This is where I display grades and organize resources for CS3360 — Object-Oriented Software Development


Fall 2023






Links of Interest:

• Video: Learn Java in 30 min
  
• From Python to Java
  
• Java Quick Reference
  
  
• www.codingame.com — practicing your Java (and/or ~20 other languages) on game-like problem sets
  • EETimes Article
  • DrDobbs Article
  
  
  
• Head First Java (K. Sierra)
• Head First Design Patterns (E. Freeman)
• Thinking in Java (B. Eckel)



• Goodbye OOP: What happened to the promised benefits of OOP?
• Why Object-Oriented Programming is Bad (Brian Will)
  An experienced programmer's opinion on where OOP went wrong. He makes some fair points. In the end, he seems to propose a cogent set of best practices of his own.
  
  Short summary article.




• Uncle Bob talks about SOLID (YT)
• SOLID: Object-Oriented Design best practices (Wikipedia)
• Inversion of Control (Wikipedia)



• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 1
• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 2
• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 3
• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 4
• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 5
• Uncle Bob presents SOLID again: Clean Code -- Lesson 6


• Code Smell
  


• Design Patterns link
• Design Patterns link 2 (Stack Overflow post)
• Revenge of the Nerds - why your favorite programming language is not as cool as LISP

Assorted Videos
Is the Metric System Actually Better?



Applets from YesterYear! (likely only run on FF or IE -- if at all anymore!)
Ball Demo
Plot Demo
MultiPlot Demo



Homework Assignments:

• HW5: Pair/Group Project -- Design Pattern Presentation: (Due: Fri 12/01 - Mon 12/04)
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• HW4: Installing and Compiling Java for Interfaces, Polymorphism... and RadixSort — Due: Mon 10/16
  
  This assignment is posted in your D2L account for this course. Turn in your completed report (Word doc, or PDF) to the D2L assignment folder.
  
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ZyAssign_CH4_11 Complete all the interactive exercises in selected sections of chapters 4 and 11 (Due: Fri 9/29)





• ZyAssign_CH4_7_8_9 : :
  Skim Chapters 4-7 for interesting section headers.
  Read CH8-9. Complete the selected Participation/Challenge/Lab sections in chapters 4, 7, 8-9 (Due: Mon 9/18)



• HW3: One More Codingame Project — Due: Mon 09/11
  
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• ZyBook CH2-3: Skim over ZyBook CH2-3. Complete the listed exercises for ZyAssign_CH2-3 (Due: Fri 9/08)
  
  



• HW2: Uncle Bob Presents: SOLID Principles of OO Design — Due: Fri 09/01
  Watch the "Uncle Bob" presentation on his SOLID Principles of SW Design.
  
  Then download and answer the questions in the attached THQuiz Word doc.
  (Note: a PDF of code and figures used in the presentation is also provided for your reference during the video. No need to turn this back in!).
  
  Print and turn in the completed Takehome Quiz in-class on the due date.



• HW1: Four Codingame Projects — Due: Fri 09/01
  Implement the following projects in Java on codingame.com:
  
  • Onboarding
  • Power of Thor
  • Temperatures (Note: no graphical feedback)
  • Mars Lander - Level 1
  
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