Comp 272 - Data Abstraction and OOP - Dordal

Text: Cay Horstmann, Practical Object-Oriented Development in C++ and Java, Prentice-Hall 1999. Note that this text is out of print, but the bookstore should have enough used copies. Additional copies can be found on the internet.

Teaching Assistant: Nilanjan Podder, Mon 4:30-6:30, Fri 12:30-2:00

Grades: There will be a midterm and a final. The midterm was Wednesday, March 2. The final will be Friday, May 13, at 8:30 am, the time listed in the schedule, in our usual room. A study guide is below. There will also be various programming assignments, and possibly some written exercises. Programming will be in C++.

My general course groundrules are here. Exams will count for between 70% to 80% of your grade, with homework and programs making up the rest.

• Classes as Abstract Data Types (ADTs)
• Static inheritance and code reuse
• Dynamic inheritance ("true" object-oriented programming, or OOP)
• Object-oriented design (OOD): how to apply the above to building large programs
• Details of the C++ language.

Here is the study guide for the midterm exam. Answers are here.

My ongoing (but sometimes sketchy) class notes are here.

Programming assignments:
 

Assignment	Due date	main file	aux files needed, etc
MyDate	Friday, Feb 11	mydate.cpp	original mydate.cpp, advance1day.cpp
voicemail	Friday, Feb 25	mail05.cpp	original version of mail.cpp
shapes	Wednesday, Mar 30	shapes.cpp	graphics.h, graphics.cpp
game	Friday, Apr 22	game.cpp	sent.cpp, sent.h, list.h
string2	Friday, May 6	T_array.cpp	grow.cpp

some demo programs from class:

• stringer2.cpp (basics of strings and vectors)
• intro2classes.cpp (Stack, StackRC, Base, Deriv and foo,bar examples)
• memdemo.cpp, illustrating some objects allocated on the stack and the location of the vtable pointer.
• ctordemo.cpp, demonstrating copy ctors and other ctors
• Integer.cpp, demonstrating use of dtors

Building an empty Visual C++ project

• Choose File => new blank solution
• Select Project Types => Visual C++ Projects
• On the right side, select Templates => Win32 Console Project
• Supply a directory, and click OK
• On the following screen, click Application Settings at left, and then click the Empty project checkbox.
• Finally, now that your solution exists, choose File => Add new item => cpp file

Alternatively, here are the files needed for a simple project:

• hello.cpp, the source code
• hello.sln, the vc++.net "solution" file
• hello.vcproj, the vc++.net "project" file
• hello.suo, which I don't know what is

Notes on getting Visual C++

To get the software, mount \\turing.math.luc.edu\msdnaa, and then copy the file en_vs.net_2003_pro_full.exe. This is about 560MB. Running this should install what you need; you should not need anything in the "net" folder, and you should not need a license key. Contact me if you seem to need something not mentioned here.

At the current time, ftp access is not available. However, I will try to get some loaner CDs. Alternatively you can come into Loyola to burn your own cd.