learning course begins on January 08, 2013.

Course Objectives:

Breadth and Depth in Defining, Analyzing, and Solving Complex Problems:

• After successfully completing this course, you should be able to demonstrate a basic capability to apply Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design techniques to solve complex problems.

Communicate Technical Aspects of the Solution for Complex Software Engineering Problems to a Technical Audience:

• After successfully completing this course, you should be able to demonstrate a basic ability to communicate regarding the application of OOP design techniques to a technical audience.

Prerequisites:

SSE graduate standing or permission of the SSE graduate chair.

Class Location:

• The Online Learning asynchronous "meetings" take place in Cyberspace; i.e., on the Internet.

Grading:

Credit will be given only for original work.

Project reports are to be submitted complete, not as incremental partial submissions.

Listserv Contributions

• The Listserv contribution grade will be awarded based on the professor's professional judgement regarding your contributions to the course.
• Course-specific listserv messages are for technical issues, technical solutions, and other substantive material relevant to the course subject matter. Other course-related items (questions, procedural issues, etc.) are also welcome.
• There is another listserv that is not specific to any one course. Messages on this listserv are for software engineering-related items that are applicable to several courses or to no course.
• If you have a question about any of this, please ask!

More information about grading is contained in the General Project Rubric .

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Assignments:

• Purpose of projects:
  • Use the projects to develop your capabilities, and
  • Use the projects to demonstrate your capabilities.
• Deliverables for all projects:
  • Projects may be delivered either via the course FTP site; both of these will be announced.
  • Your report, if delivered via the FTP site should be a single, standalone document .pdf, .html, or .doc format, or a single set of appropriately linked html pages.
  • Your report should be organized in such a way as to make the topics that you want credit for covering easy to find, and demonstrate your capabilities clearly and convincingly. Everything you want considered for credit, including code and tests (including test results), should be included in the report.
  • Each project can be a single, integrated project that tries to actually do something, or a collection of exercises that demonstrate your capabilities but don't accomplish anything else, or any combination of these two alternatives that you find convenient.
  • You may include other material outside of the report (on the FTP site), if you wish, but this material may or may not be considered in evaluating your work.
  • For each capability that you demonstrate within a report or major section of that report, you may present only the final result of your work; you need not demonstrate every step in the development of that result.
• Some suggestions for doing a project are contained in the One Way to Do a Project page.
• Project 1 (solo):
  • Java Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 1 through 10 of the (Java) text.
  • C# Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 1 through 7 of the (C#) text.
  • C++ Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 1 through 5 of the (C++) text.
  • TBD.
• Project 2 (solo):
  • Java Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 11 through 14 of the (Java) text.
  • C# Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 8 through 11 of the (C#) text.
  • C++ Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 6 through 9 of the (C++) text.
  • TBD.
• Project 3 (team):
  • Java Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 15 through 18 and Appendix B of the (Java) text.
  • C# Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 12 through 15` of the (C#) text.
  • C++ Option : Develop and demonstrate your capabilities in the topics covered in Chapters 10 through 15 of the (C++) text.
  • You may form your own teams. Announce your team's composition via the course listserv.
  • Two person teams are strongly prefered; three person teams require the prior written (email is okay) approval of the professor.
  • TBD.
• TBD

Additional Information:

• Asynchronous Learning Nets (ALNs)
• • Self Study: You study the texts and any other course study material on your own(team).
  • Collaborative Projects: After your self-study, you collaborate (via the Internet [email]) with your partner(s) to produce a team product. Your collaborative work is substantial, asynchronous, and rapid.
  • This course is an online learning course. Please read this Online Learning web page regarding online learning in this course and this program.

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• What Do I Do?

• Subscribe to the course email listserv. Your professor can tell you how to do this.
• Study the assigned material.
• Write and read email messages about ideas, problems and solutions to do with the assigned study material.
• Do the assigned work, deliver the assigned deliverables.
• Write and read email messages (to/from the listserv) about ideas, problems and solutions to do with the assigned homework.
• Review the deliverables produced by other people.

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Changes to this Syllabus:

There will be changes to this syllabus, so check back frequently, and don't forget to hit "Reload" or "Refresh".

Schedule of Events and Assignments:

Notes:

tbd

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Contact Information

• My Name: Dr. Paul E. MacNeil
• My E-mail: macneil_pe@mercer.edu .
• My Office Phone: 478 301-2185
• My FAX: 478 301-2732
• US Mail:
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  • Dr. Paul E. MacNeil
  • School of Engineering
  • Mercer University
  • 1400 Coleman Ave.
  • Macon, GA 31207

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Important Additional Information:

"Students requiring accommodations for a disability should inform the instructor at the close of the first class meeting or as soon as possible. The instructor will refer you to the Disability Support Services Coordinator to document your disability, determine eligibility for accommodations under the ADAAA/Section 504 and to request a Faculty Accommodation Form. Disability accommodations or status will not be indicated on academic transcripts. In order to receive accommodations in a class, students with sensory, learning, psychological, physical or medical disabilities must provide their instructor with a Faculty Accommodation Form to sign. Students must return the signed form to the Disability Services Coordinator. A new form must be requested each semester. Students with a history of a disability, perceived as having a disability or with a current disability who do not wish to use academic accommodations are also strongly encouraged to register with the Disability Services Coordinator and request a Faculty Accommodation Form each semester. For further information, please contact Carole Burrowbridge, Disability Services Coordinator, at 301-2778 or visit the Disability Support Services website at http://www.mercer.edu/studentaffairs/disabilityservices" * (10/09)

Accreditation: Mercer University is accredited by SACS.

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