Part 1 (OOP Concepts and Usage in Java Console Applications)

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OOP in Java (1HND Software & Networking)


Unit Introduction

Lectures and Tutorials

Main Topics

Assignments

Recommended Readings

Unit Introduction


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Lectures and Tutorials

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4 hours lectures per week

Lecturing hours will consist of understanding some theory or
concepts and putting them to practice in worksheets/practicals


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1 hour tutorial per week

This should be used by students who attend the lecturing hours
and do their best to practice at home but still have difficulties
about specific topics or assignments



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Main Topics

The unit will consist of 2 parts:

Part 1 (OOP Concepts and Usage in Java Console Applications)


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Basic Java concepts

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Writing Java Console applications

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Object Oriented Programming in Java (
VERY

important!)

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Test Driven Development in OOP scenarios

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Main Topics

The unit will consist of 2 parts:

Part 2 (OOP Concepts and Usage in Java Web Applications)


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Java Server Pages (JSPs) and Java
Servlets

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Usage of JSPs and
Servlets

within an OOP Web Application

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Database Access from an OOP Web Application

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Creating documentation and help for your Web Application

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Assignments

1 (big!) Assignment


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You will not hand in the whole assignment at the end of the
semester, but on milestones to be communicated by your lecturer

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Each milestone will cover a number of criteria that you can achieve



Home and Class…


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Mostly home,
but

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There are also a number of criteria that have to be obtained from a
class task


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Recommended Readings/References

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Head
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first Java
by Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra (publisher O’Reilly media),
2005, ISBN: 978
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0
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596
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00920
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5


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Blue Pelican Java
(
http://www.bluepelicanjava.com/download.htm
),
free eBook and Video lessons by Charles Cook


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Oracle’s Java Tutorials
(
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/
)