Object Oriented Programming

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Course Outline

  • Wk 1: The Concept of Object Oriented Programming
  • Wk 2: Java: Attributes, evolution and significance
  • Wk 3 & 4: Basic Java constructs and data type
  • Wk 5 &6: Java Classes and Objects
  • Wk 7: Inheritance in Java: classes and subclasses
  • wk 8: arrays, strings and collections
  • Wk 9: Final and abstract classes
  • Wk 10: Exceptions/Error handling through OOP
  • Wk 11 & 12: Applets Programming
  • Wk 13: Revision
  • Wk 14-15: Exam
Content
Resources
Lab/ Assignments
The Concept of Object Oriented Programming
Overview of OOP; Understanding classes and objects; OOP paradigm (encapsulation, data abstraction, inheritance etc); benefits of OOP paradigm; OOP languages; comparing OOP with structured programming
1. Chapter 1 of Object Oriented Programming with Java: Essentials and Applications by Rajkumar Buyya

2. Object Oriented programming concept tutorial from http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html

3. Ch 1 of Programming With Java, A Primer by E. Balagursamy
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introduction.pdf
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Java: Attributes, evolution and significance
Java introduction and features; Difference of Java from other OO languages, Java and the WWW, the environment of Java
javaattributes.pdf
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Basic Java constructs and data type
General Java program structure; Java classes and static methods; Data Types, Variables and Constants; Java Comments and Documents; Control Flow; Command Line Arguments Processing
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javabasics.pdf
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Resources
Programming With Java, A Primer by E. Balagursamy

Object Oriented Programming with Java: Essentials and Applications by Rajkumar Buyya

2. Object Oriented programming concept tutorial available at: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html