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Module Overview
Module Title: OO Programming
 Module Code: MIT3446
 Module Value: 3.0
 Duration: 15 weeks
 Class-Contact Hours: Lecture
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Lab/Tutor
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15 hrs
30hrs
Assessment Scheme
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Continuous Assessment 50%
1 Test 20% each, Total
1 Assignment
2 Lab Works
20%
15%
15%
Sessional Examination
50%
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Content Area
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1. Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
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OOP versus Procedural Programming
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Encapsulation
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Class and Objects
2. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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Event Handling
Exception Handling
Content Area
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3. Java Programming
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Java Programming Environment
Java Applets
Object Creation and Initialization
Class Derivation and Inheritance
Message-passing
Polymorphism and Overloading
Control of Access and Visibility
Textbooks/References:
An Introduction to Object-Oriented
Programming with Java, C. Thomas Wu,
McGraw Hill
 JAVA How to Program, Deitel & Deitel,
Prentice Hall
 The Java Tutorial Second Edition,
Campione & Walrath, Addison-Wesley
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Web Sites:
Java Technology Home Page
http://java.sun.com/
 Getting Started with Java(TM) Technology
http://java.sun.com/starter.html
 The Java Language Environment: Contents
http://java.sun.com/docs/white/langenv/
 Applets
http://java.sun.com/applets/index.html
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C, C++ and Java
C is procedural
 C++ = C + Object Oriented Programming.
You can program in C++ without using
objects
 Java is pure object oriented
You cannot program in Java without
using objects
 The development of Java is based on C and
C++
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Java
Developed by the Sun Microsystems (James
Gosling)
 Originated as a language for consumer
appliances at Sun in 1991
 Java Applets: Java programs that run within
a Web browser
 Java Applications: A complete stand-alone
program
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Special Features of Java
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Java is Simple
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no header files
no structures
no pointer arithmetic
Special Features of Java
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Java is Compiled
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Java source code is compiled into byte-code
.class file
byte-codes: machine independent
JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to interpret the
byte-codes.
Special Features of Java
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Garbage Collection
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built-in program to scan memory and frees any
memory that is no longer in use
easier memory management