Object-Oriented Programming I

MSc Students taking OOPI in MT should undertake preparatory reading - please see Reading List for more details.

NB: M.Sc. Students who wish to take this course should note that Object Oriented Programming is suitable only for those with a solid programming background who wish to learn more about Object Oriented Programming and modular program design. People without a solid programming background should not attempt this topic

Aims

This two-term module starts with an introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and modular program construction. It continues with a number of modest-sized case-studies that introduce a wide variety of OOP programming idioms (Design Patterns) in realistic settings, and closes with a case study of significant size in which many of the idioms are deployed.