62:286 System Design

Course Outline

Instructor

Gerald Dueck, Ph.D.
Room 1-79 Brodie Bldg
dueck@brandonu.ca
727-9748

Textbook and Readings

• Object Oriented C++ Applications Using The Booch Method by Robert C. Martin, Prentice Hall, 1995.
• not required but for the compleat interested student; topics in these books are discussed and referenced elsewhere in this web site.
  • Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
  • Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck (Contributor), John Brant (Contributor), William Opdyke, Don Roberts, Addison-Wesley

Marking Scheme

• Midterm Test (15%) (February 6, 2002)
• Midterm Test (15%) (March 13, 2002)
• Assignments (35%)
• Final Exam (35%)

Course Work

There will be assignments covering at least the following material

1. C++ and basic Booch notation (Chapter 1)
2. Coffeemaker problem (Chapter 1)
3. Containers (Chapter 2)
4. Software Metrics (Chapter 3)
5. Object-oriented Analysis and Design (Chapter 5)