FIT5151 will aim at capitalising on what students have learned in FIT9017 Foundations of programming (or equivalent. The unit covers more in-depth material to enable students to build business applications that follow good Software Engineering principles of maintainability, reusability and expandability. The emphasis will be on helping students acquire solid object-oriented programming knowledge and skills for building business applications. Popular object-oriented design patterns will be introduced whenever appropriate to illustrate effective design process in building larger systems.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
Students will be expected to spend a total of 12 hours per week during semester on this unit as follows:
For on-campus students:
Lectures: 2 hours per week
Tutorial/Lab Sessions: 2 hours per week per tutorial
and up to an additional 8 hours in some weeks for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and tutorial sessions, however, you should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
FIT9017 or equivalent
Chris Ling
Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 20% | Week 7, 11.59pm Sunday 9 September 2012 |
| Assignment 2 | 20% | Week 12, 11.59pm Sunday 21 October 2012 |
| Examination 1 | 60% | To be advised |
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Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
Prescribed Software
You must have the Java SE 6 (or later) Software Development Kit (called the JDK) installed on your computer. This software can be downloaded for free from the internet by going to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html and clicking on the 'download' button in the JDK column.
Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library.
Barnes and Kolling. (2011). Objects First with Java:A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ. (5th) Prentice Hall (ISBN: 9780132835541).
Useful Software
Whilst the JDK provides the compiler and runtime interpreter for the Java language, you will most likely want to make use of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). You may use any IDE that you are comfortable with. Examples of IDE are BlueJ, Eclipse, JCreator and NetBeans.
Stuart Reges and Marty Stepp. (2011). Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach. (2nd) Addison Wesley (ISBN: 0-136-09181-4).
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Programming Concepts and Java - variables, operators, expressions, control structures, recursion, class structure, collections, primitive types, object types, exceptions, I/O, file I/O | Tutorial labs commence in Week 1 of semester. This week's exercise is a revision of prerequisite knowledge. |
| 2 | Object oriented Concepts - classes, objects, methods, attributes, message passing, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, visibility, abstraction, packages, interacting classes, association, aggregation, composition | |
| 3 | Inheritance - subclasses, subtyping, substitution, overriding, types of inheritance, access modifiers | |
| 4 | Inheritance - abstract classes, multiple inheritance, interfaces, inner classes, enumerations | |
| 5 | Testing, testing tools (JUnit) | |
| 6 | GUI - event handling, components, layout, AWT and Swing libraries | |
| 7 | Persistence: Java database connectivity, more file I/O | Assignment 1 due 11.59pm Sunday 9 September 2012 |
| 8 | Program Design - design techniques (responsibility driven design), Parnas' principles, design representation (UML) | |
| 9 | Program design - coupling and cohesion, Law of Demeter, Design by Contract, Assertions, Refactoring | |
| 10 | Design Patterns - decorator, singleton, factory, observer, etc., frameworks | |
| 11 | Software development methodologies, agile methods | |
| 12 | Bringing it all together--Revision | Assignment 2 due 11.59pm Sunday 21 October 2012 |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your MUSO (Blackboard or Moodle) learning system.
Faculty Policy - Unit Assessment Hurdles (http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/staff/edgov/policies/assessment-examinations/unit-assessment-hurdles.html)
Academic Integrity - Please see the Demystifying Citing and Referencing tutorial at http://lib.monash.edu/tutorials/citing/
This is an individual assignment and must be entirely your own work.
Submissions will be judged on their compliance with the stated functional requirements, code and design principles presented in the unit.
Assessment of this assignment may be subject to an interview should the marker feels necessary.
This is an individual assignment and must be entirely your own work.
Submissions will be judged on their compliance with the stated functional requirements, code and design principles presented in the unit.
Assessment of this assignment may be subject to an interview should the marker feels necessary.
It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/plagiarism-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an online quiz).
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
Monash has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University's academic standards, and to provide advice on how they might uphold them.
You can find Monash's Education Policies at:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html
Key educational policies include:
The University provides many different kinds of support services for you. Contact your tutor if you need advice and see the range of services available at www.monash.edu.au/students. For Sunway see http://www.monash.edu.my/Student-services, and for South Africa see http://www.monash.ac.za/current/
The Monash University Library provides a range of services and resources that enable you to save time and be more effective in your learning and research. Go to http://www.lib.monash.edu.au or the library tab in my.monash portal for more information. At Sunway, visit the Library and Learning Commons at http://www.lib.monash.edu.my/. At South Africa visit http://www.lib.monash.ac.za/.
Academic support services may be available for students who have a disability or medical condition. Registration with the Disability Liaison Unit is required. Further information is available as follows:
The following may provide useful extra reading for this unit. Copies of these are available in the Library (on reserve, one day loan or in the normal circulation).
Java Foundations, Lewis, De Pasquale & Chase, (Pearson Education), 2008
Big Java (4th edition), Cay Horstman (John Wiley & Sons), 2010
Java Programming - from Problem Analysis to Program Design (3rd edition), D. S Malik (Thomson), 2008
Thinking in Java (4th edition), Eckell (Prentice Hall), 2006
Absolute Java (3rd edition), Savitch (Addison Wesley), 2008