ECE 517 Object-Oriented Design and Development

3 Credit Hours

The design of object-oriented systems, using principles such as the GRASP principles, and methodologies such as CRC cards and the Unified Modeling Language [UML. Requirements analysis. Design patterns Agile Methods. Static vs. dynamic typing. Metaprogramming. Open-source development practices and tools. Test-first development. Project required, involving contributions to an open-source software project.

Prerequisite

Undergraduate degree in computer science and knowledge of high-level language programming; familiarity with a wide variety of programming languages such as Java, C, Python, Lisp, Prolog and Ada or consent of the instructor.

Course Objectives

The goals for this course are to:

learn to design programs with classes that work together with maximum cohesion and minimum coupling,
learn how design methodologies, such as CRC cards, and the Uniform Modeling Language, can be used to express the interaction between program components.
understand the differences between statically and dynamically typed object-oriented languages, and be able to program in both,
learn how an understanding of software design patterns can be used to structure programs so that they are robust and extensible, and
appreciate how programs can be restructured (“refactored”) to improve their adherence to the principles of good design.

Textbook

Required: Engineering Software as a Service: An Agile Approach Using Cloud Computing, by Armando Fox and David Patterson, Publisher: Strawberry Canyon LLC Paperback, Kindle, iBooks, or Nook edition. See http://saasbook.info

UPDATED 12/4/2019