Programming Foundations: Object-Oriented Design

Good software starts with great design. Get a fun and fresh introduction to object-oriented design and analysis—from defining requirements to diagramming classes.

Introduction

• Learn object-oriented design principles
• What you should know

1. Object-Oriented Fundamentals

• Object-oriented thinking
• Objects
• Classes
• Abstraction
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Analysis, design, and programming
• Unified modeling language (UML)

2. Requirements

• Defining requirements
• FURPS+ requirements
• Challenge: Jukebox requirements
• Solution: Jukebox requirements

3. Use Cases and User Stories

• Use cases
• Identifying the actors
• Identifying the scenarios
• Diagramming use cases
• User stories
• Challenge: Jukebox use cases
• Solution: Jukebox use cases

4. Domain Modeling

• Identifying the objects
• Identifying class relationships
• Identifying class responsibilities
• CRC cards
• Challenge: Jukebox conceptual model
• Solution: Jukebox conceptual model

5. Class Diagrams

• Creating class diagrams: Attributes
• Creating class diagrams: Behaviors
• Converting class diagrams into code
• Instantiating classes
• Class with multiple constructors
• Static attributes and methods
• Challenge: Jukebox class diagrams
• Solution: Jukebox class diagrams

6. Inheritance and Composition

• Identifying inheritance situations
• Using inheritance
• Abstract and concrete classes
• Interfaces
• Aggregation
• Composition
• Challenge: Jukebox class relationships
• Solution: Jukebox class relationships

7. Software Development

• OOP support in different languages
• General development principles
• Software testing
• Design patterns

Conclusion

• Next steps