CSE 3311 Winter 2010 Class Schedule

Last updated 2010 February 26

Class Schedule

The class schedule is a guide to topics that will be discussed and when they will be discussed on a weekly basis.

All slide sets are files. To save paper and ink, I suggest you do not print slides too far in advance and not before the course begins as changes may be made.

Week 1 -- January 4 & 6

Eiffel programming; classes; and objects.

Readings Required: Chapters 7, 8
Readings Background: Chapters 1, 2 -- Also see links under Eiffel on the resources page on estudio guided tour
Slides:
- Administrvia Not worth printing, just for introductory class, contains description of the on-line information
- Getting started with Eiffel -- Example Eiffel programs are in case studies
- Classes: The Static Structure
- Objects
Case studies:
- bank 1 -- see system and program text structure
- twin study -- examine shallow and deep copy

Week 2 -- January 11 & 13

Agents and tuples; Software Quality & Engineering -- the context for design; What is design; Memory management; Genericity;

Readings Required: Chapters 9, 10
Readings Background: Chapter 26
Slides:
Case studies:
- agents and tuples -- shows how they are used in program text
- See how agents are used in testing systems
  - Trie system for report 1
  - bank 1, dictionary, sparse matrix

Week 3 -- January 18 & 20 (Report 1 due)

Basis of Design by Contract -- Assertions; Design by successive refinement (top down design)

Readings required: Chapters 11-1 .. 11-9, 11-11, 11-12
Slides:
- Assertions
- Stepwise refinement / top down design
Case studies: See how assertions are used in programs bank 1, dictionary, sparse matrix

Week 4 -- January 25 & 27 (Report 2 due)

Abstract data types and bottom up design; Referential transparency, active data structures

Readings required: Chapters 11, 23.4
Readings background: Chapter 6, 23
Slides:
Case studies: bank 1, dictionary, sparse matrix

Week 5 -- February 1 & 3 (Class test 1)

Design by contract

Readings required: Chapter 11
Slides:
- Design by Contract
Case studies: bank 1, dictionary, sparse matrix

Week 6 -- February 8 & 10

Exceptions; Espec; Inheritance; Inheritance and adaptation

Readings required: Chapters 12-1 .. 12-5, 14, 27.7
Slides:
- Exceptions
- Notes on Espec
- BON static model -- Also see links under BON on the resources page.
Case studies: testing with eSpec,

Week 7 -- February 22 & 24 (Report 3 due)

Multiple inheritance; Inheritance and design by contract and genericity; global objects

Week 8 -- March 1 & 3

Designing classes; Design Patterns -- Adapter, Visitor

Slides:
Case studies: adapter pattern, bank 3 & 4, visitor 1 pattern, visitor 2 pattern

Week 9 -- March 8 & 10 (Class Test 2)

Design patterns -- Iterator, Observer

Slides:
- Behavioural Pattern Iterator
- Behavioural Pattern Observer
Case studies: observer 1 pattern, observer 2 pattern

Week 10 -- March 15 & 17 (Report 4 due)

Design patterns -- Singleton, Decorator, Composite study, Composite

Week 11 -- March 22 & 24

Design patterns -- Command & do-undo case, State & Multi-panel case study

Slides:
- Behavioural Pattern State
- Case study: Multi-panel interactive, Chapter 20
Case studies: command pattern, state pattern,