MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

SFT4490

Object-oriented programming

T Menzies

6 points + 4 hours per week + First, second semester + Caulfield

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should understand how to apply object-oriented principles to commercial projects; understand the strengths and limitations of the object-oriented paradigm; and be able to use the Smalltalk object-oriented system.

Synopsis Object-oriented programming systems, objects, classes, inheritance, message passing, polymorphism, abstract classes, class libraries, object-oriented design. Frameworks and patterns, object-oriented languages, eg Smalltalk, Actor, Eiffel, C++.

Assessment Assignments and seminar participation: 100%

Prescribed texts

Lalonde W Discovering Smalltalk Benjamin-Cummings, 1994

Recommended texts

Lalonde W and Pugh J Smalltalk V practice and experience Prentice-Hall, 1994
Rumbaugh J Object-oriented modelling and design Prentice-Hall, 1991
Shafter D Smalltalk programming for Windows Prima, 1992

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