Design Patterns with C++

Course aim

To understand the theory and practice of using design patterns to facilitate the efficient creation of good software in C++.

Course content

Design patterns; Gang of Four patterns including structural, behavioural and creational; discuss the importance and use of design patterns to reduce the complexity of software engineering projects; introduction to C++; structure of C++ program; C style strings; object oriented programming in C++ (classes and objects; inheritance and polymorphism, templates); nested classes and friend classes; exception handling; Stream I/O); operator overloading; big three methods (destructor, copy constructor and copy assignment operator); pointers and pointer-based strings; dynamic memory allocation and management; introduction to standard template library; and coding standards and guidelines.

Textbook(s)

Roth, Stephan 2017, Clean C++: Sustainable Software Development Patterns and Best Practices with C++ 17, Apress, Berkely, CA.

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Students must have completed one of the following courses:
COMP 2012	Data Structures Essentials
COMP 1040	Programming Fundamentals

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1 x 2 hours x weeks 1-5
Computer Practical	1 hour x 12 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 6 weeks
Lecture	1 x 1 hour x weeks 6-13
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
Online	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination, Programming exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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