Spring 07: Com S 362 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
What's New?
Jan 26, 2007: Due to the fact that we are running slightly behind in terms of lecture schedule, certain changes in the project deliverables seem necessary to give you sufficient time between the day the material is covered in the class and the due date of a submission based on that material.
The due date for the first part Domain Models of the next project deliverable "First Iteration Domain Models and System Sequence Diagrams" is moved to next Wednesday, January 31, 2007, although you are welcome to send in submissions via e-mail on Monday or earlier. The cutoff time remains the same 11:59 PM on the day of the submission.
The due date for second part System Sequence Diagrams is moved to Monday, Feb 5, 2007. By that time, we would cover system sequence diagrams in sufficient detail for you to be able to complete them for your projects.
Jan 25, 2007: Homework 2 is available now from here. It is due on or before Friday Feb 2, 2007, 11:59 PM.
Jan 22, 2007: Homework 1 solution is available now from here.
Jan 10, 2007: Homework 1 is available now from here. It is due on or before Jan 17, 2007, 11:59 PM.
Jan 08, 2007: First day of class. The class will be held in Sweeney 1120. The instructor for this class is Hridesh Rajan. The introductory handout is available from here.
Course Objectives
In this class, we will ask several questions and try to find answers together.
Why design? Why appreciate software design as a process? Is it critical?
What were the design approaches before object-oriented design? What is object-oriented design? What are the design approaches beyond object-oriented design?
What is a good design? How do you differentiate between a good and a bad design? What are the important characteristics of a good design?
How to design? Are there recipes to common design problems?
Etc.
It is going to be a highly interactive class, where you will bring your own issues about design and learn from issues encountered by others.
This course is:
NOT a course on object-oriented programming, you are expected to have an intermediate knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as C# or JAVA. If you do not, please refer to Ken Arnold and James Gosling and David Holmes. The Java Programming Language Fourth Edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass.
NOT a course on software processes, however, we will learn just enough about them to use them in course projects.
NOT a course on data structures/algorithms. Com S 228 is a pre-requisite for this course
Logistics
Instructor
Hridesh Rajan
E-Mail: hridesh@cs.iastate.edu
Office: 101 Atanasoff Hall
Meeting Times - MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM in Sweeney 1120
Office Hours - W 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in 101 Atanasoff Hall or by appointment.
TA
Jiang Tian
E-Mail: jiangt@iastate.edu
Office Hours - MT from 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM in 216 Atanasoff or by appointment.
Text Books for the Class
Craig Larman. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Third Edition. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004, ISBN 0131489062.
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA, 1995. ISBN 0201633612.
Prerequisites
COMS 228 and ENGL 104
For Students with Disabilities
Please address any special needs or special accomodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware of your needs. Those seeking accomodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academice Accomodation Request (SAAR) form from the Disability Resources (DR) office (515-294-6624). DR is located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076.
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