The course completes the skills of students in the area of coding by presenting software development techniques based on the Object Oriented paradigm. The Java programming language is analyzed in details and used to exemplify the OO concepts; mentions to alternative solutions, such as the ones adopted in C++ and Python, are also sketched.

The students at the end of the course will know the fundamental concepts of the Object Oriented paradigm, understand the problems that drove to the creation of such paradigm, and master the main features of the Java programming language (classes, objects, attributes, methods, inheritance, interfaces, ...). They will also be acquainted with the main concepts of software engineering (software life cycle, configuration management, test, design). The acquired abilities include: familiarity with the Java language; capability of analyzing the requirements of a small-sized software system in order to deliver the relative design; ability to implement and test the classes in the design using an integrated development environment (IDE).

Basic knowledge of programming in the C language (types and data structures, control statements, functions and function calls).

Basic features (1 credit) • Object-oriented programming, java, eclipse • Classes, attributes, methods and constructors, objects • Packages and visibility rules • Strings, wrapper classes • Arrays Inheritance and interfaces (2 credits) • Inheritance • Abstract classes, interfaces • Functional interfaces, lambda expressions • Exceptions • Generic types Standard libraries (3 credits) • Collections: sets, lists, maps • Streams • Files • Dates • Threads • Graphical interfaces, Swing, JavaFX Software Engineering principles (2 credits) - Software life cycle - Design using UML - Design Patterns - Configuration management - Testing

The course consists in a set of lectures where the topics are presented; lectures include several exercises carried out interactively with the students. (Virtual) labs focus on the development of case studies by means of the Java programming language, using Eclipse as a development environment.

The portal will contain the slides provided by the teachers and the information concerning the labs. Additional materials is not required. Suggested readings are: Arnold, Gosling, Holmes. "The Java Programming Language, 4th edition", Addison-Wesley, 2006 R. Urma, M. Fusco, A. Mycroft. "Java 8 in Action: Lambdas, streams, and functional-style programming", Manning, 2015 M.Fowler, K. Scott. "UML Distilled, 3rd", Addison-Wesley, 2003 Bruegge, Dutoit. "Object-Oriented Software Engineering Using UML, Patterns, and Java". Pearson, 2009

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