CSC435: Object Oriented Programming

Syllabus Content

INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (OOP)

• Introduction to objects 
• Elements of an object: attribute, behavior, state 
• Characteristics of OOP: abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism

PROGRAMMING BASICS

• Structured language vs OOP language
• Data types - primitives and objects
• Control structures
• Array of primitives

BASIC CONCEPTS OF CLASSES

• Class concept
• Class definition
• Data members
• Basic types of methods 
• Methods definition
• Static fields 
• Predefined classes  and wrapper classes

CLASSES - INTERMEDIATE

• Method overloading
• Objects as parameter
• Object as method type
• Array of objects
• Composite objects

INHERITANCE

• Inheritance concept
• Access levels
• Inheriting instance fields and methods
• Object class 
• Array of sub classes

POLYMORPHISM

•  Polymorphism concept
•  Abstract classes and methods
•  Method overriding
•  Concrete sub classes and methods
•  Array of super classes

EVENT DRIVEN PROGRAMMING AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI)

• Event driven programming
• Event handlers

FILE INPUT/OUTPUT

• Characters and Streams
• File and Exceptions 
• Text Files

Lecture Notes:

• Scheme of works, lecture notes (Chapter 1 - Chapter 8), assignments, tests (Answer scheme)