Object-oriented Application Development

Object Oriented Development

CS1701 Computer Programming in Java

3 hours No requisites

1 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming / Procedural vs. Object-Oriented Programming / Core OOP principles: / Abstraction / Encapsulation / Inheritance / Polymorphism / Real-world examples of OOP concepts

2 Classes and Objects / Defining and creating classes and objects / Instance variables and methods / This keyword / Constructors and their usage / Method overloading

3 Encapsulation and Access Modifiers / Importance of encapsulation / Access modifiers: public, private, protected, default / Getters and setters for data hiding / Writing modular and secure code

4 Arrays, Lists, and Collections / Revisiting arrays in Java / Introduction to Array List and basic collection classes / Iterating over collections using loops

5 Inheritance and Polymorphism / Introduction to inheritance / The extends keyword / Method overriding / The super keyword / Polymorphism basics: / Static vs. dynamic binding / Upcasting and down casting

6 Static Members and Keywords / Static variables and methods / The final keyword for constants and methods / Static blocks and their use cases

7 Exception Handling / What are the exceptions? / Try-catch-finally blocks / Common exceptions (NullPointerException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException) / Throwing and propagating exceptions / Writing custom exception classes

8 Java I/O Basics / Reading input using Scanner / Writing output to the console / File handling basics: / Reading from and writing to text files / Using FileReader and FileWriter

9 Interfaces and Abstract Classes / Introduction to interfaces / Difference between interfaces and classes / Implementing multiple interfaces / Abstract classes and methods / Comparing abstract classes and interfaces

10 Basic GUI Development with JavaFX / Introduction to JavaFX / Creating a simple graphical user interface / Handling user events (e.g., button clicks)

11 Project Development / Small group or individual projects to consolidate learning: / Design a basic Java application using OOP principles. / Example projects: / Library Management System / Student Record Management / A simple console-based game (e.g., Tic-Tac-Toe)

12 Advanced Topics: e.g Code Refactoring and SOLID or Debugging

1.1 Mapped to: K1

Understand the principles of object-oriented programming and how they improve software design.