Standards

P

Can correctly reproduce basic "object oriented programming" facts and definitions. Can develop, test and document simple java programs that are similar to provided examples. Has demonstrated a working knowledge of GUI interfaces and a selection of common design patterns. Has demonstrated a working knowledge of applications involving concurrency.

CR

Can correctly reproduce basic "object oriented programming" facts and definitions, and can apply them in some unfamiliar contexts. Can develop, test and document simple java programs in situations similar to the provided examples and has demonstrated the ability to create non-trivial automated tests. Has demonstrated a working knowledge of GUI interfaces and a selection of common design patterns, and can apply them in unfamiliar situations. Has a sound understanding of concurrency, and is able to apply it to new designs, with the help of additional material which has bot been discussed.

D

Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of object oriented concepts and issues and apply a variety of design techniques to develop object oriented code. Can use terminology accurately in new contexts. Can express ideas in their own words and has an understanding of the limits of their understanding. Is able to apply a wide range of documentation, debugging and testing practices in developing code. Can develop code with non-trivial GUI interfaces. Can construct implementations of common design patterns and apply them when writing code. Has a sound understanding of concurrency, and is able to apply it to new designs, with the help of additional material which has not been discussed.

HD

As for Cr or D and is aware of the context in which the concepts and issues are developed and their limitations. Able to generate and justify principles and hypotheses for existing or new concepts or issues. As for Cr or D, and is proficient in the application of OO libraries, and application of error handling. As for Cr or D and has well-developed skills for applying documentation, debugging and testing practices in ways that have not been previously illustrated by examples. As for Cr or D and can develop applications using techniques or approaches that have not been discussed. As for Cr or D and is aware of the context in which design pattern concepts are developed and their limitations. Able to generate and justify principles and hypotheses for existing or new design pattern concepts. Applies appropriate patterns consistently throughout the design and implementation of a complete software system, and can give a complete account of how those patterns interact to achieve a functionality objective. As for Cr or D and can develop applications using techniques or approaches that have not been discussed.

These assessment standards will be used to give a numeric mark to each assessment submission during marking. The mark will correspond to a letter grade for that task according to the University guidelines. The final raw mark for the unit will be calculated by combining the marks for all assessment tasks according to the given percentage weightings.

Completing the unit satisfactorily requires you to achieve a P grade (50% or more) for your raw mark. On occasion your raw mark for the unit may not be the same as the Standardised Numeric Grade (SNG) which you receive as the final result. Under the Senate guidelines, raw marks may be scaled to ensure that there is a degree of comparability across the university, so that units with the same past performances of their students should achieve similar results.

Each week of COMP229 has three hours of lectures and a one-hour tutorial class. The tutors will be available for half an hour consultation directly after the one hour class.

Close to the submission deadlines for the diagnostic, and assignments there will be an additional 1 hour practical class following directly after the 1 hour tutorial where tutors will be available with help and advice related to the assessment task. There will be one such additional hour for the diagnostic and 2 such additional hours for Assignments 1&2.

Classes commence in Week 2 and are held in the E6A 121 Computer Laboratory.

Required text

 Head First Design Patterns by Eric T Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra, O'Rielly Media, October 2004 (ISBN:978-0-596-00712-6)

Note that this text book was introduced for the 2011 offering of COMP229, so you may be able to purchase a second hand copy from a former COMP229 student. Failing that, you will be able to purchase a copy from the University COOP Bookshop or from your favorite online purveyor of fine literary works.

You will find the lecture material much easier to understand if you read the text and lecture notes in advance of the lectures. Lecture notes (or slides), information about which chapters to read in the text book and any other relevant preparatory readings will be provided for you on the iLearn site (http://ilearn.mq.edu.au) for COMP229 a couple days prior to each lecture.

Related texts

The Macquarie library contains many books on object-oriented programming in general, and on programming specifically in Java, that you may want to use to supplement the text and lecture notes.

One particularly useful service that the library provides you with is access to many Java related titles online via the Safari Books Online (http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/) service. Using this service, which you can only access from a machine connected to the University network, you might like to have a look at the following Java titles:

1. Learning Java, 3rd Edition by Jonathan Knudsen; Patrick Niemeyer, ISBN: 978-0-596-00873-4

2. Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition by David Flanagan, ISBN: 978-0-596-00773-7

3. Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition by David Flanagan, ISBN: 978-0-596-00620-4

   The web itself is an ideal source of Java information, and from time to time we will be

   posting useful links on the COMP229 iLeran site. Two particularly useful resources are:

4. Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel, a free version of the 3rd edition of this pretty

   comprehensive book is available for download from http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/ and its 4th edition, which is updated for use with Java 5 and 6, is available from http://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4.

5. The official Java Tutorial http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ which is a comprehensive resource providing trails covering topics ranging from the basics of Java programming to more advanced subjects like GUI development, Generics, Class Reflection, Sound, Graphics, Network Programming and Concurrency

Unit webpage and technology

COMP229 will make extensive use of the iLearn system for delivery of class materials, discussion boards, real time chat, submission of work and access to marks and feedback. Students should check the iLearn site (http://ilearn.mq.edu.au) regularly for unit updates.

Questions and general queries regarding the content of this unit, its tutorials or practicals should be posted to the appropriate discussion board on the COMP229 iLearn site. In particular, any

questions which are of interest to all students in this unit should be posted to one of these discussion boards, so that everyone can benefit from the answers.

Echo360

Audio and screen video recordings of the lectures will be made available online via Echo360. A link to these recordings will be provided on the iLearn site for this unit

Technology Used and Required

The practical work in this unit involves programming in Java (www.java.com) using the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (www.eclipse.org). We will also be using a distributed version control system called Mercurial (http://mercurial.selenic.com) to access shared code repositories hosted on the BitBucket website (http://bitbucket.org).

This software is already installed for you in the 200 level computing labs, on the ground floor of building E6A.

Tools and libraries to support debugging, automated testing, GUI development and so forth will be introduced and used as the semester progresses. When that occurs you will be provided with full instructions in lectures on how to install and use each one.

Assumed Knowledge

This unit requires:

• Experience writing programs in the Java programming language. In particular, we will assume that you are familar with all of the basic features of Java, including the use of strings, arrays, loops, control structures (such as if statements) and methods.

• Experience using the Eclipse IDE http://www.eclipse.org to develop simple Java applications.

The previous offering included an assessment task called "The Reading Game". This will not be part of the offering in 2015.

We have reinstated a final take home examination rather than module examinations distributed over the semester.