Programmazione ad oggetti 2019/2020

At the end of the course, students will be acquainted with basic knowledge of the object-oriented paradigm of software construction, of its basic design patterns, its incarnation in the Java programming language and the corresponding framework, including advanced aspects like GUIs, multi-threading and events.

• Basic elements of object-oriented programming and design
• The case of the Java programming language: overview and development tools
• Basic functionality: classes, objects, methods, fields, and instantiation
• Polymorphism, inheritance, reuse: interfaces and abstract classes
• Advanced aspects: generics, annotations, exceptions, inner classes, lambda expressions
• Basic libraries for program construction
• I/O management and graphical interfaces
• Elements of concurrency programming in Java
• Brief overview of design patterns and techniques of effective programming
• Development tools: JDK, Eclipse, Mercurial
• Overview of C# programming and IDEs

• Reference book:
  • Bruce Eckel. Thinking in Java -- Fourth Edition
• Additional books:
  • Joshua Bloch. Effective Java -- Second Edition
  • Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides. Design Patterns
    The course will also rely on tutorials and documentation available on the Internet.

9 hours of lesson per week, typically 6 in the teaching room and 3 in the lab
In room, we will illustrate object-oriented programming techniques and details of the Java programming language, and conduct exercises to stimulate a critical attitude in students.
In lab, we illustrate various development tools, and assign developing tasks to exercise practical abilities of students.

Assessment is conducted in two stages, not necessarily ordered:
1) Practical test on Java programming in lab. With a couple of programming exercises in Java, including automated tests or pertaining the production of a simple graphical user interface, we assess the student's capacity of concluding quickly and with pertinence a simple programming/designing task.
2) Oral exam based on presentation of a project. In 3-persons teams, students realise a software development project in Java, producing documentation of requirements, design, and implementation. Assessment includes check of software quality and discussions of design choices. Additionally, each student presents a mini-deliverable in C# obtained by translating some of the code he/she developed during the project.
Each stage produces an evaluation in the range [0,33], and the final evaluation is the weighted average of 60% (best of the two votes) - 40% (worst of the two votes).

Slides projected during the lessons, published on the web site Software: Java Development Kit, Eclipse, Microsoft VisualStudio