GCO9805

Object oriented programming

(IT)

J G K Harris

6 points + First semester + OCDL + Prerequisites: GCO9801

Synopsis: Comprehensive object-oriented concepts and design techniques; classes, objects, encapsulation, reuse, information hiding, instantiation, references; packages, inheritance, composition, interfaces, abstract classes, wrapper classes; methods, message passing, constructors, mutators, accessors, polymorphism; scope and lifetime, visibility; class and instance methods and variables; standard and file text input and output, file input and output of objects; exception handling, string processing, threads; user interface and screen design, basic human-computer interface theory; interactive WWW programming. Documentation, testing and debugging techniques.

Assessment: Assignments: 40% + Examination (3 hours): 60%