COMP1008 Object-Oriented Programming 2005/6

COMP1008 is the Term 2 first year programming course. It is a half-unit course introducing object-oriented programming, primarily using the Java programming language but also looking at languages like C++ and Ruby along the way. The course syllabus is here.

Lecture Slides

• Introduction
• Classes and References
• A look at other OO languages - C++ and Ruby
• Developing Classes
• Associations, Static and Overloading
• Exceptions
• Mini-Project Advice
• Inheritance
• Recursion and more UML Diagram Examples
• An Overview of Polymorphism, Types, Interfaces and Generics
• File Handling
• Introduction to Testing
• Unit Testing of Classes
• Implementing Data Structures: Lists
• Implementing Data Structures: Binary Trees and Hash Tables

All slides are in pdf format.

 

Additional Notes and Resources

• Local copy of the Javadoc Documentation.
• Snack Bar Program
  • Design Notes
  • UML Class Diagram
  • Source Code
• Example Data Structure Classes

You should learn to use the following tools:

• JEdit. An open source editor, see www.jedit.org for more information.
• BlueJ. A programming environment for beginners. See www.bluej.org for more information.

Also look at:

• Eclipse 3.1 (http://www.eclipse.org). This is a widely used Integrated Programming Environment (IDE) of particular use when writing larger Java programs.
• Ant 1.6.5 (http://ant.apache.org). The Ant build tool is used to manage the building (compilation, etc.) of Java programs.

 

Utility Classes

(Note these are intended for use by people learning to program and should not be used for other applications or 3rd/4th year project work.)

• Drawing Program Template
• class KeyboardInput
• class FileInput
• class FileOutput
  

 

Exercises and Mini-Project

• Notes and Exercises 1 (finish by 27th Jan)
• Exercises 2 (finish by 3rd Feb)
  • SimpleOrderSystem source code zip file
  • SimpleOrderSystem BlueJ source code zip file
• Exercises 3 (finish by 17th Feb)
• Mini-Project (submission date 23rd March)

 

Problem Class Questions

• Problem Class 1 (week starting 16th Jan)
• Problem Class 2 (week starting 23rd Jan)
• Problem Class 3 (week starting 30th Jan)
• Problem Class 4 (week starting 6th Feb)
• Reading Week - no classes for week starting 13th Feb
• Problem Class 5 (week starting 20th Feb)
• Problem Class 6 (week starting 27th Feb)
• Problem Class 7 (week starting 6th March)
• Problem Class 8 (week starting 13th March)
• Problem Class 9 (week starting 20th March)

 

Past Exam Papers

There is one past exam paper:

• COMP1008 2005 Exam Paper

The past papers for COMP1B1A and COMP1B11 also contain some relevant questions for COMP1008. COMP1B1A last ran in 2003/4 and COMP1B11 in 2002/3.

• Past Exam Papers Page