Advanced Programming Fundamentals
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
COMP 1038
Undergraduate
No
105282
4.5
No
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School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
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Students can apply the principles of object oriented software development to the translation of a problem description into a robust object oriented program. This course aims to be an extended version of Programming Fundamentals, with some material covered in greater depth, a greater emphasis placed on the links between the course materials and research, and the assessment set at a higher level.
The programming Environment; integrated development environments, commenting and the JavaDoc tool; the Java API.
Problem Solving.
Object Concepts and Class Design (encapsulation, abstraction, constructors’ methods, attributes, relationships, static). Object Oriented approaches to program design and development.
Testing: Testing Strategies; Unit Testing; Proving a Program Works; Testing tools including JUnit, Pre- and Post-Conditions, Assertions; Debugging strategies
Inheritance; Interfaces and Abstract classes; Polymorphism; Use of Inheritance in advanced data structures; Exceptions and exception handling.
Refactoring and Maintenance; Configuration Management.
Arrays; Simple arrays; Multi-Dimensional Arrays; Searching on Arrays (Linear searching and Intro to Binary searching);Sorting Arrays
Input and Output
Savitch, Walter J 2008, Absolute Java, Addison Wesley, Sydney
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
COMP 1037 | Advanced Problem Solving and Programming |
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INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
Workshop | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Seminar | 2 hours x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Continuous assessment from workshops, Practical examination
EFTSL*: 0.125
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