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CSC/ECE 517: Object-Oriented Languages & Systems

CSC/ECE 517: Object-Oriented Languages & Systems. Web site: http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc517/lec/001 http://courses.ncsu.edu/ece517/lec/001 http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/efg/517/f12. Live Question. Used as a “ backchannel ” during class http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/questions/csc517a.

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CSC/ECE 517: Object-Oriented Languages & Systems

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  1. CSC/ECE 517: Object-Oriented Languages & Systems Web site:http://courses.ncsu.edu/csc517/lec/001 http://courses.ncsu.edu/ece517/lec/001 http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/efg/517/f12

  2. Live Question • Used as a “backchannel” during class • http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/questions/csc517a

  3. Google forms • Used torespond toquestions from me during class …

  4. Major course topics • Ruby • Ruby on Rails • O-o design fundamentals and UML • O-o design principles • Design patterns

  5. Collaborative learning • Based on … • Pair programming • Agile methodologies • Educational research

  6. What’s wrong with working alone? • Industry doesn’t do it that way • Learn more from peers • Less threatening to work with others • Raises burden on TAs • So I don’t have to do all evaluation • Increase burden of • interface • integration

  7. What’s wrong with working alone? • Too easy to cheat!

  8. Why do students nevertheless … • work individually? • Individual accountability…

  9. Why nevertheless (cont.)… • Individ. accountability, cont.

  10. Why nevertheless (cont.) … • Place …

  11. Syllabus: Course goals • Learn to design programs with classes that work together with maximum cohesion and minimum coupling, • Learn how design methodologies, such as CRC cards, and the Uniform Modeling Language, can be used to express the interaction betweeen program components. • Understand the differences between statically and dynamically typed object-oriented languages, and be able to program in both, • Learn how an understanding software design patterns can be used to structure programs so that they are robust and extensible, and • Appreciate how programs can be restructured ("refactored") to improve their adherence to the principles of good design.

  12. TAs • Laksmi Ramachandran • Ling Chen • Sachin Gujar • Sanjay Shanbogue

  13. Textbooks

  14. Textbooks

  15. Textbooks

  16. Textbooks

  17. Webassign • Used for quizzes, exams • Account costs $19.95 for semester

  18. “Incremental learning” requirement • Everyone responsible for learning material as it is presented. • Satisfy this by … Responding to Google forms in class Passing quizzes on online material

  19. Audit requirement • Do one homework, or take one test (not post-quiz), before fall break and score at least 50%; then • do one homework, or take one test, after July 4 and score at least 50%. • You can choose which homework or test to take, and if you take one and fail to score 50%, you can try another.

  20. Assignments and weighting

  21. Programming assignments

  22. Writing assignments

  23. Teaming requirement • Work with a minimum of 6 other students during the semester • Writing Exercise 1 • Live Question app (Program 1) • OSS project (Program 2) • Writing Exercise 2 • Semester project (Program 3) in teams of 2 up to 3 up to 3 up to 2 up to 4

  24. Penalty for lateness • 10 pts./day

  25. Academic integrity • See http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/efg/517/f12/integrity

  26. Technological support (summary) • For questions outside of class • Piazza • Webassign

  27. For us to work together • Synchronously: VCL, Skype • Asynchronously: Wiki or Google docs, Expertiza

  28. Exercise • Read one of these wiki pages on use cases: • Rows 1, 5, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/row-1-page • Rows 2, 6, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/row-2-page • Rows 3, 7, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/row-3-page • Rows 4, 8, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/row-4-page • Then fill out the rubric linked to today’s exercises.

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