Object-Oriented Programming

• An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, Second edition
• • Author: Timothy Budd
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • ISBN: 0-201-82419-2
  • Bookpool web page for purchasing this book
    (Bookpool is a discount online book store for technical books)
• UML Toolkit
  • Author: Eriksson
• UML Distilled
  • Author: Fowler
• Design Patterns
  • Author: Gamma
• Practical Introduction to Software Design with C++
  • Author: Reiss
• C++ Programming Language
  • Author: Stroustrup
• On to Java
  • Author: Winston

1. UML Notation (pdf)
2. UML Semantics (pdf)
3. Java Tutorial
4. HTML tutorial
5. Fill-out forms
6. Simple Java I/O
7. Writing Servlets
8. A Book on Java (version 1, which is completely adequate for this course).
   Note: Java does support general collections classes such as Vectors, Stacks, Hashes. See Chapter 8 of book
9. Java Software Development Kit (including the compiler and runtime)
10. Book on Objective C (pdf format)
11. Adaptive Object-Oriented Software: a PWS book, by Karl Lieberherr
    This is the book that introduced the Law of Demeter
12. Standard Template Library Page
    The STL is a library of C++ classes implementing many standard data structures.

Note on compiling servlets: Some people have had trouble compiling servlets because javac does not know where the Servlet library is (you get messages that HttpServlet is undefined, etc.)

The only way this can be done (unfortunately!) is to add the following two lines to the end of your 'c:\autoexec.bat' file (they should be single lines)(scroll sideways to see the whole lines!):

set CLASSPATH=.;c:\jdk1.3\lib\dr.jar;c:\jdk1.3\lib\tools.jar;c:\jsdk2.0\lib\jsdk.jar;c:\Program Files\Apache JServ 1.1.2\ApacheJServ.jar;c:\Program Files\Apache JServ 1.1.2\servlets;c:\myjavalib

set PATH=c:\jdk1.3\bin

Then execute this file (or reboot). It's better to execute in case there are typos. Every subsequent time you boot, these variables will be automatically set.
CLASSPATH tells the java compiler where to find its libraries (I added the myjavalib in case you want to create Java libraries of your own). The PATH variable tells Windows where to find programs that you intend to execute from the command line (it might not already exist in your autoexec.bat file because people rarely run programs from the command-line n Windows.
If you download Java libraries from other sources and want to use them, add more directories to the CLASSPATH (separated by semicolins). Note that each '.zip" and '.jar' file is regarded by Java as a directory so your path names must end in these file names. '.class' files, on the other hand, are regarded by Java as ordinary files, so just include the directories containing them.

This course teaches the object-oriented paradigm of programming. It covers several object-oriented programming languages, including Smalltalk, C++, and Java. Final grade is based on graded homework, five exams and the semester project.

• Introduction to objected-oriented programming
  • Message-oriented programming model.
  • Generic functions
  • Classes
  • Inheritance
• Multiple Inheritance
• Applications
• Reusable software
• Programming paradigms
  • Responsibility-based programming
• Object-oriented languages: Java. How it differs from C++.
• UML.
• Object-oriented languages: Smalltalk.

Programming Projects

• Blood Bank Inventory Control System
  This is the term project. It is a large project that will require a team to work on it.
• Discrete Event Simulation: Supermarket Simulation
• Graphical User Interfaces.
• Computer Algebra.

Links

• Smalltalk Home page
  The first and, perhaps, most "powerful" (whatever that means!) object oriented language.
• Demeter Home Page
  Demeter is a system for performing Adaptive Programming, a particularly powerful form of object-oriented programming in C++ or Java.
• Squeak Home Page
  This is a free implementation of Smalltalk available for many architectures (including Linux, OpenBSD, Windows and the MacOS) and will be the Smalltalk used in this course. See Squeaky Links
• Objective C Page (with applications to the Swarm system of Intelligent Agents)
  Objective C is an early competitor to C++ that will probably make a comeback.
• GnuStep Home Page
  A very powerful GUI design system written in Objective C (it is the preferred GUI system for Apple's OSX operating system).
• Perl Home Page
  The Beginner's Introduction to Perl Programming on this site has a good discussion of object-oriented programming in Perl.
• Python Home Page
  This is a fully object-oriented language.
• GCC Home Page
  GCC is a free implementation of C, C++, Objective-C and Java.
• Gamelin Java Library
• UML (Unified Modeling Language)
• Cygwin System: a simulated Unix environment in Windows
  Cygwin runs gcc (with its associated C++ and Objective C and GnuStep).
• Demeter/Java System
• Boost library of C++ classes

Servlet Resources

• Recommended system: This is the older technology for running Servlets and it is much easier to set up (but it doesn't support JSP).
  1. Install Java Development Kit (including the compiler and runtime) (JDK) if you haven't already.
  2. Install Apache for Windows or Unix in the default location.
  3. Java Servlet Development Kit, version 2.0 for Windows or Unix (JSDK)
     Note: You must use version 2.0 --- earlier or later versions don't work with JServ.
  4. Install Apache JServ 1.1.2 (the *.rpm file nicely installs this for Linux, and the *.exe file installs to Windows). Install in the default locations and answer the questions it asks about the locations of the JDK and JSDK. Also say Yes to the question of whether you want to run Servlets in conjunction with Apache.
  5. If you're running windows, edit two files:

     (apache home)\conf\httpd.conf

     and
     

     (apache jserv home)\conf\jserv.conf

     in the following way:

     Globally replace all occurrences of '\' by '/'.

  6. After the install, test it by starting up the Apache web server and starting up a browser. Point the browser to

     http://127.0.0.1

     You should see the Apache Documentation. If this works, test servlets by pointing the browser to

     http://127.0.0.1/servlets/IsItWorking

     You should see a message that it is working.
  7. Other sources of instructions:
     • General Instructions for Installing
     • Instructions for Installing under Windows
       Instructions for Installing under Linux
• Cutting Edge System (hard to configure): Jakarta Tomcat Web Server and Servlet Engine A free Servlet and JSP Engine for Windows. You must have the sun Java Development System installed on your machine to use it. It can run in conjunction with Apache or as a standalone web server.
  User's Guide (with instructions for installing). You will want the standalone version of the install.